[Avodah] Simchas Torah is Really a Holiday for Bavel and not EY

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

I have posted a few pages from Avraham Yaari's book Toldos Chag 
Simchas Torah at http://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/yaari_st_bavel.pdf

 From here I think it is clear that Simchas Torah is a Bavel 
holiday,  certainly in its origins.

YL