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 ]