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Simhat Torah

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Noun1.Simhat 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 TorahSimhat 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, Simchat 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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Simhat Torah, known as "Rejoicing in the Torah," is a lively celebration in which the Torah is paraded around the synagogue seven times.
Celebrating Jewish culture by Scott, Brenda J. / Long-Term Living
Online, I found the hymn on a couple of pro-settler sites as a song for Simhat Torah dancing--though with the word "Ishmael" replaced by "enemies.
Our prayer, our problem by Gorenberg, Gershom / Moment
4) This custom probably echoes the way the Torah was read during the ministry of Ezra throughout the festival of Sukkoth (Nehemiah 7: 73; 8: 14-18), perhaps also echoing the way that the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish was recited during the course of the akitu or New Year Festival, and certainly foreshadowing the way that in the Annual Cycle the Torah reading is concluded on Simhat Torah, Rejoicing of the Torah, the last day of this festival.
Intertextuality and the Haftarot by Hepner, Gershon / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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