rejoicing of the law

Questions about rejoicing of the law

What does rejoicing of the law mean?

rejoicing of the law means "(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".

What is another word for rejoicing of the law?

Close synonyms include Shimchath Torah, Simchat Torah, Simhath Torah, Simhat Torah, Simchas Torah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rejoicing of the law a common word?

rejoicing of the law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.