- 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...
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Hasidic communities have
Hakafot on the eve of the
first day of
Shemini Atzeret. However, in all
communities outside Israel, no
Hakafot is done on the first...
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Judaism uses cir****ambulation in the
Hakafot ritual during the
Festival of
Sukkot culminating in
seven Hakafot on
Hoshanah Rabbah, the end of the Festival...
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follow it—namely, of
Shemini Atzeret when
seven hakafot are
again performed.{{refn|group=note|The
hakafot of
Shemini Atzeret are the same as
those used...
- of song and
dance (
hakafot, sing. hakafah; some
communities have
hakafot without subsequently reading the Torah.)
During the
hakafot, most or all of the...
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festive meals in a sukkah;
holding and
carrying the four species;
doing hakafot and
praising God with
hallel prayers in
synagogues Begins 15th day of Tishrei...
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Kippur during the
service for that holiday.
Special services for
Sukkot (
Hakafot)
contain extensive (but
generally obscure)
references to the
special Temple...
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prayers following Motzei Shabbat Maariv, and is
recited when
opening the
Hakafot on
Simchat Torah. In some communities, it is
recited at the end of w****day...
- acrostic; each
stanza ends with
standard alternating line Sh'mini
Atzeret Hakafot הקפות
Alphabetic acrostic Simchat Torah Hayom T'am'tzenu היום תאמצנו also...
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Israel Parksville, New York in 1956, 1957 and 1960. In 1977,
during the
hakafot ceremony on
Shemini Atzeret,
Schneerson suffered a
heart attack. At his...
