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  • #596482
    i love coffe
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    Anyone here celebrate the mimouna after pesach? How was yours like?

    #868211
    emlf
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    What is it?

    #868212
    i love coffe
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    EMLF: Here is a brief summary about the mimouna festival from wikipedia-

    “The celebration begins after nightfall on the last day of Passover. Moroccan and Algerian Jews throw open their homes to visitors, after setting out a lavish spread of traditional holiday cakes and sweetmeats. One of the holiday favorites is Mofletta.[1] The table is also laid with various symbols of luck and fertility, with an emphasis on the number “5,” such as 5 pieces of gold jewelry or 5 beans arranged on a leaf of pastry.”

    “Some believe the source of the name is Maimon, the father of the Rambam, Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, and the Mimouna marks the date of his birth or death.”

    #868213
    BaalHabooze
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    Any Sefardim here in the CR? When did you celebrate Mimouna this year? Is it part of the Shabbos meal or a seuda by itself?

    #868214
    sefardi tahor
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    Lo shamati davar kazeh ba’olam

    #868215
    Flatbush Guy
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    Never heard of this before!!!

    #868216
    oomis
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    So interesting!

    #868217
    A Giteh Yid
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    i heard that it comes from the word EMUNA. the idea is that we have EMUNA in Biass HaMoshiach. NEXT YEAR WITH THE KORBAN PESACH.

    AMEN, KEIN YEHI RATZON!!!

    #868218
    sefardi tahor
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    this may also be the same idea as the SEUDAT MASHIACH that many sefaradim have the last day of pesach, …

    although i never really understood wat the seuda is all about, we want moshiach every day!!

    maybe , cuz “benisan nigalu, ubenisan atidim le’gael”,

    just thinking outloud…

    S”T

    #868219
    i love coffe
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    Hey guys!

    To answer BaalHabooze’s question, the Mimouna was celebrated motzei Shabbat/Pesach this year. It’s like a whole other party/holiday right after Pesach! Usually what is eaten at this party is Mufletas. They are like a large crepe and people add their own toppings on top. It’s delicious. (I guess we can never have too much food 😉

    #868220
    i love coffe
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    sefardi tahor- “this may also be the same idea as the SEUDAT MASHIACH that many sefaradim have the last day of pesach, …”

    Is’nt that LUBAVITCH?

    #868221
    sefardi tahor
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    absolutely not!! its a sefaradic custom that some observe but definetly a sefaradic thing

    maybe the lubabs do it too, i have no idea , but if they do they got it from us sefaradim tehorim ( who have been around alot longer)

    S”T

    #868222
    i love coffe
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    Sorry sefardi tahor, but the seudat mashiach began with the Baal Shem Tov. He was definitely not Sephardic.

    #868223
    sefardi tahor
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    look, the sefaradim do it. They DID NOT get it from the baal shem tov.

    maybe other sects of judiasm got it from him, but we have our own mesorah for it.

    oh and Yes, the baal shem tov was not sefardic,

    although if he was the originator of nusach sfard (was he? dunno..) then he was heading on the right direction 🙂 JTOL

    S”T

    #868224
    i love coffe
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    I’m really interested to find out how many Sephardim make the seudat mashiach. sefardi tahor, can you please tell me where it originated since you have your mesorah for it? (And are you sure it wasn’t some influence from Lubavitch?) I’m sorry, but I never heard of it before being celebrated by Sephardim.

    #868225
    R.T.
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    Mimouna — Practiced by Moroccan Sephardim; a celebratory meal after Pesach has ended with the intent that everyone be blessed with a prosperous year (Remember that Nissan is the first month, month-wise). Tables are laden with Mufletas (thin pancakes), sweets, pastries, candies, nuts and other rich delicacies. It has now developed into a quasi-holiday in Israel. One theory proposes that it falls on the yahrzeit of Rambam’s father Maimon. Another theory equates Mimouna with Shmona (8 day Pesach festival) and it’s intent to capture the flavor of Pesach into the following day.

    Seudat HaMashiach — Instituted by the Ba’al Shem Tov and observed to be practiced by Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidim. A ‘final’ meal with Matzah and wine in which Nigunnim are sung, Chassidic discourses are given over. Seudat HaMashiach usually starts prior to Shkia on the final day and can continue well into the night.

    Ne’ilas HaChag — Practiced by most mainstream Ashkenazic Kehillas on all the 3 yomim tovim to delay the departure of the festival. Food served is comparable to Seudas Shlishis on Shabbos.

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