"I hope you can come along to the synagogue this Simchat Torah—my father's going to be the Chatan Torah." (Glinert)

"The Knesset Hagdola writes that the custom of selling the Chatan Torah was cancelled. Instead, the Chatan Torah is chosen from the leaders of the congregation, because it is only fitting that someone who is great in Torah should be chosen as Chatan Torah." (source)

"Is an avel within 12 months of a parent’s death allowed to be the chatan Torah on Simchat Torah?" (source)

"The Torah is completed during the aliya of the 'Chatan Torah,' and then begun anew during the aliya of the 'Chatan Bereishit.'" (source)

"As the story goes, the congregation selected the town fool to receive the high honor of being the chatan torah – the groom of the Torah." (source)