Shacharit for Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot)A

translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

picture of synagogue

Abuhav Synagogue (Safed, Israel)

CONCLUSION OF NISHMAT

GOD, ALL POWER YOURS. YOUR NAME~SHINY1. STRONG FOREVER. YOUR WONDERFUL* WORK PROVE WE AMAZED SHOULD. KING, YOU SIT THRONE2 FAR-AWAY ADVANCED3.

YOU LIVE FOREVER. YOUR NAME ADVANCED, HOLY. LIKE PSALM SAY, SING HAPPY, (2h)YOU FOLLOW HIS LAW. APPROPRIATE UPRIGHT4 PRAISE HIM.

UPRIGHT PEOPLE PRAISE YOU WILL.

THEY FOLLOW YOUR LAW, #DO-DO? BOW-DOWN.

THEY WORSHIP"over time", RECOGNIZE YOU ADVANCED.

PEOPLE HOLY ANNOUNCE, YOU HOLY FINISH.

UP-TO-NOW YOUR JEWISH PEOPLE ASSEMBLE5++ SCADS-OF6. THEY HAPPY SING, SHOW"all" YOUR GLORY7, OUR KING. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... [The interpreter should wait until the Reader begins again aloud.] THAT* PASS-DOWN FOREVER. DUTY (2h)#ALL8 LIVE THING "WHAT"? APPROACH9 YOU, LORD OUR GOD AND GOD FOR OUR FOREFATHERS10. THANK, PRAISE, DEAF-APPLAUSE, SHOW"all" YOUR GLORY, YOU ADVANCED, WORSHIP, BLESS, LIFT-UP11, SING, MORE-THAN12 KING-DAVID13 (<) SING, (>) PRAISE, HIS FATHER J-E-S-S-E YOUR SERVANT, YOUR ANOINTED14.

REALLY-WANT15 (2h)#ALL, (<) HEAVEN, (>) EARTH BOTH, PRAISE YOUR NAME FOREVER. YOU OUR KING, GOD, KING WONDERFUL* AND HOLY. WHY? YOU LORD, OUR GOD, PLUS GOD FOR OUR FOREFATHERS, MEAN APPROPRIATE SING, PRAISE, ADMIT YOUR POWER, CONTROL, WONDERFUL*, STRONG, HOLY. WE BLESS, THANK YOU FROM-NOW-ON16 FOREVER. WE PRAISE YOU LORD, GOD. KING ADVANCED, WE PRAISE YOU. GOD, WE THANK++ YOU. (2h)#ALL MIRACLE FROM YOU. YOU WANT PRAISE THROUGH SONG. KING, GOD, #DO-DO? LIFE GIFT-TO"all"17.

KADDISH

GOD HIS NAME~SHINY, HOLY*. PRAISE GOD. WE MUST ANNOUNCE HIS WORTH. SPREAD WORLD~THEREABOUTS18 HE HIMSELF MAKE.

HOPE DURING YOUR"all" LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS-GOD's, #ALL-OF-YOU19 #WILL. WE JEWISH PEOPLE SIN LONG-LIST20 SAY, AMEN.

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

WE ANNOUNCE HE BLESS US. HIS NAME~SHINY, ADVANCED; WE PRAISE GOD. WE HONOR GOD. WE ADMIT HIS NAME HOLY. PRAISE GOD. WE REALIZE (1-OF-3)21 ANNOUNCE, (2-OF-3) HONOR, (3-OF-3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-322 #WILL. WE JEWISH PEOPLE SIN LONG-LIST NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

BORCHU

ADMIT LORD, WE NEED PRAISE HIM.

WE WILL PRAISE LORD FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER.

