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Hakafot (הקפות plural); Hakafah (הקפה singular)—meaning "[to] circle" or "going around" in Hebrew—are a Jewish minhag (tradition) in which people walk or dance around a specific object, generally in a religious setting.
In Judaism, there is a custom on Sukkot to encircle the reader's platform (bimah) with the Four species on each of the seven days of the holiday. On Simchat Torah, the custom is to take the Torah scrolls out of the Ark and to encircle the reader’s platform and throughout the synagogue with great joy, singing, and dancing.
Circular Hakafot are a symbol of perfection and unity, or sometimes a symbol of communal cooperation. According to the story told in the Book of Joshua, the People of Israel (Israelites) walked around the city of Jericho once a day for a week and seven times on the seventh day, with the priests leading the way, carrying the Ark of the Covenant each time. On the seventh day, the people blew shofar (ram's horns) and shouted, causing the walls to fall and allowing them to enter the city. In the Temple period, when they wanted to add area to the Temple Mount, they first encircled the desired area and only after added land to the Temple Mount.
Hakafot (הקפות plural); Hakafah (הקפה singular)—meaning "[to] circle" or "going around" in Hebrew—are a Jewish minhag (tradition) in which people walk...
outside Israel, may do likewise. Many communities in Israel have Hakafot Shniyot ("Second Hakafot") on the evening following the holiday, which is the same day...
United States as well. In Israel, many communities conduct Hakafot shniyot, or "Second hakafot", on the day after Shemini Atzeret. In part, this shows solidarity...
Judaism uses circumambulation in the Hakafot ritual during the Festival of Sukkot culminating in seven Hakafot on Hoshanah Rabbah, the end of the Festival...
of song and dance (hakafot, sing. hakafah; some communities have hakafot without subsequently reading the Torah.) During the hakafot, most or all of the...
pilgrimage festivals Observances Dwelling in sukkah, taking the Four Species, hakafot and Hallel in Synagogue Begins 15th day of Tishrei Ends 21st day of Tishrei...
Kippur during the service for that holiday. Special services for Sukkot (Hakafot) contain extensive (but generally obscure) references to the special Temple...
the synagogue once daily. On Hoshana Rabbah, there are seven circuits (hakafot). Making a circuit around the bimah on Sukkot while each person holds the...
acrostic; each stanza ends with standard alternating line Sh'mini Atzeret Hakafot הקפות Alphabetic acrostic Simchat Torah Hayom T'am'tzenu היום תאמצנו also...
to mark the beginning of the 71st year of his life. In 1977, during the hakafot ceremony on Shemini Atzeret, Schneerson suffered a heart attack. At his...
prayers following Motzei Shabbat Maariv, and is recited when opening the Hakafot on Simchat Torah. In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this...
prayer on weeknights. Some congregations recite this psalm during the hakafot on Simchat Torah. Verse 1 is said by the earth in Perek Shirah. Additionally...
of Baruch Hashem L'Olam during Maariv, and is recited when opening the Hakafot on Simchat Torah. In the New Testament, verse 4 is quoted in Hebrews 1:7...
(You have been shown). Then the men and boys in attendance dance seven hakafot (circuits) around the reader's table while holding all the Torah scrolls...
final paragraph of Birkat Hamazon. Verse 4 is recited when opening the Hakafot on Simchat Torah. Verse 6 is recited in Roka Ha'Aretz Al HaMayim of Birkat...
also allowed placing a Sefer Torah in the women's gallery at the times of hakafot (encirclements at the synagogue) on Simchat Torah. Regarding acceptance...
Maariv, the mezuman preceding Birkat Hamazon, is recited when opening the Hakafot on Simchat Torah, and is found in the repetition of the Mussaf Amidah on...
intermediate paragraphs of Uva Letzion. Verse 8 is recited when opening the Hakafot on Simchat Torah. Verses 9 and 10 are part of Baruch Hashem L'Olam during...
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