SimchatTorah

Sim·chat To·rah (sēm-KHätʹ tô-räʹ) also Sim·chas To·rah (sĭmʹKHəs tôrʹə, tōrʹə) 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 śimḥat tôrâ, rejoicing in the Torah, Simchat Torah : śimḥâ, joy (from śāmēaḥ, to rejoice. See śmḫ in Semitic Roots) + tôrâ, torah; see Torah.]

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