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==When Hakafot take place== | ==When Hakafot take place== | ||
# 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 | ==Other Details of Hakafot== | ||
# Even those who are strict about not dancing or clapping on [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]] all year round are lenient about dancing and clapping on Simchat Torah in order to give respect to the completion of Torah.<ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Sukkot]] 93:9), Chazon Ovadya p. 456-7</ref> However, playing musical instruments is absolutely forbidden on Simchat Torah, both in Israel and outside Israel.<ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 458</ref> | # Even those who are strict about not dancing or clapping on [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]] all year round are lenient about dancing and clapping on Simchat Torah in order to give respect to the completion of Torah.<ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Sukkot]] 93:9), Chazon Ovadya p. 456-7</ref> However, playing musical instruments is absolutely forbidden on Simchat Torah, both in Israel and outside Israel.<ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 458</ref> | ||
# It is praiseworthy to engage in the celebration of Simchat Torah with dancing and clapping as much as one is able. <Ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 462</ref> | # It is praiseworthy to engage in the celebration of Simchat Torah with dancing and clapping as much as one is able. <Ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 462</ref> | ||
# | # One should be careful not to give a Sefer Torah to a young child to dance with because he may drop it. <Ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 463</ref> | ||
# Some say that having a person ride on someone else's shoulders is a bad minhag. < | # Some say that having a person ride on someone else's shoulders is a bad minhag. <Ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 463</ref> | ||
# It is permitted for the elderly and and | # It is permitted for the elderly and and sick to sit between Hakafot but they should stand during the Hakafot and when the Sifrei Torha are being returned to the Heichal. Healthy people should stand during the entire duration of Hakafot until the Sifrei Torah are returned to the Heichal. <ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 465</ref> | ||
# On Simchat Torah, it is permitted to move a | # On Simchat Torah, it is permitted to move a Torah for the purpose of dancing or reading it somewhere else.<ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Sukkot]] 94:1), Chazon Ovadya p. 460</ref> | ||
Regarding the laws | Regarding the laws of davening and reciting brachot after drinking wine and other intoxicating beverages see [[Seudat Purim]] under the section titled Avoiding Davening and Brachot After Drinking. | ||
==Nighttime meal== | ==Nighttime meal== | ||