LORD OUR GOD, KING WORLD~GENERAL, YOU BLESS. HOW? INVENT MAKE LIGHT, SEPARATE-TO-lf. DARK, SEPARATE-TO-rt. YOU CAUSE PEACE, INVENT MAKE WORLD~GENERAL. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

CONCLUSION OF TITBARACH

(<) (2h)#ALL ANGEL, GOD CHERISH. (>) (2h)#ALL PERFECT. (<) (2h)#ALL STRONG*. (>) BUT (2h)#ALL DO ANY THING GOD COMMAND, BOW-DOWN, RESPECT. (2h)#ALL SING, THEIR HEART PURE23, HOLY. THEY BLESS, PRAISE, SHOW"all" HIS GLORY, RESPECT, RECOGNIZE HOLY, ANNOUNCE HE KING.

APPLY GOD HIS NAME, ITSELF ADVANCED, STRONG*. AMAZING KING, HIMSELF HOLY. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

(2h)#ALL ACCEPT EACH-OTHER24 BURDEN, THAT HEAVEN REQUIRE CONTROL LIKE KING. THEY PERMIT EACH-OTHER RECOGNIZE THEIR CREATOR HOLY. THEY NOT HURRY, SPEAK CLEAR, SWEET. ANNOUNCE SAME~TIME25 AMAZED HE HOLY.

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

THEY-lf (<) ANGEL ROLL26, (>) ANGEL TOP* HOLY #DO-DO? (2h)5wg-CL'float upwards'27, (2h)4-CL'look to right'28 THEY-rt ANGEL, BODY-BURN29. THEY-lf PRAISE, SAY "WHAT"?

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

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

LIKE PSALM SAY, QUOTE THANK HIMSELF MAKE SUN, MOON, STAR SCADS-OF. HIS MERCY-ON-us CONTINUE FOREVER. REALLY-WANT YOU SHINE-ON MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N PLUS #ALL-OF-US30 WORTH HAVE THAT. WE PRAISE YOU LORD. WHY? YOU MAKE SUN, MOON, STAR SCADS-OF.

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

BRING PEACE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. LEAD US PROUD UPRIGHT TO OUR LAND. WHY? YOU SAVE US CAN. WORLD HAVE MANY (<) PEOPLE, (>) LANGUAGE, DIFFERENT++, BUT YOU CHOOSE-us US. PLUS YOU BRING US CLOSE YOUR WONDERFUL* NAME FOREVER TRUE~BIZ31. FOR-FOR? (<) THANK+, (>) PRAISE+ YOU. ANNOUNCE YOU ONE* WITH L-O-V-E. WE PRAISE YOU LORD. WHY? YOU CHOOSE JEWISH PEOPLE WITH L-O-V-E.

SHEMA

JEWISH PEOPLE, ATTEND-TO-me, KNOW-THAT40 LORD
HIMSELF OUR GOD. LORD, ONLY-ONE41.
(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

ME LORD YOUR"all" GOD, TRUE~BIZ. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

FOR OUR FOREFATHERS, FOR US, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FROM JACOB34 YOUR SERVANT PASS-DOWN FOREVER. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

TRUE~BIZ YOU LORD, (<) OUR GOD, (>) GOD OUR FOREFATHERS; (<) OUR KING, (>) KING OUR FOREFATHERS; (<) PAY-OFF35 OUR DEBT, (>) PLUS FOR OUR FOREFATHERS. OUR CREATOR, FOUNDATION OUR SALVATION, OPPRESSION-OFF36, SAVIOR, INDEX-LIST37 YOUR NAME ALWAYS. OTHER GOD, HAVE-NONE38. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

WE PRAISE GOD SUPREME39, WE JOIN THEM BLESS YOU. LONG-AGO GOD CONTROL"each" JEWISH PEOPLE, THEY-lf ACCEPT. THEY-lf SING TOGETHER MOSES40 KINDLE41. LORD WHO HAVE AUTHORITY LIKE YOU. YOU HOLY* SHINE-DOWN. PEOPLE SCADS-OF PRAISE++ YOU. YOU WORK WONDERFUL*. WHO LIKE YOU? HAVE-NONE. LONG-AGO JEWISH PEOPLE THEY-lf CONFRONT RED SEA, YOU SEPARATE++-away. YOUR POWER, CLEAR. THEY-lf SHOCKED. HE, OUR GOD. ALLOW LORD CONTINUE CONTROL THINK~LIKE KING FOREVER. TORAH42, TELL-STORY. alt.LONG-AGO JACOB, SELF SLAVE. BUT LORD OPPRESSION-OFF. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? HE WILLING OPPRESSION-OFF, JEWISH PEOPLE SAVED. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

