Prayer and Religious Articles: Prayer and Blessings: Pointing at the Torah:
Why do people point at the Torah with their
little finger?
The poskim don't seem to mention which finger is used
to point at the Torah. (Another thing done with the
little finger - but of the left hand - is taking
drops of wine out of the cup at the seder; in that
case there are three views as to which finger is
used.) Here's a possible explanation for pointing
at the Torah with the little finger: The Hebrew
word for that finger is ZERES, which has a
numerical value of 607. When we point with that
finger we're folding back the other four fingers,
and if we add 4 to 607 we get 611, which is the
numerical value of TORAH.
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