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Simchath Torah
or Sim·chat To·rah
[ sim-khahs tawr-uh, tohr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew seem-khaht taw-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew sim-khahs toh-ruh, toi-ruh, -khuhs ]
Simchath Torah
/ ˈsimxɑs ˈtɑʊrɔ; simˈxɑt tɔrˈɑː /
noun
- a Jewish festival celebrated immediately after Sukkoth on Tishri 23 (in Israel, Tishri 22) to mark the completion of the annual cycle of Torah readings and its immediate recommencement
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Simchath Torah1
from Hebrew śimhath tōrāh, literally: celebration of the Torah
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Example Sentences
Ida Kramer, 52, Jewish actress who for six and one half years, in 2,500 consecutive performances, played the old mother in Abie's Irish Rose; in Manhattan, of a heart attack, after singing her famed Jewish songs at a family celebration of the Jewish Simchath Torah.
"And he cannot become the Bridegroom of the Law till Simchath Torah."
From Project Gutenberg
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