Sim·chat To·rah 
(sēm-ät tô-rä) also Sim·chas To·rah (sĭməs tôrə)
(sēm-ät tô-rä) also Sim·chas To·rah (sĭməs tôrə)n.
Judaism
Judaism
A festival celebrating the completion and subsequent new beginning of the cycle of liturgical readings from the Torah, 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 the Appendix of Semitic roots) + tôrâ, Torah; see TORAH.]