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July 2, 2009 3:34 pm at 3:34 pm
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Jothar
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The minhag to point does make sense. On Pesach, we point to the matza and marror when we say matza zu and marror zeh. So why not point to the Torah when we say Zos Hatorah? The Siddur Vilna quotes a Sefer Chassidim and some other sources for pointing with the index finger. The Mishna Brura ( O.C. 134:2) doesn’t bring down pointing, but he does say that there is an inyan to see the writing in the Torah for kabbalistic reasons. The pinky minhag, however, still eludes me.