Hakafot on Shemini Atzeret Abroad
Question
Is it obligatory to perform Hakafot abroad on Shemini Atzeret?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
Hakafot are not performed on Shemini Atzeret, but only on Simchat Torah.
However, the custom among Chassidim is to rejoice with the Torah on the first day as well.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 668-669
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