Simchat Torah

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Jewish holiday religious festival

Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the completion and immediate restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle with joyous dancing, singing, and Torah processions in the synagogue.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Simchat Torah canonical	14
Simchat Torah (in many communities)	2
Simchat Torah (in the Diaspora)	1
Simchat Torah in Israel	1
Simchat Torah service	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith	Shemini Atzeret ⓘ
calendarSystem	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Jewish liturgical year ⓘ Torah-related observances ⓘ
celebrates	completion of the annual Torah reading cycle ⓘ restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle ⓘ
custom	calling many people to the Torah ⓘ multiple circuits around the bimah ⓘ singing traditional songs ⓘ special aliyah for children ⓘ
follows	Sukkot ⓘ
halakhicStatus	Yom Tov ⓘ
hasEmotion	communal joy ⓘ rejoicing ⓘ
hasHebrewName	שמחת תורה ⓘ
hasProcessionType	hakafot with Torah scrolls ⓘ
hasRitualObject	Torah scroll ⓘ bimah ⓘ
hasTheme	Torah ⓘ community celebration ⓘ joy ⓘ
isPartOf	Tishrei holidays ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn	Israel ⓘ
liturgicalFocus	Torah reading ⓘ beginning of Genesis ⓘ completion of Deuteronomy ⓘ
locationOfObservance	Jewish homes ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
meaningOfName	Rejoicing of the Torah ⓘ
music	festive songs ⓘ liturgical melodies ⓘ
observedBy	Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ Jews ⓘ
relatedHoliday	Rosh Hashanah ⓘ Shemini Atzeret ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalPortionRead	Book of Genesis ⓘ surface form: Bereishit Vezot Haberakhah ⓘ
scripturalText	Torah ⓘ
symbolizes	joy in Torah study ⓘ ongoing cycle of Torah reading ⓘ
timeInHebrewCalendar	end of Tishrei ⓘ
typicalActivities	Torah processions ⓘ dancing with Torah scrolls ⓘ hakafot ⓘ singing in synagogue ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tishrei → containsHoliday → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Tishrei → day23Event → Simchat Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simchat Torah (in the Diaspora)

Musaf → recitedOn → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Machzor → usedOn → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Hallel → usedOn → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Hoshana Rabbah → precedes → Simchat Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simchat Torah (in many communities)

Shemini Atzeret → relatedTo → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Shemini Atzeret → coincidesWithInIsrael → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → recitedOn → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Musaf for Sukkot → recitedOn → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Torah reading → centralElementOf → Simchat Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simchat Torah service

Yom Tov → includes → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Eighth Day of Assembly → associatedWith → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Eighth Day of Assembly → coincidesWith → Simchat Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simchat Torah in Israel

Eighth Day of Assembly → relatedTo → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Shemini means eighth → relatedTo → Simchat Torah ⓘ

subject surface form: Shemini Atzeret

Shemini means eighth → precedes → Simchat Torah ⓘ

subject surface form: Shemini Atzeret

this entity surface form: Simchat Torah (in many communities)

Rejoicing of the Torah → languageVariant → Simchat Torah ⓘ

Vezot Haberakhah → traditionalReadingDay → Simchat Torah ⓘ