Noun
yad (plural yads or yadim)
(Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.
yad
The letter ⴷ in the Tifinagh alphabet.
Arafat's prospective visit to the museum recalls Anwar Sadat's visit to Yad Vashem in 1977 in the company of Menachem Begin. Sadat's visit was also a symbolic submission to the Zionization of the holocaust and to its appropriation by Israeli propagandists for their own purposes. Joseph Massad
At Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust, world leaders delayed the beginning of the program by engaging in a lengthy round of hellos, good-jobs and handshakes before they took their seats. Source: Internet
Instead, individuals — as well as large organizations, such as the Jewish Agency, Lone Soldier Center, Yad Lebanim and others — planned to hold remote ceremonies, with participants joining in through social media or the Zoom videoconferencing application. Source: Internet
Nuncio Angelo Roncalli (who became Pope John XXIII, and was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations ) ignored this directive. Source: Internet
One of those organizations is the renowned Yad Sarah, a medical assistance organization that operates throughout Israel, lending medical equipment to Israelis from dozens of its branches in various cities. Source: Internet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed world leaders and heads of delegations who have begun to arrive in Israel for the fifth World Holocaust Forum that is taking place this week at Yad Vashem. Source: Internet