Byzantine Gold Yad (Torah Pointer) Dafna Kaffeman such as statues by Michelangelo

such as statues by Michelangelo or the paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

Each image has been reproduced with painstaking care to create a viewing experience worthy of the expressionist par excellence

His preferred subjects encompassed intimate and tender human scenes

while also providing a practical benefit of improved grip

Byzantine Gold Yad (Torah Pointer) Dafna Kaffeman such as statues by MichelangeloFor hundreds of years, Jews used simple tapered wooden sticks to point the way through the text of the Torah without touching the fragile handwritten animal skin parchment surface of the holy book. These pointers are called yads (literally the Hebrew word for "hand", ) because of the miniature hands that are typically featured on the tip of the pointer. Yads are personal, individualized objects and have developed into a unique art form with great