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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.

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Yad

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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...

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Yad Vashem

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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...

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Righteous Among the Nations

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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...

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Yad Eliyahu

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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...

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Mishneh Torah

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(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...

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Ab Yad

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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...

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Yad Hana

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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...

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Yad Mordechai

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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...

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Betelgeuse

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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...

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Yad Binyamin

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Yad Binyamin (Hebrew: יַד בִּנְיָמִין, lit. Binyamin Memorial) is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council,...

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Battle of Yad Mordechai

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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...

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Yad Hanadiv

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Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) is a Rothschild family philanthropic foundation in Israel. Yad Hanadiv defines its mission as: Dedicated to creating...

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Menora Mivtachim Arena

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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...

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Yad Sarah

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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...

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Yad Leah

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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...

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Yad Labanim

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Yad Labanim is an Israeli volunteer organization to commemorate soldiers who died in Israel's conflicts and care for their bereaved families. The organization...

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Yad HaShmona

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Yad HaShmona (Hebrew: יַד הַשְּׁמוֹנָה, lit. Memorial of the Eight) is a small moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Judean Mountains near...

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Yad Lagla

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"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...

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Tomb of Absalom

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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...

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List of Righteous Among the Nations by country

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prominent Righteous Among the Nations per country of origin, recognized by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem...

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Yad Ben Zvi

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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...

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Oskar Schindler

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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...

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Wilm Hosenfeld

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Polonia Restituta. In June 2009, Hosenfeld was posthumously recognized in Yad Vashem (Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust) as one...

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Mohammed Helmy

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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...

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Israeli disengagement from Gaza

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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...

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Auschwitz concentration camp

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Rosen, Alan (2014). "Tracking Jewish time in Auschwitz". Yad Vashem Studies. 42 (2). Yad Vashem: 11–46. OCLC 1029349665. Snyder, Timothy (2010). Bloodlands:...

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