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cherrybim
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Jothar- “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?”

Yes, but we don’t kiss our finger when pointing at the matza.

When we touch a davar sh’bikdusha, the holiness is tranferred over to our hand and we can kiss it, i.e., kissing: a sefer; a mezuzah; sefer torah; t’felin; s’fardim kiss their hand after shaking the hand of an adom chashuv.

The order is never reversed; we do not kiss our hand and touch it to the object.

So even if what you say is correct; what’s with the kissing?