There was a thread on this topic just a couple of weeks ago. I was told by a Chabad rabbi that because we are saying “v’zot ha Torah”, meaning “this is the Torah” and we are pointing at it with our pinky. I have heard other explanations as well – one was that the pinky is the smallest finger and it means that perhaps we learned even a little bit of Torah on this day. I am sure that there are other explanations as well.
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