Evening service II for Rosh Hashanah (Reform)A

translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Altneushul (Prague)

Altneushul, Prague.

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(Recited in Hebrew and repeated in English:)2

WE PRAISE YOU3-rt LORD OUR GOD, KING RULE UNIVERSE. WHY? YOU-rt MAKE US HOLY THROUGH YOUR-rt COMMANDMENTS AND COMMAND US CANDLE LIGHT-candle FOR (SHABBAT AND FOR) HOLIDAYS.

WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD OUR GOD, KING RULE WORD. WHY? YOU-rt GIFT-TO-us LIFE, YOU-rt SUPPORT US, AND CAUSE US ARRIVE THIS TIME-PERIOD.

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MY EYES LOOK-UP-TO-rt MOUNTAINS. START PLACE MY HELP WHERE? MY HELP COME FROM THE-rt LORD. SELF-rt MAKE HEAVEN, EARTH. GOD REFUSE ALLOW MY FEET SLIP. YOUR"all" GUARDIAN SLEEPY NOT. KNOW-THAT YOUR"all" GUARDIAN SLEEPY, SLEEP, NEVER. THE-rt ETERNAL TAKE-CARE-OF (2h)YOU"all". LORD PROTECT SUN NEXT-TO (2h)YOU. SUN NOT HURT DURING DAY AND MOON DURING NIGHT. LORD GUARD (2h)YOU"all" AGAINST EVIL, AND PROTECT YOUR"all" SOUL. LORD GUARD YOU"all" COME-IN-AND-OUT, FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER.

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PRAISE THE-rt LORD. YES, WE OWE PRAISE.

PRAISE THE LORD-rt. WE OWE PRAISE, FOREVER-AND-EVER.

WE PRAISE YOU-rt, LORD OUR GOD, YOU-rt KING RULE UNIVERSE. YOUR-rt WORD CAUSE EVENING DARK'gradually'. YOU-rt OPEN-GATE HEAVEN WISE AND UNDERSTAND HOW CHANGE TIME-PERIOD: WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL. YOU-rt CONTROL STAR DOT-SKY TURN-CCW LIKE REALLY-WANT. YOU-rt CREATE DAY AND NIGHT. (<) DARK'gradually', DAY SHUT-DOWN. (<) SUNRISE, NIGHT DISSOLVE. DAY SET-ASIDE, YOU-rt BRING NIGHT. (<) NIGHT, (<) DAY, YOU-rt SEPARATE. YOU-rt COMMAND ANGEL SCADS-OF. PRAY++ LIVING ETERNAL GOD RULE US ALWAYS FOREVER-AND-EVER.

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WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD. WHY? YOU-rt CAUSE NIGHT DARK'gradually'

YOU-rt LOVE YOUR-rt PEOPLE WITHOUT END, ISRAEL CHIDREN. YOU-rt TEACH-us US TORAH AND MITZVAH, SOME REASON DON'T-MEAN-TO-SAY, SOME BANG-GAVEL LIKE JUDGE. THEREFORE, GOD, HAPPEN GO-TO-BED OR GET-UP, WE THINK-ABOUT YOUR LAWS AND CELEBRATE YOUR TORAH AND MITZVAH FOREVER. (<) ALL-DAY, (<) ALL-NIGHT, WE THINK-ABOUT. WHY? TORAH AND COMMANDMENTS, TWO-OF-THEM OUR LIFE AND EXTEND OUR TIME-PERIOD HERE. DON'T-WANT YOUR L-O-V-E LEAVE OUR HEART. GOD, WE PRAISE YOU-rt. WHY? YOU-rt LOVE YOUR-rt JEWISH PEOPLE.

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JEWISH PEOPLE, PAY-ATTENTION-me. KNOW-THAT THE-rt LORD (nod) OUR GOD. THE-rt LORD, ONLY-ONE.

BOW-DOWN, NAME HIS-rt KINGDOM HAVE GLORY FOREVER-AND-EVER.

