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Hallel

translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

LORD, OUR GOD, KING RULE WORLD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU MAKE US HOLY THROUGH YOUR COMMANDMENTS PLUS COMMAND US TELL-STORY SPECIAL PSALM1.

PSALM 113

HALLELUJAH!2 GO-AHEAD3 PRAISE HIM, (2h)YOU"all"4 SERVANT FOR LORD. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)5... PEOPLE NEED LONG-LIST6, HE RAISE-UP7. GARBAGE DUMP-OUT8, SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEREABOUTS, HE LIFT-HIGH9. BEFORE LOW-LEVEL10, THEY BECOME HIGH-LEVEL11. WOMAN PREGNANT CAN'T, HE CAUSE CHILDREN BORN++, NOW MOTHER HAPPY. HALLELUJAH!

PSALM 114

HAPPEN JEWISH PEOPLE ESCAPE EGYPT, JACOB12 HIS FAMILY STILL TALK HEBREW. J-U-D-A-H PASS-DOWN WHO KING AMONG JEWISH. OCEAN WITNESS GOD, WATER SEPARATE. JORDAN13 J-O-R-D-A-N RIVER, (2h)5-CL'water recedes'14. MOUNTAIN QUAKE'large' IDEA~LIKE RAM. HILL QUAKE'small' IDEA~LIKE LAMB. WHAT-WRONG, SEA? YOU RECEDE FOR-FOR? JORDAN, WHY TRY ESCAPE? ISRAEL RECEIVE TORAH15, MOUNTAIN SHAKEa href="#16">16 CRAZY-FOR17. OCEAN SEPARATE, WHAT'S-UP? JORDAN (2h)5-CL'water recedes', WHY? MOUNTAIN SHAKE CRAZY-FOR. FOR-FOR? MEAN LORD WITH US, POWERFUL. EARTH WITNESS, KNEES-KNOCK18. JACOB HIS GOD CAUSE ROCK FLOW IDEA~LIKE WATER.

PSALM 115:1-11

Omit this paragraph on the last six days of Passover and on Rosh Chodesh:

NOT FOR OUR S-A-K-E, LORD. NOT FOR OUR S-A-K-E. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... (2h)"HEY"19 JEWISH PEOPLE, GO-AHEAD TRUST LORD. HE (<) YOUR HELP, (>) YOUR SHIELD20. (2h)"HEY" AARON21 HIS FAMILY, GO-AHEAD TRUST LORD. HE (<) YOUR HELP, (>) YOUR SHIELD. (2h)"HEY" (2h)YOU"all" BOW-DOWN HIM, GO-AHEAD TRUST LORD. HE (<) YOUR HELP, (>) YOUR SHIELD.

PSALM 115:12-18

LORD REMEMBER BLESS US WILL. HE BLESS JEWISH PEOPLE. HE BLESS AARON HIS FAMILY. HE BLESS PEOPLE BOW-DOWN. (<) IMPORTANT, (>) NOT IMPORTANT, DOESN'T-MATTER. REALLY-WANT22 LORD BLESS (2h)YOU"all" MORE-AND-MORE23. BLESS (2h)YOU"all" PLUS YOUR CHILDREN. LORD BLESS (2h)YOU"all" FINISH. HIMSELF MAKE HEAVEN AND EARTH. WHO OWN HEAVEN? HON.-INDEX LORD HIS. UNDERSTAND HE GIFT-TO-us US PEOPLE CONTROL EARTH CAN. DEAD PRAISE GOD CAN'T. PEOPLE GONE24, BECOME SILENT, SAME. BUT WE OURSELVES LIVE, PRAISE GOD FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER. HALLELUJAH!

PSALM 116:1-11

Omit this paragraph on the last six days of Passover and on Rosh Chodesh:

ME LOVE HIM-God. WHY? HE PAY-ATTENTION WHEN ME SUMMON. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... ME WALK COUNTRY SUPPORT LIFE, GOD LOOK-DOWN-ON-me25. ME TRUST GOD. DOESN'T-MATTER ME (<) SUFFER, (>) COMPLAIN. ME DECIDE TOO FAST, TRUST PEOPLE CAN'T.

