This is all from an acharon I looked up when I was in 10th grade. I’ve long since forgotten the source, but he was ashkenazi. Maybe one of our more learned members can help out. During Hagba’ah we look for a letter from our name in the text and point at it. We use our pinkies because pointing with the index finger is coarse and not kavod hatorah. He (the acharon) said he doesn’t know why we kiss the finger afterwards.
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