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- A hakafah (Hebrew: הקפה, lit. 'a circling or going around'; plural hakafot הקפות) is a Jewish minhag (tradition) in which people walk or dance around...
- in many communities by seven rounds of song and dance (hakafot, sing. hakafah; some communities have hakafot without subsequently reading the Torah.)...
- in Jerusalem. During Sukkot, the four species are taken in a circuit (hakafah) around the bimah of the synagogue once daily. On Hoshana Rabbah, there...
- a gathering place for community and holiday events, such as the second hakafah (ritual circling) held on the night after Simhat Torah. Tensions between...
- for heavenly guidance. The verses of this psalm are recited before each hakafah on Simchat Torah. In the ancient Jewish text Perek Shirah, verse 2 (in...