Jad (EN)

Metallstab
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
The yad is used as a pointing stick when reading the Torah. It usually has the shape of a small hand with an outstretched index finger. This yad has a different shape - a Moroccan yad - and can be categorised as a Torah pointer due to its inscription.
Silver-plated brass, 21x2cm, donated by Mrs Schöneweiß, Vöhl-Obernburg

Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Spitze
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler		 Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Spitze
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Schaft
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler		 Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Schaft
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Fuß
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler		 Ausschnitt des Metallstabes, Fuß
Foto: Karl-Heinz Stadtler

 

The inscription is in Hebrew and is translated into German from top to bottom:

Hebräische Schrift
Hebräische Schrift
Hebräische Schrift

Sons of Israel.


From the Book of the Repeated Law.
[33:4 Deuteronomy]

And this is the Torah.
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