simchas torah

Questions about simchas torah

What does simchas torah mean?

simchas torah 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 simchas torah?

Close synonyms include Shimchath Torah, Simchat Torah, Simhath Torah, Simhat Torah, Rejoicing over the Law. 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 simchas torah a common word?

simchas torah 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.