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Simchat Torah 2024 Dates And Times. On simchat torah, falling on october 18 this year, jewish communities celebrate the gift of the torah and its role in religious life with joyful acknowledgement and meaningful rituals. The joyous celebration, which dates back to postbiblical times in babylonia, has historically seen celebrants taking to the streets with torah scrolls, singing and dancing, embodying their joy.

Jews in biblical times observed simchat torah for seven days. Simchat torah is a jewish holiday that celebrates the end of the annual cycle of torah readings, and marks the beginning of a new annual cycle.