Simchat Torah Definition

sēm-KHät tô-rä
noun
A festival celebrating the completion and subsequent new beginning of the cycle of liturgical readings from the Torah, observed on the 22nd or 23rd day of Tishri.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Rejoicing of the Law
  • Rejoicing over the Law
  • Rejoicing in the Law
  • Simchas Torah
  • simhat torah
  • simhath-torah
  • Shimchath Torah

Origin of Simchat Torah

  • Hebrew śimḥat tôrâ rejoicing in the Torah, Simchat Torah śimḥâ joy (from śāmēaḥ to rejoice śmḫ in Semitic roots) tôrâ Torah Torah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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