Chag HaBanot 1951 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5712

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5712 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 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
Chag HaBanot 1955 30 Kislev 5716

References

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