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87.194.83.80 (talk) 17:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)If it commemorates the death of Maimon, and was celebrated on t
he day after Passover in Morrocco, then why isn't it celebrated two days after Passover in Israel where the holiday is one day less?[reply]
"Over the last few decades, the Mimouna has become a public relations tool for Israeli politicians, who use it as an opportunity to mingle with the masses and drum up public support."
Isn't every major holiday used as a public relations tool by politicians? This line could be added to Christmas, Easter, MLK Day, Presidents Day, and every other major holiday in the US. If this line isn't included for those holidays, why here? I vote for deletion. MG196 12:13, 6 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mg196 (talk • contribs)
The article uses the terms Moroccan, Maghrebi, and North African interchangeably. Which one is it? These are three distinct regions. The Maghreb is within North Africa and Morocco is within the Maghreb. --PiMaster3talk18:57, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
here's the text that I removed: This derivation has been criticised as folkloric, because it is found at both ends of North Africa, and there is almost no possible way that every North African Jew heard of Maimon ben Yosef's death at the same time, to establish the same day for his yahrtzeit.[1]
because I converted the format of the references, the actual citation to the Goldberg journal article remains in the wikipedia artcle.
I went and read the Goldberg reference, and his criticism is not against the reason cited in the article, but to a variation of it. The etymology that Goldberg criticises is that the Mimouna marks the date when news of Maimon's death arrived in Morocco. The article states the reason as the date of Maimon's yahrtzeit, not the date of the shemua (date a person first heard of the petira).
—Boruch Baum (talk) 03:09, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've read the referenced article, and I don't see that Goldberg is saying what's claimed in the article. here's the text that I've deleted:
However, this is also most likely another inaccurate origin story for the holiday. It is "not based on the cited motivations" of Moroccan Jews before the State of Israel's founding: Moroccan Jews connect Passover, not Mimouna, to the Talmudic prediction of the Messiah coming in Nisan because of Passover's Biblical origins and its redemptive nature, as seen in God's assistance in the Exodus from Egypt.[1]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Boruch Baum (talk • contribs) 03:32, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
