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.
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Origin of simchat-torah
Hebrew śimḥat tôrârejoicing in the Torah, Simchat Torahśimḥâjoy (fromśāmēaḥto rejoiceśmḫ in Semitic roots) tôrâTorahTorah
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition