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Simchat Chochmah

Lit. “Joy of Wisdom”
A new ceremony, usually celebrated on the occasion of a significant birthday –fifty, sixty or 65. Aspects of the ceremony can include the taking of a new name, songs, words of Torah and prayer.

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