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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 660
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Source: Orach Chayim Siman 660 · Seif 2 — “נוהגים להקיף אף מי שאין לו לולב: הגה וי"א…”
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<b>סדר הקיף הבימה. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>נוהגים להעלות ספר תורה על [הבימה] ולהקיפה פעם א' בכל יום ובשביעי מקיפים אותה ז' פעמים זכר למקדש: הגה ומוציאין שבעה ס"ת על הבימה ביום שביעי [מהרי"ל] ויש מקומות שמוציאים כל ס"ת שבהיכל [מנהגים] (והכי נוהגין במדינות אלו) שהיו מקיפים את המזבח וההקפות לצד ימין [ובשבת אין מקיפים [טור] ואין מוציאין ס"ת על הבימה]:
The Order of Circling the Bimah, 3 Seifim: The practice is to bring a Torah scroll to (the bimah) and to circle it once each day and seven times on the seventh day, in memory of the Temple Rem"a: And we take seven Torah scrolls onto the bimah on the seventh day (Mahari"l). There are places that take out every Torah scroll in the Ark (Minhagim) (and that is the practice in these countries). [This is] because they would circle the altar. The circles go clockwise. And on Shabbat we do not circle (Tur) nor do we take Torah scrolls on to the bimah.
נוהגים להקיף אף מי שאין לו לולב: הגה וי"א שמי שאין לו לולב אינו מקיף וכן נוהגין [טור בשם רש"י ור"ן פ' לולב] וביום שביעי נוטלין הערבה עם הלולב להקיף (ב"י) מי שאירע לו אבל בחג אינו מקיף וכן אבל כל י"ב חודש על אביו ואמו [כל בו] וכן נהגו:
It is the custom for even those without a lulav to circle. Rem"a: And there are those who say that those without a lulav do not circle, and this is our practice (Tur in the name of Rashi and Ra"n ch. "Lulav"). On the seventh day we take the willows with the lulav while circling (Beit Yosef.). One who goes into mourning during the holiday does not circle. The same is the case for anybody within twelve months of a parent's death (Kol Bo). This is the practice.
יש מי שאומר שאין אומרים הושענא בשבת ולא נהגו כן:
There is one who says not to say Hoshanot on Shabbat, though our practice is not like that.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0