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REJOICING OVER THE LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rejoicing over the Law mean?
• REJOICING OVER THE LAW (noun)
The noun REJOICING OVER 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 OVER THE LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REJOICING OVER THE LAW (noun)
Sense 1
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 over 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)
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