Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5706 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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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1942 | 1 Tevet 5703 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1943 | 30 Kislev 5704 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1944 | 30 Kislev 5705 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1945 | 1 Tevet 5706 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1946 | 30 Kislev 5707 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1947 | 30 Kislev 5708 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1948 | 30 Kislev 5709 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1949 | 1 Tevet 5710 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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