Shemoneh Esreh for the Sabbath

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 7 November 2001.

Explanation of the glossing system

LORD, OUR GOD, OUR FOREFATHERS1, (1-OF-3) ABRAHAM2, (2-OF-3) ISAAC3, (3-OF-3) JACOB, WORSHIP4 YOU. PASS-DOWN'bit by bit'5. WE ALSO WORSHIP YOU. YOURSELF-God STRONG*, ADVANCED*6, WONDERFUL*. WORLD~GENERAL, YOU CONTROL. EVERYTHING GOOD, YOU alt.GIFT-TO"each". INDEX-LIST-OF-37, INTERNALIZE8 YOUR LAW, MEAN JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT YOU SEND MESSIAH9 SAVE US. WHY? YOU LOVE US. WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU LORD, GOD, KING ADVANCED THROUGH PRAISE, APPROPRIATE THANK++, CAUSE MIRACLE10, ENJOY OUR MUSIC, KING, GOD, (2h)#ALL11 LIFE FROM YOU.

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add:

REMEMBER US FOR LIFE, YOU KING CHERISH LIFE. PLUS LONG LIFE BOOK, PUT-DOWN OUR NAME FOR YOUR S-A-K-E, GOD CAUSE12 LIVE.

YOU KING, HELPER, SAVIOR, PROTECTOR. WE PRAISE YOU, LORD. WHY? YOU PROTECT ABRAHAM IDEA~LIKE SHIELD13.

SUPPOSE SOMEONE DIE. YOU SUMMON, GET-UP LIVE. POWER YOURS+ CONTINUE FOREVER. YOU HELP-ctr LIVE CONTINUE.

Between Shemini Atzeres and Pesach add:

HE (<) CAUSE WIND, (>) ENCOURAGE RAIN.

YOU SOFT-HEARTED14. SOMEONE DIE, YOU HAVE-MERCY-ON-ctr15. (2h)COME-ON16, GET-UP, LIVE FOREVER CAN. (<) SOMEONE FAIL, YOU SUPPORT. (>) SOMEONE SICK, YOU HELP RECOVER. (<) OPPRESSION17, YOU OPPRESSION-OFF18. (>) SOMEONE LOWERED-INTO-GRAVE19 GRAVE, TRUST YOU HELP-ctr CAN. WHO HAVE POWER LIKE YOU WHO? IDEA~LIKE KING, (<) BLAME RIGHT, GO-AHEAD KILL, (>) BLAME WRONG, ALLOW LIFE. SAVE, YOURS+.

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add:

WHO LIKE YOU, HEAVENLY-FATHER20 MERCY-ON-us, ALLOW LIVE THINGS HAPPY TAKE-OFF21.

WE TRUST YOU, SOMEONE DIE. YOU SUMMON, GET-UP LIVE. WE PRAISE. WE PRAISE LORD. WHY? YOU HELP DEAD, GET-UP LIVE.

KEDUSHAH

KNOW-THAT FAR-AWAY-Heaven22, ANGEL SCADS-OF23 angels-SAME-AS-us24 ANNOUNCE GOD HOLY. PROPHET WRITE, QUOTE, ANGEL THEY-'in Heaven' SUMMON EACH-OTHER ANNOUNCE:

HOLY++-upward25. LORD HIMSELF CONTROL US. EARTH~GENERAL SHOW"all" AUTHORITY HIS.

HIT* SOUND"pow" SPREAD, (<) POWERFUL, (>) STRONG*. REGULAR ANGEL, THEIR VOICE INCREASE++ EQUAL ANGEL BODY-BURN26. SAY "WHAT"?

WE (<) PRAISE, (>) HONOR LORD. WHERE FROM? HIS SPECIAL PLACE.

FROM YOUR PLACE, OUR KING, YOU SHOW-UP CONTROL US LIKE KING, WE LOOK-FORWARD"over time" THAT. YOU CONTROL FROM MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N WHEN? SOON, DURING OUR LIFE TIME, FOREVER FOREVER. REALLY-WANT27 YOU LIVE THERE. REALLY-WANT YOU ADVANCED, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HOLY IN JERUSALEM, YOUR CITY, GENERATION"step by step" FOREVER. REALLY-WANT WITNESS YOUR KINGDOM LIKE SONG EXPRESS YOU STRONG, WHO WRITE? KING-DAVID28 YOUR ANOINTED29 KING UPRIGHT30. SAY "WHAT"?

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

GENERATION"step by step" WE TELL-STORY YOU WONDERFUL. ANNOUNCE YOU HOLY FOREVER FOREVER. WE STOP TALK++ PRAISE YOU OUR GOD NEVER. WHY? GOD YOURSELF KING WONDERFUL, HOLY. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOURSELF GOD (From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur sign KING instead of GOD) HOLY.

