hakafah

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Pronunciations

hakafah (hah-kah-FAH) listen
hakafah (huh-KUH-fuh) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Where did you go for hakafos on Simchas Torah?"

  • "Before we go, let's do a hakafah and make sure we saw everyone."

  • "We went to Hakafot in three different synagogues —and look how many candies I got!" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH הקפה > Y הקפֿה hakofe

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      hakafa

Notes

  • plural: 'hakafot' or 'hakafos'

    The go-around usage is more common among Orthodox Jews.

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