Maariv for weekdaysA

translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Altneushul (Prague)

Introduction to the ASL translations of the Jewish services

Reader: HE HAVE-MERCY-ON-us FORGIVE SIN AND NOT DESTROY. OFTEN HE CANCEL ANGRY, NOT FULL BLOW-TOP. LORD, SAVE US. PRAY KING ANSWER US HAPPEN WE CALL-ON.

Reader: ADMIT-TO LORD, WE NEED PRAISE HIM.

Cong. and Reader: WE PRAISE LORD FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER.

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... (<) NIGHT, (>) DAY, YOU SEPARATE. (<) DARK'gradually'38, DAY SHUT-DOWN39. (>) SUNRISE, NIGHT FADE-AWAY. (2h)alt.INDEX FOLLOW YOUR LAW. WHY? YOU MAKE (2h)alt.INDEX. WE HOPE YOU IDEA~LIKE KING WILL SUPERVISE US FOREVER. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU CAUSE NIGHT DARK'gradually'.

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... (<) PLEASE TEACH-us US TORAH, (>) COMMAND INDEX-LIST40. INSPIRED WE. (2h)alt.INDEX, WE (2h)THINK-ABOUT (<) ALL-DAY, (>) ALL-NIGHT. WHY? WE REALLY-WANT41 YOU CHERISH US CONTINUE"over time'. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU CHERISH JEWISH PEOPLE.

SHEMA

JEWISH PEOPLE, ATTEND-TO-me, KNOW-THAT42 LORD
HIMSELF OUR GOD. LORD, ONLY-ONE43.
(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

Some congregations say the first paragraph of the Sh'ma out loud:

BOW-DOWN, NAME HIS KINGDOM44 HAVE GLORY FOREVER FOREVER.

YOU'singular' SHOULD LOVE LORD, YOUR GOD USE WHOLE45 HEART, USE WHOLE SOUL, USE EVERYTHING YOU OWN. MY COMMANDMENT46 SHOULD PUT-DOWN-ON-HEART47 HEART. YOUR CHILDREN@lf, YOU SHOULD TEACH"zz"-lf. SIT"over time" HOME, HASH-OUT"tl"-WITH-ctr48. GO-FOR-WALK-TO-rt49, CONVERSE"mm"-WITH-rt50. (<) GO-TO-BED, (>) GET-UP, THINK-ABOUT"tl". COMMANDMENT, PUT-DOWN-ON-bicep51 WRAP-AROUND-arm52. PUT-DOWN-ON-forehead53 TIE-AROUND-head54. PUT-DOWN MEZUZAH55, (<) HOUSE, (>) GATE.

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

LORD YOUR-pl GOD, REAL. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

LONG-AGO GOD CONTROL"each" JEWISH PEOPLE, THEY-rt ACCEPT. THEY-rt SING TOGETHER MOSES56. LORD WHO HAVE AUTHORITY LIKE YOU. YOU HOLY* NAME~SHINY. PEOPLE SCADS-OF57 PRAISE++ YOU. YOUR WORK WONDERFUL*. WHO LIKE YOU? HAVE-NONE58. LONG-AGO JEWISH PEOPLE THEY-rt CONFRONT RED SEA, YOU SEPARATE++-away59. YOUR POWER, CLEAR. THEY-rt SHOCKED, SAY HE, OUR GOD.

PRAY+ LORD CONTINUE CONTROL IDEA~LIKE KING FOREVER. TORAH, TELL-STORY. (2h)alt.LONG-AGO JACOB60, SELF-ctr SLAVE. BUT LORD OPPRESSION-OFF61. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? HE WILLING OPPRESSION-OFF, JEWISH PEOPLE SAVED. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

EVERYTHING WE DO, PLEASE TAKE-CARE-OF-us FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER. FOR LIFE AND PEACE FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? HE-rt PROTECT HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL FOREVER. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

KINGDOM YOURS AND YOU WILL REIGN FOREVER-AND-EVER WITH GLORY. HAVE-NONE KING, ONLY YOU. WE PRAISE YOU LORD, KING HAVE GLORY. HE-rt CONTROL US CONTINUALLY FOREVER-AND-EVER, AND CONTROL (2h)#ALL THINGS HE-rt CREATE.

HALF KADDISH

GOD HIS NAME~SHINY, HOLY*. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS WORTH. SPREAD WORLD THEREABOUTS HE HIMSELF MAKE. HOPE DURING YOUR LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

HOPE HE CONTINUE BLESS US FROM-NOW-ON, FOREVER.

WE ANNOUNCE HE BLESS US. HIS NAME~SHINY, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3) ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

The Shemoneh Esreh is recited here.

