Jewish%20thought for Yoma 38:7

וכי האי גוונא מי שרי והא"ר יצחק בר שמואל בר מרתא הקורא את שמע לא ירמוז בעיניו ולא יקרוץ בשפתותיו ולא יורה באצבעותיו ותניא רבי אלעזר חסמא אומר הקורא את שמע ומרמז בעיניו ומקרץ בשפתותיו ומראה באצבעו עליו הכתוב אומר (ישעיהו מג, כב) ולא אותי קראת יעקב

R'ZECHARIAH, THE SON OF KEBUTAL, SAID etc. : R'Hanan, the son of Raba, repeated to Hiyya, the son of Rab in the presence of Rab: R'Zechariah the son of Kefutal, whereupon Rab indicated to him with [a gesture of] the hand: [that it should be] Kebutal. Why did he not speak to him? - He was reading the Shema'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">¹²</span> But is such [interruption] permitted, has not R'Isaac B'Samuel B'Martha said: He who reads the Shema' may neither blink with his eyes, nor gesticulate with his lips, nor point with his fingers; and it has also been taught: R'Eleazar Hisma said concerning him who whilst reading the Shema' blinks with his eyes, gesticulates with his lips or points with his fingers, Scripture has said: Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLIII, 22.');">¹³</span>

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