Back in Philadelphia, in the “Old Country”, Rabbi Moshe Ungar would equate Simchat Torah, the final day of the Chag Succot (8 days in Chutz L’Aretz with the final Day referred to as Shemini Atzeret) as the day when, after all of the Tefillot and Teshuva, after all of the Simchat Beit HaShoevot, after we daven for sufficient rain to raise our crops and to provide sufficient drinking water and after we daven for the 7O nations, Hashem asks his people, his most-favored nation to remain one more day, just we and HaKadosh Borchu — a private visitation.