FULL KADDISH

GOD HIS NAME~SHINY, HOLY*. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS WORTH. SPREAD WORLD THEREABOUTS HE HIMSELF MAKE. HOPE DURING YOUR LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

HOPE HE CONTINUE BLESS US FROM-NOW-ON, FOREVER.

WE ANNOUNCE HE BLESS US. HIS NAME~SHINY, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3) ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

EVERYTHING #ALL-OF-US JEWISH PEOPLE (<) PRAY, (>) BEG, HEAVENLY-FATHER PLEASE ACCEPT. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

PRAY HEAVEN SEND (<) PEACE, (>) LIFE, FOR US, PLUS JEWISH PEOPLE GENERAL. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

FAR-AWAY HEAVEN, GOD ESTABLISH PEACE. PRAY HERE SAME-AS-Heaven. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

kiddush cup

Between Pesach and Shavuot, the Omer is counted:

Counting the Omer.

ALENU

OUR RESPONSIBILITY "WHAT"? PRAISE LORD HIMSELF CONTROL (2h)#ALL. ANNOUNCE HE ADVANCED*, (<) HEAVEN SET-UP, (>) EARTH SET-UP. OTHER PEOPLE THEY-rt WORSHIP "WHAT", (<) WOOD WHITTLE72 SHAPE, (>) STONE CHISEL73 SHAPE. WE BEND-KNEES74 BOW-DOWN. WHY? HE KING TOP, HOLY*. APPROPRIATE PRAISE HIM. HEAVEN, HE SET-UP IDEA~LIKE TENT'stretch over head'75. EARTH, HE FOUNDATION. STAR (2h)5:-CL'stars in the sky'76 SHOW-TO-us HIS NAME~SHINY. MOUNTAIN, WE LOOK-AT"over time", HIS POWER CLEAR. HIMSELF, OUR GOD ONLY-ONE. HIMSELF, OUR KING. RULER THEY-lf COMPARE-lf-WITH-GOD, NOTHING-TO-IT THEM-lf. TORAH, TELL-STORY QUOTE, NOW+ KNOW-THAT LORD HIMSELF TRUE GOD. HE CONTROL HEAVEN. HE CONTROL EARTH. HIS AUTHORITY SUPREME. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

GOD~BOOK PREDICT QUOTE LORD WILL BECOME KING. MEAN, HE CONTROL EARTH~THEREABOUTS COMPLETE*. SAME~TIME HAPPEN, LORD BECOME ONLY-ONE. PLUS HIS NAME BECOME ONLY-ONE.

MOURNER'S KADDISH

Mourner. GOD HIS NAME~SHINY, HOLY*. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS WORTH. SPREAD WORLD THEREABOUTS HE HIMSELF MAKE. HOPE DURING YOUR LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

Cong. and Mourner. HOPE HE CONTINUE BLESS US FROM-NOW-ON, FOREVER.

Mourner. WE ANNOUNCE HE BLESS US. HIS NAME~SHINY, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1) ANNOUNCE, (2) HONOR, (3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

PRAY HEAVEN SEND (<) PEACE, (>) LIFE, FOR US, PLUS JEWISH PEOPLE GENERAL. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

FAR-AWAY HEAVEN, GOD ESTABLISH PEACE. PRAY HERE SAME-AS-Heaven. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

ADON OLAM

HE-rt LORD RULE77 UNIVERSE78
LONG-AGO WORLD THERE NOT-YET
HAPPEN HE-rt CREATE79 WORLD
EVERYTHING ADMIT HE-rt KING.

SOME-DAY80 OLD WORLD END,
HE-rt STILL ALONE RULE.
ETERNAL81 SAME-OLD-THING82.
HIS-rt GLORY CHANGE NEVER.

HE-rt ONLY-ONE, OTHERS83 NONE
EQUAL HIM-rt, HELP-rt NOT~NEED.
WITHOUT START, WITHOUT END,
(<) POWER, (>) AUTHORITY84, HIS-rt ALWAYS.

HE-rt MY GOD, PAY-OFF85 MY DEBT86.
HAPPEN GRIEF87, ESCAPE TO HIM-rt.
HE-rt MY MIRACLE88, AND PROTECTOR.
ANY TIME ME SUMMON89, HE-rt ANSWER.

EVERY-MORNING AWAKE, EVERY-NIGHT FALL-ASLEEP,
MY SPIRIT OFFER-UP-TO HIM-rt.
SUPPOSE MY SPIRIT SPIRAL-UP90 GO-AWAY91,
NOT~NEED FEAR92, WHY? GOD WITH ME.


Footnotes

  1. All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used. COME-ON is (2h)[B] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

  2. GROUP-WANDER"th" - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, are held apart a few inches and move forward in a disorganized pattern with "th".


Image credits

1. Corbis digial pictures - Woman with Sabbath candles.

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