Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5736 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 1972 | 1 Tevet 5733 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1973 | 30 Kislev 5734 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1974 | 30 Kislev 5735 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1975 | 30 Kislev 5736 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1976 | 1 Tevet 5737 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1977 | 30 Kislev 5738 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1978 | 30 Kislev 5739 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1979 | 30 Kislev 5740 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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