Throughout history, many societies have had secret, and not-so-secret hand signs. Jews are no different.
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Why does Judaism have the idea to not point at a person?
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I have not been able to find any prohibition against pointing at another person, except the rules of good manners. However, the custom is that you do not count Jews by assigning numbers to them. Therefore in counting to determine if a minyan is present, various words are used rather than numbers. See "The Book of Jewish Customs" by Harvey Lutske (Jason Aronson, 1986) p. 157
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In order to not show the person where she is ?
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