MOSES THRILLED YOUR GIFT. GIFT "WHAT", YOU LABEL31 HIM-lf SERVANT TRUST CAN. CROWN32 SHINY YOU PLACE-CROWN-ON-HEAD-lf33 DURING HE-lf APPROACH34 YOU MOUNTAIN S-I-N-A-I. FINISH, STONE TABLET35 TWO, HE-lf BRING-DOWN36. PART DESCRIBE CELEBRATE SABBATH37 HOW. TORAH38 SAY, QUOTE:

JEWISH PEOPLE THEY-rt FOLLOW SABBATH LAW MUST. ME GOD COVENANT37, GENERATION"step by step". SABBATH ITSELF-ON-INDEX SHOW"all" PROOF SIX-DAYS LORD MAKE WORLD~GENERAL WORK++"sta". UNDERSTAND, SEVENTH DAY GOD REST, INSPIRED.

LORD, OUR GOD, SABBATH YOU GIFT-TO (2h)#ALL NOT. OUR KING, PEOPLE WORSHIP STATUE38 PASS-DOWN SABBATH FORBIDDEN. PEOPLE CIRCUMCISE39 NOT-YET, FIND SABBATH REST CAN'T. ONLY YOUR SPECIAL PEOPLE, WE JEWS, YOU GIFT-TO-us WITH LOVE. ISRAEL, HIS CHILDREN YOU CHOOSE. IF WE MAKE SEVENTH DAY HOLY, WE (<) SATISFIED, (>) THRILLED ABOUT YOUR GOOD THINGS WILL. SEVENTH DAY YOU CHERISH, MAKE HOLY. YOU LABEL SABBATH TOP CHERISH DAY. WHY? WE LOOK-BACK REMEMBER YOU MAKE WORLD~GENERAL THAT DAY.

OUR GOD, OUR FOREFATHERS THEIR GOD. HOPE WE REST, YOU HAPPY. MAKE US HOLY THROUGH YOUR COMMANDMENTS40 PLUS ALLOW US SHARE YOUR TORAH. YOUR GOOD THINGS SHOULD SATIFY US, AND YOUR SALVATION THRILL US. MAKE OUR HEART PURE41, FOR-FOR? SERVE YOU TRUE~BIZ. LORD, OUR GOD, WITH LOVE AND FAVOR, ALLOW YOUR SABBATH PASS-DOWN. PLUS JEWISH PEOPLE, THEY-lf MAKE YOUR NAME HOLY, REST DURING SABBATH. WE PRAISE YOU LORD. WHY? YOU MAKE SABBATH HOLY.

SHOW-us FAVOR42, LORD OUR GOD, WE JEWISH PEOPLE AND OUR PRAYER. WE REALLY-WANT GO-#BACK43 SERVE IN TOP* HOLY PLACE IN TEMPLE. JEWISH FIRE OFFERING AND PRAYER, PLEASE ACCEPT WITH L-O-V-E, WITH FAVOR. REALLY-WANT YOUR PEOPLE SERVE, YOU SATISFIED ALWAYS.

On Rosh Chodesh and Chol HaMoed add: PLEASE REMEMBER JEWISH PEOPLE THEMSELVES-lf GO-AHEAD44 KIND45, HAVE-MERCY-ON-lf. WHY? REMEMBER OUR FOREFATHERS WORSHIP GOD, PASS-DOWN. WE ALSO WORSHIP GOD. REMEMBER KING-DAVID YOUR SERVANT PASS-DOWN ANOINTED KING SAVE US WILL. REMEMBER JERUSALEM YOUR CITY HOLY. REMEMBER (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE. CAUSE US (<) LIVE SMOOTH, (>) HAVE PEACE DURING TODAY

LORD OUR GOD, PLEASE REMEMBER alt.GIFT-TO-us US GOOD~THINGS. BLESS OUR LIFE. YOU PROMISE SAVE US, alt.GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf48. (<) HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US, (>) SAVE US. WE LOOK-TO GOD HELP-us. WHY? GOD IDEA~LIKE KING HAVE-MERCY-ON-lf, alt.GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf.

REALLY-WANT OUR EYES WITNESS48 YOU MERCY-ON-us GO-#BACK MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N. WE PRAISE YOU, LORD. WHY? YOU GO-#BACK MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N TOGETHER US.

LORD, WE THANK. KNOW-THAT OUR FOREFATHERS WORSHIP GOD. PASS-DOWN'bit by bit'. WE ALSO WORSHIP GOD PLUS TEACH"each" OUR CHILDREN WORSHIP PASS-DOWN FOREVER. YOU FOUNDATION50 OUR LIFE. IDEA~LIKE FIND ROCK FLAT, GO-AHEAD SET-UP HOUSE. FROM-TIME-TO-TIME51 SOMEONE OPPRESS-lf JEWISH PEOPLE, YOU OPPRESSION-OFF. WE (<) (2h)THANK++, (>) PRAISE. WHY? (1) OUR LIFE OFFER-UP, TRUST CAN. (2) YOU TAKE-CARE-OF-us OUR SOUL. (3) EVERYDAY WE alt.NOTICE YOUR WORK WONDERFUL*. (4) ALL-DAY~ALL-NIGHT YOU alt.GIFT-TO-us GOOD~THINGS. YOURSELF GOOD*. HAVE-MERCY-ON-us. HOW? (<) SOFT-HEARTED52, (2) LOVING53, END NEVER. UP-TO-NOW WE TRUST YOU AGAIN-AND-AGAIN.

