simcha
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Yiddish שׂמחה (simkhe), from Hebrew שִׂמְחָה (simkhá, literally “happiness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]simcha (countable and uncountable, plural simchas)
- (Judaism, uncountable) joy
- 2001, Moshe Goldberger, 100 Brachos: Counting Your Blessings 100 Times a Day, The Judaica Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:
- Each and every one of these blessings is a reason to be full of simcha.
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 223:
- The return to a meaningful and vibrant Judaism, he felt, must contain an ingredient too long denied it. This ingredient was simcha (joy), and it became the cornerstone of the Hasidic movement.
- (Judaism, countable) a joyous occasion, celebration
- 1994, Helping Hands Information Services, It's Your Affair: The Guide to Making a Simcha:
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 41:
- After the wedding, I received a letter from the bride and her family with profuse thanks for enabling them and the Jewish community of Sheboygan to witness and participate in a "wonderful, traditional simcha"