Happy Maimuna!

What is the connection between mufletot; the traditional blessing: “tirbechu vetis`adu”; and politicians? If you answered “maimuna”, you must be North African ... this traditional holiday, which begins immediately the night Pesach ends, and includes much feasting (especially eating “mufletot”) and politicians making appearances, has become a very Israeli holiday - bringing Jews of all sorts together.

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.