A Silver and Wedgewood Torah Pointer by Daniel Blumberg, Pennsylvania 1959

A Scottish Silver Torah Pointer, made in Glasgow in the late 19th century. Pieces of Judaica which originates from Scotland are particularly rare indeed. Not many pieces of Judaica ...

An Artistic Silver Torah Pointer made in Israel in the 2nd half of the 20th Century. Torah Pointer is modernly made with an artistic sense of the place of origin as the pointer is in the geographical shape of the Land of Israel. Top facing side of the pointer presents one-half with a chased terrain type of landscape with crenelated borders and the other half is smooth with a medallion applied to the top and the words "Shema Yisroel" prominently displayed in Hebrew containing an Israeli emblem; a six branch Menorah. Reverse side is flat and smooth with a circular impression at the top encircling the crowned words "Shema Israel...

An Elegant Silver Torah Pointer made in Austria in the late-19th Century. Torah Pointer is fashioned as a two-tiered tapering circular handle applied to a suspension hole and ring a...

A Valiant Russian Silver Torah Pointer, made in the late 19th Century. There was a large presence of Russian Jewry either living in Russia or emigrating to America in the late 19th ...

This sterling silver Torah pointer (Yad) from Israel has filigree work around the two ends of the handle and a sterling silver chain on the end to hang o...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver Torah pointer/yad; an addition to our Judaica silverware collection This exceptional antique 19th century Russian silver Torah pointer/yad has a knopped tapering cylindrical form. The bulbous knops are each plain and unembellished. The plain tapering handpiece is embellished with applied interlacing designs to the upper portion. The shaft of this silver Torah pointer has a stranded twist design, to an undulating circular collar style knop. This lower knop terminates with an impressive hand, with its index finger pointed. The hallmarks struck to the handpiece of this exceptional silver Torah pointer include: Silver quality/purity mark: 84 (84 zolotniks*) City Mark: Moscow, Russia Maker's mark: ФВ (untraced) Such original Russian examples are becoming increasingly difficult to locate; due to their formation they do not stand the test of time. * 84 zolotniki is equivalent to 875/1000 or .875 standard silver NOTE: The Hebrew word yad (יד) translates to "hand" and is used while reading the Torah. The yad ensures that an impure hand does not touch the fragile parchment; issues also arise when ink does not absorb to the velum and there can be damage to the wording. Condition This antique yad...

This outstanding sterling silver Torah Pointer is 35 cm long and was found in Spain. Hand crafted with lots of details and very filigran in 1844 ,19th century. On top there is a lit...

This rare antique sterling silver judaical Yad (literally translated from Hebrew as “hand”) or Torah pointer was found in Vienna and survived among other historical religious items (...