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 ]

noun

1. Simhath Torah.

Simchath Torah

/ ˈsimxɑs ˈtɑʊrɔ; simˈxɑt tɔrˈɑː /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Simchath Torah¹

from Hebrew śimhath tōrāh, literally: celebration of the Torah

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And he cannot become the Bridegroom of the Law till Simchath Torah."

From Project Gutenberg