# simchat torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה)

pronounced: sim-KHAT to-RAH


**“Rejoicing of the Torah” — the day the yearly reading cycle ends and begins again, kept with dancing**

## In Scripture

> How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
> — Psalm 119:97 (Root components — love for Torah fills the day with meditation; the later festival’s joy grows from this delight, though its name is absent.)

> I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
> — Psalm 119:111 (Root components — God’s testimonies become both an enduring inheritance and the heart’s joy.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/simchat-torah/