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SIMCHAS TORAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Synonyms:
Rejoicing in the Law; Rejoicing of the Law; Rejoicing over the Law; Shimchath Torah; Simchas Torah; Simchat Torah; Simhat Torah; Simhath Torah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Simchas Torah" is a kind of...):
Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)