yad
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
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How to use yad in a sentence
“I feel a little revenge,” she said of presenting her photograph to yad Vashem.
It was almost enough to nominate Rouhani as a Righteous Among the Nations at yad Vashem.
What Hassan Rouhani Really Said About the Holocaust | Michael Moynihan | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer short response was mostly about how much she wishes she could respond to everyone, but was "at yad Vashem" and couldn't.
Israeli Politician Takes To Facebook To Fight For Palestinian Access | Elisheva Goldberg | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe will also visit yad Vashem, the memorial to Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
At yad Vashem, President Obama will be told to “never forget” while conveniently ignoring the ghost of the Nakba just outside.
He translated several parts of Maimonides' "yad ha Hazakah."
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.I think it is thus to be supplied: prpto bhavishyasi (yad) svakritapranunnah.
The Gtakaml | rya SraNo. 80 is a copy of Maimonides' yad Hachazaka, revised by the author, with his autograph signature at the bottom of fol.
Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 | William Dunn MacrayTr yać ćhat mahishṇm agho ms tr sarṇsi maghav somypḥ kraṁ na vive ahvanta dev bharam indrya yad ahim ǵaghna; Ṛigv.
Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2) | Angelo de GubernatisDvdaa dyn yad agohyasytithye raṇann ṛibhavaḥ sasantaḥ sukshetrkṛiṇvann anayanta sindhn dhanvtishṭhann oshadhr nimnam paḥ; Ṛigv.
Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2) | Angelo de Gubernatis
British Dictionary definitions for yad
/ (jɑd) /
Judaism a hand-held pointer used for reading the sefer torah
Origin of yad
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