YOU'singular' SHOULD LOVE YOUR ETERNAL GOD, USE WHOLE HEART, USE WHOLE SOUL, USE EVERYTHING INSIDE-SELF. WORDS ME COMMAND TODAY, PUT-DOWN-ON-heart HEART. YOUR CHILDREN@lf, YOU SHOULD TEACH"zz"-lf. SIT"over time" HOME, HASH-OUT"tl"-WITH-ctr. GO-FOR-WALK-TO-rt, CONVERSE"mm"-WITH-rt. (<) GO-TO-BED, (<) GET-UP, THINK-ABOUT"tl". COMMANDMENTS, PUT-DOWN-ON-bicep WRAP-AROUND-arm. PUT-ON-forehead TIE-AROUND-head. PUT-DOWN MEZUZAH, (<) HOUSE, (<) GATE.

BECOME AWARE (2h)#ALL MY COMMANDMENTS AND D-O-I-T, LEAD-TO MAKE YOURSELVES HOLY TO YOUR GOD. ME YOUR ETERNAL GOD, MYSELF LEAD (2h)YOU OUT-OF EGYPT BECOME YOUR GOD. ME YOUR ETERNAL GOD.

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YOU-rt. WHY? YOUR-rt PEACE SPREAD, PROTECT IDEA~LIKE TENT'stretch over head' FOR US, FOR YOUR-rt PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND FOR JERUSALEM.

On Shabbat:

Refrain: GOD COMMAND JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE SHABBAT CONTINUALLY179. COVENANT, TEACH"each" CHILDREN PASS-DOWN FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER.

WHY? SHABBAT SHOW"all" JEWISH PEOPLE CONNECT-TO-God STRONG. Refrain

LONG-AGO GOD (<) SET-UP HEAVEN, (<) SET-UP EARTH, SIX-DAY CONTINUE CREATE OUR UNIVERSE. Refrain

BUT SEVENTH DAY ARRIVE, GOD STOP, REST; SET-ASIDE182, REST; GET-OFF-MIND, REST. Refrain

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Reader's Kaddish

GOD HIS-rt SPLENDOR, HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS-rt WORTH. SPREAD WORLD THEREABOUTS HE-rt HIMSELF MAKE. HOPE DURING YOUR(plural) LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS-rt. COME-ON SAY, AMEN.

PRAY WE CONTINUE PRAISE HIM-rt FROM-NOW-ON, FOREVER-AND-EVER.

WE ANNOUNCE HE-rt BLESS US. HIS-rt SPLENDOR, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS-rt NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3) ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. COME-ON SAY AMEN.

WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD OUR GOD. GOD TO OUR ANCESTORS. GOD CONNECT-TO ABRAHAM, GOD CONNECT-TO ISAAC, GOD CONNECT-TO JACOB. GREAT, MIGHTY, AWESOME GOD, GOD SUPREME. YOUR-rt WAY FOLLOW LOVE. YOU-rt RULE (2h)#ALL LIVING THINGS. YOU-rt REMEMBER HOW ANCESTORS TRUST YOU-rt. WITH LOVE YOU-rt PAY-OFF DEBT, PASS-DOWN CHIDREN UP-TO-NOW FOR YOUR-rt NAME S-A-K-E.

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REMEMBER US FOR LIFE, KING HIMSELF-rt THRILLED ABOUT LIFE, AND PUT-DOWN OUR NAME IN YOUR-rt LIFE BOOK, MEAN WHAT YOU-rt REALLY-WANT SUCCEED. YOU-rt GOD GIFT-TO-us LIFE. YOU-rt OUR KING AND OUR HELP, OUR SAVIOR AND OUR SHIELD. WE PRAISE YOU-rt, ETERNAL, SHIELD FOR ABRAHAM.

YOUR-rt MIGHT ETERNAL, GOD. ALL LIFE YOUR-rt GIFT. YOUR-rt POWER SAVE GREAT.

LIVING THINGS, YOU-rt SUPPORT WITH LOVE. WITH GREAT COMPASSION GIFT LIFE TO (2h)#ALL. PEOPLE FALL, YOU-rt HELP STAND. PEOPLE SICK, CAUSE HEAL. SLAVE, LIBERATE, SLEEP GRAVE, REMIND AWAKE.

WHO LIKE YOU-rt, MIGHTY? WHO EQUAL YOU-rt CAUSE LIFE AND DEATH? SALVATION FROM YOU-rt. WHO LIKE YOU-rt, SEND US MERCY? WITH COMPASSION YOU-rt SUPPORT YOUR-rt CHILDREN LIVE. WE PRAISE YOU-rt, GOD. (2h)#ALL LIFE FROM YOU-rt.