On Channukah add: FOR MIRACLE54, FOR SALVATION, FOR STRONG ACTION, FOR VICTORY, FOR WHAT YOU HELP OUR FOREFATHERS WE REMEMBER TODAY.

DURING TIME M-A-T-I-T-Y-A-H-U, HIMSELF ADVANCED COHEN55, PLUS HIS SON+. THEY REBEL AGAINST BAD* GREEK GOVERNMENT OPPRESS US. WE FORGET TORAH AND YOUR COMMANDMENTS. BUT YOU HAVE-MERCY-us US DURING TROUBLE. YOU JUDGE GREECE, SUPPORT US, PUNISH THEM. (<) WEAK BEAT (>) STRONG, (<) FEW BEAT (>) MANY, (<) PURE BEAT (>) NOT PURE, (<) UPRIGHT BEAT (>) BAD*, (<) STUDENT+ YOUR TORAH BEAT (>) PEOPLE NOT FOLLOW YOUR REALLY-WANT. YOUR NAME BECOME SHINY, JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BIG VICTORY. WE REMEMBER THAT SALVATION TODAY. WAR FINISH, YOUR CHILDREN ENTER TOP HOLY PLACE IN TEMPLE, CLEAN, MAKE PURE AND LIGHT-MENORAH56 IN YOUR HOLY PLACE. THEY ESTABLISH EIGHT DAY CHANNUKAH57 EXPRESS HAPPY AND PRAISE YOUR WONDERFUL NAME.

OUR KING, WE (<) PRAISE, (>) ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME ADVANCED* FOREVER. WHY? LONG-LIST58.

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add:

PLEASE WRITE-DOWN NAME ALL YOUR CHILDREN, LIFE TAKE-OFF59.

ALL PEOPLE NEED BOW-DOWN-TO FOREVER. PRAISE YOUR NAME TRUE~BIZ60. GOD, YOU (<) SAVE US, (>) HELP-us US. LORD YOURSELF GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf. WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? OBVIOUS.

The reader recites the Priestly Blessing during the repetition, except in a house of morning.

FOREFATHERS WORSHIP GOD, PASS-DOWN. WE ALSO WORSHIP GOD. BLESS US HOW? SPECIAL TRIPLE BLESS IN TORAH, MOSES YOUR SERVANT HIMSELF WRITE-DOWN. USED-TO-BE61 AARON62 PLUS HIS SON, THEY COHEN, YOUR HOLY PEOPLE SAY "WHAT"?

REALLY-WANT GOD BLESS TAKE-CARE-OF (2h)YOU.

REALLY-WANT GOD 5-LOOK63 SHINE-DOWN-GRACE64.

REALLY-WANT GOD LOOK-DOWN SMILE (2h)YOU. HAPPEN? INSIDE-SELF65 PEACE.

SET-UP PEACE, GOOD THINGS, BLESS, GRACE, KIND, MERCY-ON-us US PLUS (2h)#ALL YOUR JEWISH PEOPLE. BLESS US, OUR HEAVENLY-FATHER, ALL-OF-US COOPERATE, YOUR 5-LOOK SHINE-DOWN-GRACE. WHY? 5-LOOK SHINE-DOWN-GRACE GIFT-TO-us, LORD, OUR GOD, TORAH SUPPORT LIFE PLUS KIND, UPRIGHT, BLESS, MERCY, LIFE, PEACE, WE CHERISH. REALLY-WANT YOU HAPPY BLESS YOUR JEWISH PEOPLE EVERY TIME-PERIOD, EVERY HOUR, HAVE PEACE.

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, subsitute the following:

REALLY-WANT YOU REMEMBER US. HOW? YOUR BOOK PUT-DOWN OUR NAME++-down FOR LIFE, BLESS, PEACE, SUCCEED EARN. WE PLUS YOUR WHOLE PEOPLE, MEAN JEWISH FAMILY"large" FOR GOOD LIFE AND PEACE. WE PRAISE YOU, LORD. WHY? YOU MAKE PEACE.

Omit the next line if it is between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur:

WE PRAISE YOU, LORD. WHY? YOU BLESS YOUR PEOPLE HAVE PEACE.

Footnotes

  1. FOREFATHERS - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH - held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards + (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, move in a vertical circle while moving back over shoulder.

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