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Seharane
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'''Seharane''' (סֶהֲרַנֶה) is a festival historically celebrated by [[Kurdish Jews]] as a multi-day nature festival starting after the last day of [[Passover]] commemorating the day [[Chametz|hametz]] could be brought to the temple as a [[First Fruits|First fruits offering]] (Leviticus 2:12). It coincided with [[Mimouna]]. Communities would leave their villages and camp out for three days, celebrating with eating and drinking, nature walks, singing, and dancing.

== History ==
The tradition is at least 2,000-year-old. Some believe it was influenced by the Akkadian spring festival of Akitu. Others believe Seharane comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of celebrating the 1st of Nisan as a spring festival, but the date was later changed to start the day after Passover ended.  

Its observance was interrupted after the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries and the relocation of this community to Israel in the 1950s. In recent years, it has been revived but, because of the already-widespread celebration of Mimouna in Israel, the celebration of the Seharane was moved to Chol HaMoed of [[Sukkot]]. This, though, caused a decline of the Seharane celebrations since it has always been  traditionally celebrated in the springtime since ancient times.

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[[Category:Festivals in Turkey]]
[[Category:Minor Jewish holidays]]
[[Category:Nisan observances]]
[[Category:Passover]]
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