PSALM 116:12-19

ALWAYS LORD KIND TO ME. PAY~EXCHANGE HOW? (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... ME OFFER-UP THANK++-God WILL. ME SUMMON GOD HIS NAME. EACH PROMISE TO GOD ME GO-AHEAD DO NOW, WHILE PEOPLE MANY-LOOK-AT-me26. WHERE? LORD HIS HOUSE TEMPLE THEREABOUTS IN JERUSALEM27. HALLELUJAH!

PSALM 117

Congregation, then reader: GO-AHEAD PRAISE LORD, (2h)#ALL28 NATION. GO-AHEAD PRAISE LORD, (2h)#ALL GOVERNMENT. WHY? HE KIND, WE OVERWHLEMED. LORD HIS TRUTH CONTINUE FOREVER. HALLELUJAH!

PSALM 118

Reader: THANK++ HIM LORD. WHY? HIMSELF GOOD*. HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

Congregation: THANK++ HIM LORD. WHY? HIMSELF GOOD*. HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER. JEWISH PEOPLE SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

Reader: JEWISH PEOPLE SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER

Congregation: THANK++ HIM LORD. WHY? HIMSELF GOOD*. HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER. AARON HIS HOUSE SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

Reader: AARON HIS HOUSE SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

Congregation: THANK++ HIM LORD. WHY? HIMSELF GOOD*. HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER. (2h)YOU"all"BOW-DOWN-TO LORD SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

Reader: (2h)YOU"all" BOW-DOWN-TO LORD SHOULD ANNOUNCE: HE KIND CONTINUE FOREVER.

DEEP INSIDE-SELF29, ME SUMMON LORD. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... PLEASE OPEN-GATE FOR UPRIGHT30. HAPPEN? ME ENTER WILL, THANK++ GOD. THAT* LORD HIS GATE. UPRIGHT ENTER THROUGH CAN. ME THANK++-God. WHY? YOU ANSWER. ME SAVED FINISH. (Repeat) BEFORE BUILDER THEY REJECT STONE. HIT* STONE BECOME FOUNDATION31. (Repeat) WHO CAUSE WHO? LORD HIMSELF. BECOME MIRACLE32 FOR US. (Repeat) LORD HIMSELF MAKE (2h)THIS33 DAY. GO-AHEAD HAPPY CELEBRATE. (Repeat)

ANA HASHEM

Reader, then congregation: PLEASE LORD, SAVE NOW!

Reader, then congregation: PLEASE LORD, SAVE NOW!

Reader, then congregation: PLEASE LORD, GIVE-us US SUCCESS NOW!

Reader, then congregation: PLEASE LORD, GIVE-us US SUCCESS NOW!

BARUCH HABA

GOD BLESS HE-ctr, REPRESENT LORD HIMSELF-God. WE BLESS YOU"all" FROM LORD HIS HOUSE. (Repeat) LORD HIMSELF GOD. HE MAKE OUR LIFE CLEAR. TIE34 HOLIDAY35 OFFERING ON ALTAR36 CORNER@lf CORNER@rt. (Repeat) YOU MY GOD. ME THANK++ YOU. YOU MY GOD. ME RAISE-UP YOU. (Repeat) THANK++ LORD. WHY? HIMSELF GOOD*. HE KIND FOREVER. (Repeat)

YEHALLELU

EVERYTHING YOU MAKE, PRAISE YOU. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... APPROPRIATE THANK++ YOU. RIGHT SING PRAISE YOUR NAME. WHY? YOU GOD (2h)THIS WORLD, YOU GOD NEXT WORLD, ALSO. WE PRAISE YOU LORD. YOURSELF DUE37 PRAISE. Congregation: AMEN.

FULL KADDISH

GOD HIS NAME~SHINY38, 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-YOU39 SAY, AMEN.

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

WE ANNOUNCE HE BLESS US. HIS NAME~SHINY, ADVANCED40; WE PRAISE. WE HONOR. WE ADMIT HIS NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3)41 ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-342 NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY AMEN.

On Channukah (except on Sabbath or Rosh Chodesh, the Kaddish ends here. Otherwise continue:

EVERYTHING #ALL-OF-US43 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-AWAY44 HEAVEN, GOD ESTABLISH PEACE. PRAY HERE SAME-AS-Heaven. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

The service continues with the Torah reading. (The specific readings have not yet been glossed but the surrounding service is there.)


Footnotes

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

  2. HALLELUJAH! - CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting.

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