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Simchat Torah

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Sim·chat To·rah  (sm-ät tô-rä) also Sim·chas To·rah (sms tôr, tr)
n. Judaism
A festival celebrating the Law of Moses and the completion of the year's cycle and subsequent new beginning, observed on the 22nd or 23rd day of Tishri.
[Hebrew imat tôrâ, rejoicing in the Torah, Simchat Torah : imâ, joy (from ma, to rejoice; see m in Semitic roots) + tôrâ, torah; see Torah.]
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Noun1.Simchat Torah - (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the TorahSimchat Torah - (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
Rejoicing in the Law, Rejoicing of the Law, Rejoicing over the Law, Shimchath Torah, Simchas Torah, Simhat Torah, Simhath Torah
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews
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