Introduction to the ASL translations of the Jewish services

EAST, JEWISH PEOPLE (2h)4-CL'watch rt over time'¹
INSIDE-SELF² SOUL WANT++ "WHAT"?
FUTURE ALL JEWISH PEOPLE ASSEMBLE-TO-rt³
JOIN-rt"each" COOPERATE ISRAEL (2h)THERE-rt⁴.

OUR HOPE DISSOLVE, NOT-YET.
TWO THOUSAND YEAR UP-TO-NOW HOPE STILL STRONG.
||:⁵ HOPE WE FREE (2h)THERE-rt CAN.
(<) TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, (>) JERUSALEM⁶, WE CHERISH. :||

Hebrew transliteration

Kol 'od balevav, p'nimah,
Nefesh y'hudi homiyah,
U-l'fa'atei mizrach qadimah,
'Ayin l'tsiyon tsofiyah,

'Od lo' 'avdah tiqvatenu,
Ha-tiqvah bat sh'not 'alpayim,
||: Lihyot 'am chafshi b'artsenu,
'Erets tsiyon viy'rushalayim. :||

English translation

While yet within the heart, inwardly,
The soul of the Jew yearns,
And towards the vistas of the East, eastward,
An eye looks toward Zion,

Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope born of two thousand years,
||: To be a free people in our land,
In the land of Zion and Jerusalem. :||

To hear the music (without words), go to HaTikva - National Anthem of Israel.

Footnotes

1. All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used. (2h)4-CL'watch rt over time': (2h)[4], POs down, FOs > right (the East), hands circles vertically while their FOs remains > right.
2. INSIDE-SELF: FT of NDH [C], FO > DS, are held against chest and FT of DH [O^] are stuffed 2x into top of NDH.
   ASSEMBLE-TO-rt - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs > right, open hands to (2h)[5] and move > right while FT wg to show people streaming > Israel.
   (2h)THERE-rt - (2h)[B], POs > signer, FOs up, are held high and then slowly lowered until FO > right.
   The signs (and words) between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
   JERUSALEM - [B with thumbs flush with other fingers but not folded into palm], touches mouth and then pronates.

   

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