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YOU-rt HOLY, YOUR-rt NAME HOLY. THEY-rt STRIVE HOLY DECLARE YOUR-rt GLORY EVERYDAY.

THEREFORE, LORD OUR GOD, CAUSE (2h)#ALL LIVING THINGS APPROACH YOU-rt HAVE AWE. CAUSE EVERYTHING YOU-rt CREATE TREMBLE. (2h)#ALL LIVING THINGS SHOULD RESPECT YOU-rt, AND EVERYTHING YOU-rt MAKE SHOULD BOW-DOWN WORSHIP. WORLD SHOULD GROUP-TOGETHER LIKE FAMILY, DO WHAT YOU-rt REALLY-WANT WITH HEART PERFECT. WE AWARE YOU-rt RULE, MIGHT YOURS-rt, YOUR-rt NAME CAUSE UNIVERSE AWED.

THEREFORE, LORD, HONOR YOUR-rt PEOPLE. PRAISE THOSE-rt THEMSELVES-rt RESPECT YOU-rt. HOPE GIFT-TO THOSE-rt (2h)SEARCH-FOR YOU-rt, AND COURAGE GIFT-TO THOSE-rt TRUST YOU-rt. BLESS YOUR-lf LAND HAPPY AND YOUR-rt CITY JUMP-FOR-JOY, AND PAY-OFF SIN DEBT FINISH, PRAY+ WE LIVE HERE EARTH BECOME SHINY LIKE SUNRISE

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THEREFORE, JUST PEOPLE SEE, FEEL THRILLED. RIGHTEOUS HAPPY, PEOPLE HAVE FAITH SING JUMP-FOR-JOY. VIOLENCE RAGE NO-MORE AND EVIL LIKE SMOKE VANISH. TYRANNY GONE FROM EARTH AND YOU-rt ALONE, LORD, WILL CONTROLL (2h)#ALL YOU-rt CREATE. LIKE WRITTEN-DOWN IN HOLY WRITING QUOTE:

LORD CONTROL LIKE KING FOREVER. MOUNTAIN ZION ITS GOD, GENERATION"step by step", HALLELUJAH.

YOU-rt HOLY. YOUR-rt NAME CAUSE AWE. OTHER GOD HAVE-NONE, ONLY YOU-rt. LIKE WRITTEN-DOWN IN HOLY WRITING QUOTE:

LORD RULE ANGEL ARMY, HIS-rt JUSTICE EXALTED. GOD HOLY, WHY? HIS-rt RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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SEND GRACE, LORD OUR GOD, TO YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND ACCEPT THEIR-ctr PRAYER WITH LOVE. REALLY-WANT YOUR JEWISH PEOPLE WORSHIP APPROPRIATE. WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD. WHY? ONLY YOU-rt APPROPRAITE SERVE WITH AWE.

LORD, WE THANK-YOU++. KNOW-THAT OUR GRANDFATHER~(2h)LONG-AGO WORSHIP G-D. PASS-DOWN'bit by bit'. WE ALSO WORSHIP GOD PLUS TEACH"each" OUR CHILDREN WORSHIP PASS-DOWN FOREVER. YOU-rt FOUNDATION OUR LIFE. WE (<) (2h)THANK+-rt, (<) PRAISE+-rt YOUR-rt GREAT AND HOLY NAME. WHY? Add more translation here

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PRAY+ YOU-rt ACCEPT MY WORDS AND WHAT MY HEART THINK-ABOUT, GOD, MY FOUNDATION AND MY SAVIOR.

or [the words below are often sung]

LIKE GOD MAKE PEACE FAR-AWAY HEAVEN,

PRAY INDEX-rt MAKE PEACE FOR US HERE

AND FOR (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE

COME-ON SAY, COME-ON SAY AMEN.

PRAY+ INDEX-rt MAKE PEACE, PRAY+ INDEX-rt MAKE PEACE.

PEACE FOR US HERE AND (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE. :|

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ALl rise

The Ark is opened

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, PAY-ATTENTION OUR VOICE.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, WE SIN AGAINST YOU-rt.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, HAVE-MERCY-ON US AND OUR CHILDREN.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, CAUSE SICKNESS, WAR, AND HUNGER END.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, (2h)#ALL OPPRESSION SHOULD END.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, BOOK OFFER LIFE, WRITE-DOWN OUR NAME++.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, MAKE NOW NEW YEAR GOOD FOR US.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, STRENGHT, GIFT-TO YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL.

