hakafoth

or ha·ka·fot, hak·ka·foth, hak·ka·fot

[ Sephardic Hebrew hah-kah-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-kaw-fohs ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hakafoth¹

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