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...

dinner inside a family-sized sukkah; blessing the four species, dgoing hakafot; praising the good fortune with hallel prayers in synagogues Begins 15th...

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...

Kippur during the service for that holiday. Special services for Sukkot (Hakafot) contain extensive (but generally obscure) references to the special Temple...

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...

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...

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...

First Assistant Director Feature Film. Director: Natalie Portman 2013 “Hakafot” First Assistant Director Feature Film 2012 Farewell, Baghdad" ("Mafriah...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

the Magen Avraham and the Maharil. HaAderet v'HaEmunah is also sung in hakafot during Simchat Torah in many communities. In many communities, on Simchas...