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What is Shab-e Yalda?

Shab-e Yalda is the longest night of the year, the night from 30 Azar to 1 Dey, usually from 21 to 22 December. Families gather and stay awake until long after midnight. In old Persian belief, light begins to win over darkness from this night on, because the days grow longer again. The word Yalda comes from Syriac and means birth.

Customs

• Pomegranates: the red seeds stand for the glow of dawn and for new life.
• Watermelon: folk belief says it protects against cold and illness in winter.
• Ajil: a mix of nuts, seeds and dried fruit that people snack on all night.
• Fal-e Hafez: everyone thinks of a wish, and a family member reads a verse by Hafez as the answer.
• Stories: the grandparents tell tales, in the past often under the korsi, a heated table covered with a quilt.

Hafez on Yalda night

Fal-e Hafez belongs to Yalda just like the pomegranate. Think of your question and open your Fal right here.

Fal-e Hafez online