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hakafoth

American  
[hah-kah-fawt, hah-kaw-fohs] / hɑ kɑˈfɔt, ˌhɑ kɔˈfoʊs /
Or hakafot,

noun

Hebrew.

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of hakafoth

Hebrew haqqāphōth, plural of haqqāphāh literally, going around, circuit

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