Chag HaBanot 1959 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5720

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5720 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 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
Chag HaBanot 1962 30 Kislev 5723
Chag HaBanot 1963 30 Kislev 5724

References

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

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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