Ask a Lubavitcher Anything

[Something Fishy]

Which sects besides Chabad have shmini atzeres hakafos?

There are people who don't? TIL.

[Euclid]

There are people who don't? TIL.

Ashkenaz doesn't

[EliJelly]

Which sects besides Chabad have shmini atzeres hakafos?

AFAIK all chassidim do. Does Chabad have in the morning too?

[Yehuda57]

AFAIK all chassidim do. Does Chabad have in the morning too?

Some guys might still be there from the night when people show up in the morning

[EliJelly]

Some guys might still be there from the night when people show up in the morning

Isn't that the entire Tishrei? At least in 770

[M3B3LY]

What's the idea on simchas Torah day, to only do 3 & 1/2 circles around the bimah by hakafos?

[yelped]

What's the idea on simchas Torah day, to only do 3 & 1/2 circles around the bimah by hakafos?

Huh? Maybe some people drink and don't make past 3 and a half times around?

[Yehuda57]

Huh? Maybe some people drink and don't make past 3 and a half times around?

That's actually the stated minhag, 3.5 times, but in practice  all the hakafos are recited at once without breaking and you circle however long that takes.

[yelped]

That's actually the stated minhag, 3.5 times, but in practice  all the hakafos are recited at once without breaking and you circle however long that takes.

Interesting! So no dancing at all? Or all dancing after the hakafos are all recited?

[Yehuda57]

Interesting! So no dancing at all? Or all dancing after the hakafos are all recited?

LOL, dancing before, after, and during. That's just the actual recital of hakafos.

[MeirS]

That's actually the stated minhag, 3.5 times, but in practice  all the hakafos are recited at once without breaking and you circle however long that takes.

I believe it's actually practiced. (Besides for situations where it's impossible...)

LOL, dancing before, after, and during. That's just the actual recital of hakafos.

We dance before "Hakafos" begins, then we dance after each of the 3 "Ata Hareiso", then we recite 7 Hakafos consecutively (the one leading the Hakafa will circle the Bima half a round for each Hakafa), then we dance for all 7 Hakafos.

[koplonko]

What's the idea on simchas Torah day, to only do 3 & 1/2 circles around the bimah by hakafos?

It's an old ashknazi minhag actually, because of a massacre that toll place once in crakow during the 4th hakafa,

[Yehuda57]

I believe it's actually practiced. (Besides for situations where it's impossible...)We dance before "Hakafos" begins, then we dance after each of the 3 "Ata Hareiso", then we recite 7 Hakafos consecutively (the one leading the Hakafa will circle the Bima half a round for each Hakafa), then we dance for all 7 Hakafos.

Only one Ata Hareisa by day, no?

[ExGingi]

Only one Ata Hareisa by day, no?

We said 3.

Does anyone outside of Lubavitch say more than once at any time?

[Dan]

and you circle however long that takes.

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Only one Ata Hareisa by day, no?

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[ExGingi]

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After a few lechaim who can count?

[Yehuda57]

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With all these minuses coming together I'm ending up way ahead.

[Yehuda57]

We said 3.

Does anyone outside of Lubavitch say more than once at any time?

With all the conflicting minhagim being mentioned, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that outside of Lubavitch they don't do the third hakafah walking backwards.

[ExGingi]

Not a question but a random observation I had at our Simchas Torah day kiddush. One might be able to beat Kratz catering on the quality of the food. But his presentation is unmatched!

[Dan]

After a few lechaim who can count?