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searchaux" style="display:none">Traditional Maghrebi Jewish celebration dinner</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the given name, see <a href="/wiki/Maymuna" title="Maymuna">Maymuna</a>.</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">מימונה</span>‎</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_Jews" title="Maghrebi Jews">Maghrebi Jews</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Celebration of the end of chametz prohibition and of <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Begins</th><td class="infobox-data">21st day of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>; 22nd day of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> outside of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ends</th><td class="infobox-data">22nd day of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>; 23rd day of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> outside of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">21 Nisan, 22 Nisan, 23 Nisan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2023 date</th><td class="infobox-data">Sunset, 13 April –<br />nightfall, 14 April</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data">Sunset, 30 April –<br />nightfall, 1 May</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2025 date</th><td class="infobox-data">Sunset, 20 April –<br />nightfall, 21 April</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2026 date</th><td class="infobox-data">Sunset, 9 April –<br />nightfall, 10 April</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mimouna</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מִימוּנָה</span>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ميمونة</span>, <a href="/wiki/Berber_languages" title="Berber languages">Berber</a>: Mimuna, ⵎⵉⵎⵓⵏⴰ) is a traditional <a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Maghrebi Jewish">Maghrebi Jewish</a><sup id="cite_ref-YacobiNasasra2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YacobiNasasra2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> celebration dinner that takes place in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other places around the world where <a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_Jews" title="Maghrebi Jews">Maghrebi Jews</a> live. It is held the day after <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>, marking the return to eating <a href="/wiki/Chametz" title="Chametz">hametz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leavening_agent" title="Leavening agent">leavened bread</a>), which is forbidden throughout the week of Passover. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mimouna&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mufletta.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mufletta.JPG/220px-Mufletta.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mufletta.JPG/330px-Mufletta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mufletta.JPG/440px-Mufletta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Mufletta</figcaption></figure> <p>Though the practice only began to be recorded in the middle of the 18th century,<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (August 2021)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> its derivation and etymology are ancient. Possible derivations for the name <i>Mimouna</i> include: </p> <ul><li>The name of <a href="/wiki/Maimonides" title="Maimonides">Maimonides</a>' father Maymun. Mimouna might mark the date of his birth or death<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JA_2005_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JA_2005-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">אמונה</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">ʾəmunāמאמין</i></span> "faith" or Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מאמין</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">maʾmunā</i></span> "I believe"<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JA_2005_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JA_2005-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> word for "wealth" or "good luck"<sup id="cite_ref-JA_2005_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JA_2005-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as on this day, according to the <a href="/wiki/Midrash" title="Midrash">midrash</a>, the gold and jewelry of the drowned Egyptians washed up on the shore of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> and enriched the <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mimouna is associated with faith and belief in immediate prosperity, as seen in its customs of matchmaking, and well-wishes for successful childbearing.<sup id="cite_ref-Sharaby_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharaby-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna" title="Manna">Manna</a>, which was the food <a href="/wiki/God_in_Judaism" title="God in Judaism">God</a> provided following <a href="/wiki/The_Exodus" title="The Exodus">the Exodus</a>, and during the subsequent wandering in the desert.<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The name of a <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Berber_religion" title="Traditional Berber religion">Berber goddess</a> is also a possible etymology.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Mimouna celebrates belief in both the Exodus and the future <a href="/wiki/Messiah_in_Judaism" title="Messiah in Judaism">Messianic redemption</a>: "In <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> (the month in which Passover falls), the Jews were redeemed and in Nisan they will be redeemed in the future. When Passover ends and the Jews are still not redeemed, the Moroccan Jews do not lose their faith; as the Sages said: 'Even if he tarries, I will expect him every day.'"<sup id="cite_ref-JA_2015_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JA_2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was at the crossing of the <a href="/wiki/Yam_Suph" title="Yam Suph">Yam Suph</a> on the final day of Passover that the entire nation witnessed the awesome power and might of God which was an experience that strengthened their faith.<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "And when Israel saw the wondrous power which [[tetragrammaton|<span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">יהוה</span></span>]] had wielded against the Egyptians, the people feared <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">יהוה</span></span>; they had faith in <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">יהוה</span></span> and in God’s servant <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a>." – <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0214.htm#31">14:31</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Holiday_customs">Holiday customs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mimouna&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Holiday customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_(GPO)_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_Mimouna_Celebration_at_Yarkon_Park_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The celebration begins after nightfall on the last day of Passover. In many communities, non-Jewish neighbors sell <i>chametz</i> back to Jewish families as a beginning of the celebration. Moroccan and Algerian Jews throw open their homes to visitors, after setting out a lavish spread of traditional holiday cakes and <a href="/wiki/Sweetmeats" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweetmeats">sweetmeats</a>. One of the holiday favorites is <a href="/wiki/Mofletta" title="Mofletta">mofletta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JA_2015_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JA_2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The table is also laid with various symbols of luck and fertility, with an emphasis on the number five, such as five pieces of gold jewelry or five beans arranged on a leaf of pastry. The repetition of the number five references the five-fingered amulet called the <a href="/wiki/Hamsa" title="Hamsa">hamsa</a> common in North African and Middle Eastern communities of all faiths since premodern times.<sup id="cite_ref-luck_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-luck-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Typically all those in attendance at a Mimouna celebration are sprinkled with a mint sprig or other green dipped in milk, symbolizing good fortune and new beginnings.<sup id="cite_ref-Waskow_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waskow-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in the day of the <i>Mimouna</i>, families go to the sea, splash water on their face, and walk barefoot in the water, to replay the scene of the miraculous crossing of the Yam Suph, which is held to have taken place on the last day of Passover.<sup id="cite_ref-Harissa_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harissa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Morocco, Jewish families prepared flour, honey, milk, and butter to be used to prepare post-Passover hametz celebration dinners.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jews would walk to an orchard to recite <i><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA" class="extiw" title="he:ברכת האילנות">Birkat Ha'Ilanot</a></i> and recite passages from the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs" title="Book of Proverbs">Book of Proverbs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Mishna">Mishna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Enkin_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Celebrating the Mimouna in Israel began in 1966. The first mass picnic was organized in <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shemen" title="Ben Shemen">Ben Shemen</a> by a community activist, Shaul Ben Shimhon, who saw it as a way of unifying the North African Jewish community. This event was attended by 300 people, but the following year it attracted 3,000. By 1970, the main event in Jerusalem drew tens of thousands.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now Mimouna is an annual happening featuring outdoor parties, picnics and BBQs. The central event is held in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Sacher_Park" title="Sacher Park">Sacher Park</a>, drawing large crowds and Israeli politicians. Israeli law requires employers to grant an employee unpaid leave for Mimouna if requested.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffay_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One source estimated that in 2012 nearly two million people in Israel participated in Mimouna festivities.<sup id="cite_ref-Harissa_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harissa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mimouna&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-YacobiNasasra2019-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-YacobiNasasra2019_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Jewish+Daily+Forward&rft.atitle=Mimouna+Revelries+Mark+End+of+Passover&rft.date=2012-04-12&rft.aulast=Jeffay&rft.aufirst=Nathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fforward.com%2Farticles%2F153868%2Fmimouna-revelries-mark-end-of-passover%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMimouna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mimouna&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mimouna.net/">History of the Moroccan Jews</a> <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080530022052/http://www.amsterdamsezelf.org/organisaties/Maimon/index.htm">Stichting Maimon</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Dutch)</span></li> <li>Kordova, Shoshana. 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