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What is the use for a yan?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It's a yad, not a yan. The yad is used as a pointer whilst reading the Torah. As the Torah is holy, no-one is allowed to touch it (excpet the scribe), so people use yads instead.

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13y ago

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