Interesting. It’s one of those things I never thought about; I just always did it from the time I was old enough to sit in shul and noticed that my family and for that matter nearly all the congregants did it. I’ve always seen the pinky raised straight up, though, which doesn’t seem to fit with the standard definition of “pointing”, though, does it? I mean, if we’re supposed to be “pointing” at the Torah, why wouldn’t we angle our fingers so that they’re facing wherever the Torah is? Maybe other posters here have seen that done– if so, please comment– but I never have.
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