yad

[ Sephardic Hebrew yahd; Ashkenazic Hebrew yawd ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural ya·dim [yah-, deem, yaw, -dim].

1. 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.

yad

/ jɑd /

noun

1. Judaism a hand-held pointer used for reading the sefer torah

Word History and Origins

Origin of yad¹

yādh literally, hand

Word History and Origins

Origin of yad¹

Hebrew

Example Sentences

Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum, was especially moving to Steinberg.

From Slate

So far, Amara Yad has completed two volumes focused on the anatomy of the heart and is enlisting teams at other universities for more.

From Los Angeles Times

He and another physician enlisted the Holocaust remembrance group Yad Vashem and publicly pushed for the University of Vienna to investigate whose bodies were depicted in its pages.

From Los Angeles Times

Shivkumar said that beyond making new tools for physicians, the Amara Yad project is working with Oxford University to develop an accompanying curriculum that will explore ethical failures in medicine.

From Los Angeles Times

In Amara Yad, we “get a rare opportunity in history to correct an unbelievably depressing stain that was placed in our field,” he told the Heart Rhythm Society.

From Los Angeles Times