HEAVENLY-FATHER, OUR KING, HAVE-MERCY-ON US, ANSWER. WE AWARE OURSELVES WORTHLESS. YOURSELF-rt KIND, GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf. PLEASE HELP US.

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WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD OUR GOD, KING RULE UNIVERSE. WHY? YOU-rt CREATE GRAPES.

WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD OUR GOD, KING RULE UNIVERSE. COUNTRY DIFFERENT++, YOU-rt PICK US, MAKE OUR LANGUAGE ADVANCED AND YOUR-rt COMMANDMENTS MAKE US HOLY. YOU-rt GIFT-TO US, LORD OUR GOD, WITH LOVE, THIS SHABBAT AND THIS ROSH-HASHANAH. FOR-FOR? TAKE-IN SOUND-SHOFAR, HOLY DAY ASSEMBLE, LOOK-BACK REMEMBER WE ESCAPE EGYPT. MEAN YOU-rt CHOOSE US, AND MADE US MORE HOLY THAN OTHER NATION AND YOUR WORD TRUE-BIZ, ESTABLISHED FOREVER. WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD, KING RULE WHOLE WORLD. YOU-rt MAKE SHABBAT, JEWISH PEOPPLE AND ROSH-HASHANAH HOLY.

WE PRAISE YOU-rt LORD OUR GOD, KING RULE WORD. WHY? YOU-rt GIFT-TO-us LIFE, YOU-rt SUPPORT US, AND CAUSE US ARRIVE THIS TIME-PERIOD.

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OUR RESPONSIBILITY "WHAT"? PRAISE GOD RULE (2h)#ALL. (<) HEAVEN, (<) EARTH SELF CREATE. GOD PICK-us US SEPARATE FROM OTHER FAMILIES HERE EARTH. GIFT-TO-us US FUTURE DIFFERENT COMPARE OTHERS.

THEREFORE WE BEND-KNEES BOW-DOWN. WHY? WE AWED AND THANKFUL APPROACH HIM-rt RULE (2h)#ALL. rt-SELF HOLY, PRAISE HIM-rt.

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GOD HIS-rt SPLENDOR, HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS-rt WORTH. SPREAD WORLD THEREABOUTS HE-rt HIMSELF MAKE. HOPE DURING YOUR(plural) LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS-rt. COME-ON SAY, AMEN.

PRAY WE CONTINUE PRAISE HIM-rt FROM-NOW-ON, FOREVER-AND-EVER.

WE ANNOUNCE HE-rt BLESS US. HIS-rt SPLENDOR, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS-rt NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3) ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. COME-ON SAY AMEN.

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PRAY HEAVEN SEND (<) PEACE, (<) LIFE, FOR US, PLUS JEWISH PEOPLE GENERAL. COME-ON SAY AMEN.

LIKE GOD MAKE PEACE FAR-AWAY HEAVEN, PRAY HE-rt MAKE PEACE FOR US HERE AND FOR (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE COME-ON SAY AMEN.

[If sung repeat as follows:]

PRAY HE-rt MAKE PEACE, PRAY HE-rt MAKE PEACE. PEACE FOR US HERE AND (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE.

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ADON OLAM

HE-rt LORD RULE UNIVERSE
LONG-AGO WORLD THERE NOT-YET
HAPPEN HE-rt CREATE WORLD
EVERYTHING ADMIT HE-rt KING.

SOME-DAY OLD WORLD END,
HE-rt STILL ALONE RULE.
ETERNAL SAME-OLD-THING.
HIS-rt GLORY CHANGE NEVER.

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

HE-rt MY GOD, PAY-OFF MY DEBT.
HAPPEN GRIEF, ESCAPE TO HE-rt.
HE-rt MY MIRACLE, AND PROTECTOR.
ANY TIME ME SUMMON88, HE-rt ANSWER.

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


Footnotes

All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used.

1. This service is found in Stern, C. (ed., 1984), Gates of Repentance: The New Union Prayerbook for the Days of Awe. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis. All page numbers refer to this edition.

2.

(Recited in Hebrew and repeated in English:) - This prayer book divides the service into many short portions. They are recited first in Hebrew, and then repeated in English.

3.

YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
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