REPETITION OF THE SHMONEH ESREH

LORD, OUR GOD, OUR FOREFATHERS, (1) ABRAHAM43, (2) ISAAC44, (3) JACOB, WORSHIP YOU. PASS-DOWN'bit by bit'. WE ALSO WORSHIP YOU. YOURSELF-God STRONG*, ADVANCED*, WONDERFUL*. WORLD~GENERAL, YOU CONTROL. EVERYTHING GOOD, YOU alt.GIFT-TO"each". INDEX-LIST-OF-3, INTERNALIZE45 YOUR LAW, MEAN JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT YOU SEND MESSIAH SAVE US. WHY? YOU LOVE US. WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU LORD, GOD, KING ADVANCED THROUGH PRAISE, APPROPRIATE THANK++, CAUSE MIRACLE46, ENJOY OUR MUSIC, KING, GOD, (2h)#ALL LIFE FROM YOU.

YOU KING, HELPER, SAVIOR, PROTECTOR. WE PRAISE YOU, LORD. WHY? YOU PROTECT ABRAHAM IDEA~LIKE SHIELD47.

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

On Simchat Torah and Pesach add:

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

YOU SOFT-HEARTED. SOMEONE DIE, YOU HAVE-MERCY-ON-ctr. (2h)COME-ON, GET-UP, LIVE FOREVER CAN. (<) SOMEONE FAIL, YOU SUPPORT. (>) SOMEONE SICK, YOU HELP RECOVER. (<) OPPRESSION48, YOU OPPRESSION-OFF. (>) SOMEONE LOWERED-INTO-GRAVE49 GRAVE, TRUST YOU HELP-ctr CAN. WHO HAVE POWER LIKE YOU WHO? IDEA~LIKE KING, (<) BLAME RIGHT, GO-AHEAD50 KILL, (>) BLAME WRONG, ALLOW LIFE. SAVE, YOURS+.

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

KEDUSHAH

Congregation, then Reader: (2h)1-HERE51 WORLD WE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME HOLY, here-SAME-AS-Heaven HEAVEN ANNOUNCE HOLY. LIKE PROPHET WRITE, QUOTE, ANGEL THEY-'in Heaven' CALL-ON EACH-OTHER ANNOUNCE:

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

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

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

Congregation, then Reader: 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-WANT 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-DAVID YOUR ANOINTED KING UPRIGHT. SAY "WHAT"?

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

Reader only: 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 HOLY.

All the text in grey from here to end is for the Sabbath, unless otherwise stated.

YOU GIFT-TO-us US, LORD, OUR GOD, WITH LOVE SABBATH REST ASSEMBLE HAPPY, HOLIDAY52 CELEBRATE, TODAY SABBATH PLUS

On Passover: HOLIDAY PASSOVER53, TIME-PERIOD WE OPPRESSION-OFF,

On Shavuot: HOLIDAY SHAVUOT54, TIME-PERIOD YOU GIFT-TO-us TORAH,

On Sukkot: HOLIDAY SUKKOT55, TIME-PERIOD WE HAPPY,

On Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: HOLIDAY EIGHTH DAY ASSEMBLE, TIME-PERIOD WE HAPPY,

WITH LOVE, ASSEMBLE HOLY, LOOK-BACK56 REMEMBER ESCAPE EGYPT.

PLEASE REMEMBER JEWISH PEOPLE THEMSELVES-lf GO-AHEAD KIND, 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

On Pesach: HOLIDAY PASSOVER.

On Sukkot: HOLIDAY SUKKOT.

On Shavuot: HOLIDAY SHAVUOT.

On Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: HOLIDAY EIGHTH DAY ASSEMBLE.

LORD OUR GOD, PLEASE REMEMBER alt.GIFT-TO-us US GOOD~THINGS. BLESS OUR LIFE. YOU PROMISE SAVE US, alt.GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf57. (<) 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.

