What is a "yad" for?

Question

What is a "yad" for?

Answer 1

in a synagogue, when one reads from the torah scroll, one should not touch it directly, but use a yad, or hand shapped pointer to mark the place.

Answer 2

"Yad" Means Hand.

But when you say in Hebrew

"Oo Oseh ba Yad"

it means "His doing it hand" -- "Masturbating"

So eighter hand, or masturbating, depends how the sentance goes.

Answer 3

yad literally means hand, but it's also the name of the pointer used when reading from the torah scrolls.

Laughing my as* off at the first answer though!!!

Answer 4

yad is hand

Answer 5

A Yad is used for when a torah reader reads the Torah. This is because Torah's old parchment with the oily finger tips doesn't go well and can mess up the ink. The finger tip is only used for emergency readings when a Yad isn't available.

Answer 6

1..Hand

2. Memorial (Yad  Vashem)

3  Religious item used to point and touch holy scripture

Answer 7

yad means hand

yadcha=your hand (for a boy)

yadeich=your hand (for a girl)

Answer 8

for reading the torah

Answer 9

Although a "yad" is used when reading the Torah, it may also be used when studying Talmud; so, you can also give it as a Hanuka present to your favorite Jewish scholar, or Christmas gift to a non-Jewish friend as a silver back scratcher!