Object numberM2019/007:004
DescriptionSterling silver Yad, ritual pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading. The rod is capped by a small hand with its index finger pointing.
Beyond its practical usage in pointing out letters, the Yad ensures that the parchment is not touched during the reading. While not required when chanting from the Torah, it is considered a 'hidur mitzvah' (embellishment of the commandment) of reading the Torah.
The Yad was purchsed in Israel postwar, together Rimmonim (crowns) and breastplate, to accompany the Torah that the Rabbi of Trevišov gave to Nicholas Fenyo when he left Slovakia for Australia in 1951.
Beyond its practical usage in pointing out letters, the Yad ensures that the parchment is not touched during the reading. While not required when chanting from the Torah, it is considered a 'hidur mitzvah' (embellishment of the commandment) of reading the Torah.
The Yad was purchsed in Israel postwar, together Rimmonim (crowns) and breastplate, to accompany the Torah that the Rabbi of Trevišov gave to Nicholas Fenyo when he left Slovakia for Australia in 1951.
SubjectRitual Object, Judaica
Object nameyad
Materialsilver
Dimensions
- length: 280.00 mm
width: 30.00 mm
Language
- Hebrew According to our Rabbi the Torah cover inscription reads:
"For the memory of Shlomo Yaakov the son of Shraga Samuel
Donated by his daughter - Rachel Bloom"
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jeanette Abrams