WHILE WE ASSEMBLE, CELEBRATE, BLESS US, LORD, OUR GOD. HOW? LIFE, PEACE, HAPPY, THRILLED, LIKE YOU WANT PLUS PROMISE BLESS US. OUR GOD PLUS GOD FOR OUR FOREFATHERS, ACCEPT OUR REST. MAKE US HOLY THROUGH YOUR COMMANDMENTS PLUS ALLOW US INNVOLVED YOUR TORAH. MAKE US SATISFIED US WITH YOUR GOOD THINGS PLUS HAPPY ABOUT YOUR SALVATION. MAKE OUR HEART PURE SERVE YOU TRUE~BIZ. PASS-DOWN FOR US, LORD, OUR GOD, WITH LOVE AND PREFER, HAPPY AND THRILLED, SABBATH AND ASSEMBLE HOLY YOURS. WE REALLY-WANT JEWISH PEOPLE, THEMSELVES MAKE YOUR NAME HOLY, CELEBRATE TOGETHER YOU. LORD, OUR GOD, WE PRAISE. WHY? YOUSELF MAKE HOLY SABBATH, JEWISH PEOPLE, PLUS YOUR SPECIAL TIME-PERIOD.

SHOW-us FAVOR58, LORD OUR GOD, WE JEWISH PEOPLE AND OUR PRAYER. WE REALLY-WANT GO-#BACK59 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.

REALLY-WANT OUR EYES WITNESS60 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 FOUNDATION OUR LIFE. IDEA~LIKE FIND ROCK FLAT, GO-AHEAD SET-UP HOUSE. FROM-TIME-TO-TIME61 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 (2h)NOTICE"each" YOUR WORK WONDERFUL*. (4) ALL-DAY~ALL-NIGHT YOU alt.GIFT-TO-us GOOD~THINGS. YOURSELF GOOD*. HAVE-MERCY-ON-us. HOW? (<) SOFT-HEARTED62, (2) LOVING63, END NEVER. UP-TO-NOW WE TRUST YOU AGAIN-AND-AGAIN.

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

ALL PEOPLE NEED BOW-DOWN-TO FOREVER. PRAISE YOUR NAME TRUE~BIZ. GOD, YOU (<) SAVE US, (>) God-HELP-us US. LORD YOURSELF God-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-BE64 AARON65 PLUS HIS SON, THEY COHEN66, YOUR HOLY PEOPLE SAY "WHAT"?

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

REALLY-WANT GOD 5-LOOK67 SHINE-DOWN-GRACE68.

REALLY-WANT GOD LOOK-DOWN SMILE (2h)YOU. HAPPEN? INSIDE-SELF69 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.

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

The service continues with Hallel.


