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==When Hakafot take place==
==When Hakafot take place==
# It is customary, by both the night and day of Simchat Torah, to remove all of the Torahs from the Aron and to sing songs and praises.<ref>Rama 669:1</ref> It is also customary to encircle the [[Bima]] with the Torahs just as is done with the [lulav]] during [[Sukkot]] and [[Hoshana Raba]].<ref>Rama 669:1</ref>
# It is customary, by both the night and day of Simchat Torah, to remove all of the Torahs from the Aron and to sing songs and praises.<ref>Rama 669:1</ref> It is also customary to encircle the Bima (table where the Torah is read) with the Torahs just as is done with the [[lulav]] during [[Sukkot]] and [[Hoshana Rabba]].<ref>Rama 669:1</ref>
# In Israel, there is a minhag to do Hakafot the night of Motzei Simchat Torah.<ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 460</ref>
# In Israel, there is a minhag to do Hakafot the night of Motzei Simchat Torah.<ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 460</ref>
==Other Details of Hakafot==
==Other Details of Hakafot==
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==Special Items Regarding Prayers==
==Special Items Regarding Prayers==
# [[Shechechianu]] is recited even in chutz la'aretz when Simchat Torah is celebrated on the second day of [[Shemini Aseret]].<ref>S.A 669:1</ref>
# [[Shehecheyanu]] is recited even in chutz la'aretz when Simchat Torah is celebrated on the second day of [[Shemini Aseret]].<ref>S.A 669:1</ref>
# At night time, it is customary to read Ve'zot Ha'bracha as is done on a regular Monday, Thursday, or Shabbat afternoon and a [[Half Kaddish]] is recited thereafter.<ref>M.B. 669:15</ref>
# At night time, it is customary to read Ve'zot Ha'bracha as is done on a regular Monday, Thursday, or Shabbat afternoon and a Half [[Kaddish]] is recited thereafter.<ref>M.B. 669:15</ref>
# During the day, 3 Torahs are removed from the aron: 1 is for ve'zot ha'bracha (the final parsha in the Torah), 1 is for Breishit, and 1 is for the special reading of the day for [[Shemini Aseret]] from Parshat Pinchas (Bamidbar 29:35).<ref>S.A 669:1</ref>
# During the day, 3 Torahs are removed from the aron: 1 is for ve'zot ha'bracha (the final parsha in the Torah), 1 is for Breishit, and 1 is for the special reading of the day for [[Shemini Aseret]] from Parshat Pinchas (Bamidbar 29:35).<ref>S.A 669:1</ref>
# In a shul in which only two Torahs are present an additional Torah may be brought from another shul even though it is being brought to be used only once (typically this is forbidden).<ref>M.B. 669:9</ref> If this is not feasible, the 1st Torah should be rolled to Parshat Pinchas after completing the reading from Ve'zot Ha'bracha.<ref>Rama 669:1</ref>
# In a shul in which only two Torahs are present an additional Torah may be brought from another shul even though it is being brought to be used only once (typically this is forbidden).<ref>M.B. 669:9</ref> If this is not feasible, the 1st Torah should be rolled to Parshat Pinchas after completing the reading from Ve'zot Ha'bracha.<ref>Rama 669:1</ref>