Chag HaBanot 1950 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5711
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5711 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1947 | 30 Kislev 5708 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1948 | 30 Kislev 5709 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1949 | 1 Tevet 5710 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1950 | 30 Kislev 5711 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1951 | 30 Kislev 5712 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1952 | 30 Kislev 5713 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1953 | 1 Tevet 5714 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1954 | 30 Kislev 5715 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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