Simhah ( he, שִׂמְחָה ; , ) is a

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

word that means gladness, or joy, and is often used as a given name. Related names include Simha,

Simcha ''Simcha'' ( he, שִׂמְחָה ; , ) is a Hebrew word that means gladness, or joy, and is often used as a given name. Uses The concept of simcha is an important one in Jewish philosophy. A popular teaching by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a 19th ...

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Simchah ''Simcha'' ( he, שִׂמְחָה ; , ) is a Hebrew word that means gladness, or joy, and is often used as a given name. Uses The concept of simcha is an important one in Jewish philosophy. A popular teaching by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a 19th ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Meir Simhah ha-Kohen of Dvinsk Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926) was a rabbi and prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. He was a kohen, and is therefore often referred to as ''Meir Simcha ha-Kohen'' ("Meir Simcha the Kohen"). He is k ...

(1843–1926), Orthodox Jewish rabbi * Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin, Jewish polemnist writer *

Nahman Ben Simhah of Bratslav Nachman of Breslov ( he, רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב ''Rabbī'' ''Naḥmān mīBreslev''), also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover ( yi, רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער ''Rebe Nakhmen Breslover'' ...

(1772–1810), the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement *

Simhah Simon ben Abraham Calimani Simchah (Simon) ben Abraham Calimani (1699 – August 2, 1784) was a Venetian rabbi and author. He was a versatile writer, and equally prominent as linguist, poet, orator, and Talmudist. During his rabbinate Calimani was engaged as corrector at ...

(1699–1784), Venetian rabbi *

Simhah b. Samuel of Speyer Simḥa ben Samuel of Speyer (13th century) was a German rabbi and tosafist. Neither the year of his birth nor that of his death is known. He was one of the leading signatories of the Takkanot Shumcompare Moses Minz, Responsa, No. 202 He was a ne ...

(13th century), German rabbi and tosafist *

Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry ( he, שמחה בן שמואל מויטרי; died 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of ''Machzor Vitry''. He lived in Vitry-le-François. ''Machzor Vitry'' ' ...

, (died 1105), French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries *

Simhah Bunem of Przysucha Simcha Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (Yiddish: שמחה בונם בונהרט פון פשיסכע, ; – September 4, 1827) also known as the Rebbe Reb Bunim was the second Grand Rabbi of Peshischa ( Przysucha, Poland) as well as one of the key le ...

(1765– 1827), Grand Rabbi of Peshischa *

Simḥah Isaac Luzki Simḥah Isaac ben Moses Luzki (, , ; 1716 – 1760/66), also known as the "Karaite Rashi" and "Olam Tsa'ir," was a Karaite Kabbalist, writer, and bibliographer. Biography Simḥah Isaac Luzki was born in the Volhynian city of Lutsk. In the in ...

(1716– 1766?), Karaite Kabbalist *

Simhah of Rome Simcha of Rome was a Jewish scholar and rabbi who lived in Rome in the last quarter of the 13th century . He was given an open letter by the community and sent out to find Maimonides' '' Commentary on the Mishnah'' and bring it back with him. He ...

, Jewish scholar and rabbi who lived in Rome in the last quarter of the thirteenth century AD *

Simhah Pinsker Simhah Pinsker (March 17, 1801 – October 29, 1864) (Hebrew: שמחה פינסקר) was a Polish-Jewish scholar and archeologist born at Tarnopol, Galicia. He received his early Hebrew education in the cheider and from his father, Shebaḥ ha-Le ...

(1801–1864), Polish-Jewish scholar and archeologist born at Tarnopol, Galicia *

Simhah Reuben Edelmann Simhah Reuben Edelmann (; January 1821 – December 1892), also known by the pen name Sar-Shalom ha-Adulami, was a Russian writer, grammarian, and rabbinic commentator. Edelmann received a Talmudical education at home and later at the yeshivah ...

(1821–1892), Russian grammarian and commentator *

Solomon b. Simhah Dob Mandelkern Salomon Mandelkern ( he, שלמה מנדלקרן; ; pseudonym ''Mindaloff'') was a Russian-Jewish poet and author.Anton Bettelheim1905, Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog, Band 7, p. 5/ref> He was educated as a Talmudist. After his ...

(1846–1902), Ukrainian Jewish poet and author

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