Also known as Torah pointer
thumb|upright=0.9|right|Pointing with a yad on an open Torah scroll
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- Instance of
- Jewish ceremonial art
- Subclass of
- pointer
- Religion
- Judaism
- Material used
- silver
- Image
- Parashat Noah.jpg
- Has use
- Torah reading
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thumb|upright=0.9|right|Pointing with a yad on an open Torah scroll
A yad (; , ) is a Jewish ritual pointer, or stylus, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls. It is often shaped like a long rod, capped by a small hand with its index finger pointing from it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.