שִׂמְחָה, preced.) joy, rejoicing, festive occasion. Keth. 8ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) אפושי ש׳ בעלמא הוא it is merely an extension of the wedding joy (not a new festive occasion). Ib. מברך שהש׳ במעונו he says the benediction containing the words, ‘in whose dwelling there is joy.’ Y. B. Bath. IX, 16ᵈ bot. שִׂמְחַת זכר the joy over the birth of a male child. Gen. R. s. 70; M. Kat. 8ᵇ ש׳ בש׳, v. עָרב I; a. fr.—Esp. שמחת יום טוב, or ש׳ the rejoicing on the festival (Deut. XVI, 11; 14). R. Hash. 6ᵇ איתה בש׳ she (woman) is included in the commandment to observe the festival with joy. Ḥag. 6ᵃ חנה … מיחייבא בש׳ was not Hannah herself bound to visit the Temple in order to rejoice? Pes. 109ᵃ בזמן … אין ש׳ אלא בבשר … אין ש׳ אלא ביין as long as the Temple stood, the festive rejoicing consisted in eating meat (of the peace-offering), … but now … the festive celebration consists in partaking of wine; a. fr.—Pl. שְׂמָחוֹת. Zeb. 102ᵃ חמש ש׳ היתה וכ׳ Elisheba had five joys (distinctions) more than ordinary daughters of Israel: her brother-in-law (Moses) was king &c.; a. e.—ש׳ (מסכת) S’maḥoth, one of the small treatises of Talmud Babli, euphem. for אבל רבתי, v. אֵבֶל.