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# 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== | ||
# 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>Nitai 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>Nitai 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 could. <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 could. <Ref>Chazon Ovadya p. 462</ref> | ||
# The gabbai of the shul 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> | # The gabbai of the shul 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> | ||
