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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- 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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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...
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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...
- 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...
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prayer on w****nights. Some
congregations recite this
psalm during the
hakafot on
Simchat Torah.
Verse 1 is said by the
earth in
Perek Shirah. Additionally...
