Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5718 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 1954 | 30 Kislev 5715 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1955 | 30 Kislev 5716 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1956 | 30 Kislev 5717 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1957 | 30 Kislev 5718 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1958 | 1 Tevet 5719 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1959 | 30 Kislev 5720 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1960 | 30 Kislev 5721 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1961 | 1 Tevet 5722 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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