hakafoth

hakafoth
Seph. /hah kah fawt"/; Ashk. /hah'kaw fohs"/, n. Hebrew.
a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
Also, hakafot, hakkafoth, hakkafot.
[Heb haqqaphoth, pl. of HAQQAPHAH lit., going around, circuit]

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