hakafoth

or ha·ka·fot, hak·ka·foth, hak·ka·fot

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

/ Sephardic Hebrew hɑ kɑˈfɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌhɑ kɔˈfoʊs /

noun 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.

Nearby words

haji,
haji-ioannou,
hajj,
hajji,
haka,
hakapik,
hakari,
hake,
hakea,
hakeem

Origin of hakafoth

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