Hakafot

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

מַלְכוּתְךָ, מַלְכוּת כָּל עוֹלָמִים,
וּמֶמְשַׁלְתְּךָ בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר:

Chabad

malchus'cho, malchus kol oylomim,
umemshalt'cho b'chol doyr vodoyr:

Hebrew

כִּי מִצִיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה, וּדְבַר
יְהֹוָה מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:

Chabad

ki mitziyoyn teitzei Toyroh, ud'var
Adonoy mirusholoyim:

All recite the following in an undertone:

Hebrew

אָב הָרַחֲמִים, הֵיטִיבָה בִרְצוֹנְךָ אֶת
צִיּוֹן, תִּבְנֶה חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ, מֶלֶךְ אֵל רָם
וְנִשָּׂא אֲדוֹן עוֹלָמִים:

Chabad

ov horachamim, heitivoh virtzoyn'cho es
Tziyoyn, tivneh choymoys y'rusholoyim:
ki v'cho l'vad botoch'nu, melech Eil rom
v'niso adoyn oylomim:

In the same manner, the verses of אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ are recited two more times.

Once the verses of אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ have been said three times, Chabad custom is to recite the verse below three times:

Hebrew

וְהָיָה זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּפָרַצְתָּ
יָמָה וָקֵדְמָה וְצָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה,
וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כָּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת
הָאֲדָמָה וּבְזַרְעֶךָ:

Chabad

v'hoyoh zaracho ka-afar ho-oretz, uforatzto
yomoh vokeid'moh v'tzofoynoh vonegboh,
v'nivr'chu v'cho kol mishp'choys
ho-adomoh uv'zarecho:

Some follow the custom, in a year of Hakhel, of adding the verse below:

Hebrew

הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן, וְקִבַּצְתִּים
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָרֶץ, בָּם עִוֵּר וּפִסֵּחַ, הָרָה
וְיֹלֶדֶת יַחְדָּו, קָהָל גָּדוֹל יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּה.

Chabad

hinni meivi oysom mei-eretz tzofoyn, v'kibatztim
miyark'sei oretz, bom iveir ufiseiach, horoh
v'yoyledes yachdov, kohol godoyl yoshuvu heinoh.

The congregants take all Torah scrolls from the Ark and hold them.

By night, the bimah is circled once in each Hakafah section that follows; by day, the bimah is circled three and a half times as all seven Hakafah sections are recited in succession.