Chag HaBanot 1876 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5637

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5637 began on and ended on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 1873 30 Kislev 5634
Chag HaBanot 1874 1 Tevet 5635
Chag HaBanot 1875 30 Kislev 5636
Chag HaBanot 1876 30 Kislev 5637
Chag HaBanot 1877 30 Kislev 5638
Chag HaBanot 1878 30 Kislev 5639
Chag HaBanot 1879 30 Kislev 5640
Chag HaBanot 1880 1 Tevet 5641

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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