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 A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. 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 (1843–1926), Orthodox Jewish rabbi * Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin, Jewish polemnist writer * Nahman Ben Simhah of Bratslav (1772–1810), the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement * Simhah Simon ben Abraham Calimani (1699–1784), Venetian rabbi * Simhah b. Samuel of Speyer (13th century), German rabbi and tosafist * Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry, (died 1105), French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries * Simhah Bunem of Przysucha (1765– 1827), Grand Rabbi of Peshischa * Simḥah Isaac Luzki (1716– 1766?), Karaite Kabbalist * Simhah of Rome, Jewish scholar and rabbi who lived in Rome in the last quarter of the thirteenth century AD * Simhah Pinsker (1801–1864), Polish-Jewish scholar and archeologist born at Tarnopol, Galicia * Simhah Reuben Edelmann (1821–1892), Russian grammarian and commentator * Solomon b. Simhah Dob Mandelkern (1846–1902), Ukrainian Jewish poet and author

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