YAD - Torah pointer

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YAD - Atypical silver filigree Torah pointer
 
€214,95
YAD - Silver decorated Torah pointer 19 cm
€277,65 –20 %
Was: €277,65  (–20 %)
€219,43
5 items total
Swarovski - Pointer, Small, Crystal and Chatons, Chain with Adjusta
Tip
€30,90

size: diameter 15 x 95 mm, chain length 40 cm + 5 cm adjusta surface finish: gold, silver, antique brass, anthracite packaging: box with foam lining

Code: 225/STR
Swarovski - Pointer, Big, Chain with Adjusta
Tip
€39,86

size: diameter 22 x 115 mm, chain length 40 cm + 5 cm adjusta surface finish: gold, silver, antique brass, anthracite packaging: box with foam lining

Code: 223/STR
YAD - Atypical silver filigree Torah pointer
€214,95

A beautifully crafted modernist Torah pointer. Silver filigree, with original hanging chain. Israel, approx. 1960 Length: 9.3'' (approx. 23.5 cm)

Code: 215697
YAD - Silver decorated Torah pointer 19 cm
€277,65 –20 %
€219,43

Beautiful old decorated Torah pointer, 19 cm long. Engraved ornaments and the Star of David. With eyelet for hanging. North Africa, 1956. Previous owner Misod Shoshan...

Code: 213673

The yad (Hebrew: יד, literally "hand") is a special pointer used in the reading of the Torah (קריאת התורה), at the end of which is a small hand clenched into a fist with the index finger extended. Its use, in which the reading of the text is indicated, is based on the strict prohibition against touching the bare parchment of a Torah scroll (ספר תורה). It originated in the Talmudic tractate Megillah 32a and is also mentioned in the halachic codex Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 147). Jad has historically been made from a variety of materials, but the most common is silver. Others include gold, brass, tin, or hardwood (e.g., from the olive tree). It is usually ornately crafted, and at one end of the yad is an eyelet with a chain, which is used to hang the yad from the Torah scroll, or its wooden bars, when rolled up and draped with a shroud. Together with the other ornaments of the Torah scroll and objects intended solely for religious purposes, the yad is one of the so-called holy vessels (כלי קדש).

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