HAKAFOTH


Meaning of HAKAFOTH in English

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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