REJOICING IN THE LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rejoicing in the Law mean? 

• REJOICING IN THE LAW (noun)
  The noun REJOICING IN THE LAW has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: REJOICING IN THE LAW used as a noun is very rare.

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• REJOICING IN THE LAW (noun)

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Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Rejoicing in the Law; Rejoicing of the Law; Rejoicing over the Law; Shimchath Torah; Simchas Torah; Simchat Torah; Simhat Torah; Simhath Torah

Hypernyms ("Rejoicing in the Law" is a kind of...):

Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)