A yad (Hebrew: יד; Yiddish: האַנט, lit.'hand') is a Jewish ritual pointer, or stylus, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls. It is often shaped like a long rod, capped by a small hand with its index finger pointing from it.
A yad (Hebrew: יד; Yiddish: האַנט, lit. 'hand') is a Jewish ritual pointer, or stylus, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow...
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יָד וַשֵׁם; lit. 'a memorial and a name') is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving...
term used to refer to non-Jewish observers of the Seven Laws of Noah. When Yad Vashem, the Shoah Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, was established...
Yad Eliyahu (Hebrew: יד אליהו) is a neighborhood in east Tel Aviv, Israel. Yad Eliyahu was established in 1929. It developed in accordance with plans drawn...
(Hebrew: מִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה, lit. 'repetition of the Torah'), also known as Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka (ספר יד החזקה, 'book of the strong hand'), is a code of Rabbinic...
Ab Yad (Persian: ابياد) may refer to places in Iran: Ab Yad-e Badri Ab Yad-e Qahremani Ab Bad (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
Yad Hana (Hebrew: יַד חַנָּה, lit. 'Hannah's Memorial') is a community settlement and former kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near...
Yad Mordechai (Hebrew: יַד מָרְדְּכַי, lit. Memorial of Mordechai) is a kibbutz in Southern Israel. Located 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Ashkelon, it falls...
The traditional name Betelgeuse was derived from the Arabic يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jawzā’ "the hand of al-Jawzā’ [i.e. Orion]". An error in the 13th-century...
Yad Binyamin (Hebrew: יַד בִּנְיָמִין, lit. Binyamin Memorial) is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council,...
The Battle of Yad Mordechai was fought between Egypt and Israel in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, at the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai. The Egyptians attacked...
Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) is a Rothschild family philanthropic foundation in Israel. Yad Hanadiv defines its mission as: Dedicated to creating...
Yad Eliyahu Arena, Hebrew: היכל יד אליהו, known as the Menora Mivtachim Arena (היכל מנורה מבטחים) and formerly as the Nokia Arena (היכל נוקיה) for commercial...
Yad Sarah (Hebrew: יד שרה) is the largest national volunteer organization in Israel. Employing over 6,000 volunteers, with a salaried staff of 150, Yad...
Yad Leah is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which sends clothing to poor families in Israel. It was founded in 2004 by Passaic resident...
Yad Labanim is an Israeli volunteer organization to commemorate soldiers who died in Israel's conflicts and care for their bereaved families. The organization...
Yad HaShmona (Hebrew: יַד הַשְּׁמוֹנָה, lit. Memorial of the Eight) is a small moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Judean Mountains near...
"Yad Lagla" is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language song from the soundtrack album of the film Sairat, directed and co-written by Nagraj Manjule. The song is...
The Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום, romanized: Yad Avshalom, lit. 'Absalom's Memorial'), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut...
prominent Righteous Among the Nations per country of origin, recognized by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem...
Yad Ben Zvi (Hebrew: יד יצחק בן-צבי), also known as the Ben-Zvi Institute, is a research institute and publishing house named for Israeli president Yitzhak...
2018. "Kleinicke, Helmut". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023. "Walz, Hans". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original...
Polonia Restituta. In June 2009, Hosenfeld was posthumously recognized in Yad Vashem (Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust) as one...
of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2013, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. Born in Sudan, he moved to Berlin to study...
responsibility as an occupying power in Gaza. The disengagement began with Operation "Yad l'Achim" (Hebrew: מבצע יד לאחים, "Giving brothers a hand"). The aim of the...
Rosen, Alan (2014). "Tracking Jewish time in Auschwitz". Yad Vashem Studies. 42 (2). Yad Vashem: 11–46. OCLC 1029349665. Snyder, Timothy (2010). Bloodlands:...