Yad in Hebrew hand. It is a tool that is part of the Kele Kodesh, the sacred furnishings that adorn the Torah, the sacred text of Judaism. These are pointers for reading the Torah, which usually end in the shape of a closed hand with the index finger extended. Its massive diffusion begins in Europe in the 15th century. Its function is to allow the reader of the scrolls to follow the texts while respecting the prohibition of touching the sacred scriptures with the hands. In the most common practice, the segan, representative of the congregation, indicates to the reader with the yad the point of the text that he must read in order to avoid errors. From an aesthetic point of view, the yads maintain some common characteristics: a length of around 30 cm, mainly in silver, but also in wood, gilded with jewels, in the shape of a spiral. They are far from having a standard shape and for this reason they are highly sought after as antiques. The length of my Yad is 33.5 cm the silver mark is 84 zolotnik, dated 1874, goldsmith's mark in Cyrillic OC. On the handle, surmounted by the figure of a rabbi, in relief the tablets of the law, a lion and the star of David.