Footnotes

  1. All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used. NAME~SHINY - Starts like the sign NAME, the NDH is left in place while the DH touches it with the [open 8] (as in the sign FEEL), then moves upwards while twisting the wrist.
  2. THRONE - SIT + (2h)[B:], POs down, FOs away, behave as if they were on the arms of a throne.
  3. ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer.
  4. UPRIGHT - Elbow of DH [S] is placed firmly in the palm of NDH [B].
  5. ASSEMBLE - (2h)[S], FO > signer, move > signer while opening to (2h)[5wg].
  6. SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings.
  7. GLORY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.
  8. (2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].
  9. APPROACH - (2h)[B], FOs up, DH PO away, ND is held in front of NDH and palm faces it, then both hands approach one another slightly.
  10. FOREFATHERS - GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, that is, [5] touches thumb to temple and moves away inthree upward arcs + (2h)LONG-LONG-AGO, that is, (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, move back over the shoulder while circling vertically. Personally, I like the Reform way of saying "forefathers and foremothers" so a way you could do this it to use your nondominant hand to sign GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER simultaneously with GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER and add (2h)LONG-LONG-AGO.
  11. LIFT-UP - (2h)[B], PO down are held high and swoop down while supinating and then rise up again as if helping something mature and the hands continue up and FTs are directed > Heaven.
  12. MORE-THAN - (2h)[B^], touch FTs, then DH moves up in an arc towards the signer and away. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - more than.
  13. KING-DAVID - D-KING.
  14. ANOINTED - [A dot] circles head with DH thumb pointing down.
  15. REALLY-WANT - Like WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.
  16. FROM-NOW-ON - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, DHFT touches knuckle side of NDHFT and moves away in a downward arc.
  17. GIFT-TO - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands move forward and FOs end pointing to the person that something is being given to freely.
  18. THEREABOUTS - [5], PO down, FO away, circles parllel to the floor.
  19. #ALL-OF-YOU - [A], PO up, FO > DS is held at DS then swings away in an arc and ends [L^], PO up, FO > NDS.
  20. LONG-LIST - (2h)[O^], POs > signer, NDH is above and touches DH; both hands open to (2h)[5] while DH descends.
  21. (1-OF-3), (2-OF-3), (3-OF-3) - NDH [3], PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH taps thumb for "(1-OF-3)", taps index finger for "(2-OF-3)", and taps middle finger for "(3-OF-3).
  22. INDEX-LIST-OF-3 (4 or 5) - NDH [3] or whatever number of items are on the list, PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH points thumb, then moves > DS and down, then points to the index finger, and similarly with the middle finger to say we are referring to all the previously listed items.
  23. PURE - Like CLEAN but the intensive form that moves slightly > NDS, pauses, then rushes to the DS.
  24. EACH-OTHER - (2h)[A dot], thumbs circle one another with DH thumb pointing down and NDH thumb pointing upwards.
  25. SAME~TIME - (2h)[ILY], POs down, FOs away, DH index finger touches the top of the NDH wrist (where a watch would be), then hands separate while changing to (2h)[Y].
  26. ROLL - (2h)[1], POs > singer, FOs ><, index fingers circle over each other vertically and perpendicular to the chest: the "ophanim" are the famous "wheels within a wheel" of Ezekiel's vision of God's throne.
  27. (2h)5wg-CL'float upwards' - (2h)[5wg], POs down, FOs away, hands rise upwards.
  28. (2h)4-CL'look to right' - (2h)[4], POs down, FOs forward, hands pivot > right to show eye gaze moving in that direction.
  29. BODY-BURN - (2h)[5wg], move up the body as if it were in flames: "seraphim" means "burning ones".
  30. #ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
  31. TRUE~BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.
  32. KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists FT away and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.
  33. ONLY-ONE - [1], PO away, FO up, twists so that PO > signer, and the hand moves up slightly.
  34. JACOB - Could be fingerspelled or signed as a [J] across the chin.
  35. PAY-OFF - [open 8] moves > NDS across palm of [B], PO up and then moves back to produce CLEAN.
  36. OPPRESSION-OFF - DH [B] lifts upwards and off from contacting [S], PO > DS while mouthing "off".
  37. INDEX-LIST - NDH [5], PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH points thumb, then moves > DS and down, then points to the index finger, and similarly with the middle finger to say we are referring to all the previously listed items.
  38. HAVE-NONE - [B], PO > signer, FO > NDS, hand pivots on the elbow across and close to the mouth, which blows on the palm as it passes, and the hand continues upwards to the final position with the FO up. This can be signed two-handed.
  39. SUPREME - (2h)[A], FOs away, DH starts below NDH and arcs around it until it is on top.
  40. MOSES - M-LAW.
  41. KINDLE - (2h)[bX], DH strikes FT down against NDH FT then moves upwards to light a flame.
  42. TORAH - (2h)[S], POs up, twist twice while separating, as if unrolling a scroll.
  43. ABRAHAM - [A] strikes between the thumb and forefinger of [B], like BOTHER, but a single movement.
  44. ISAAC - [I] taps fingertip against throat.
  45. INTERNALIZE - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the sign INVOLVED is generated at that location.
  46. MIRACLE - WONDERFUL* WORK.
  47. SHIELD - NDH [B], PO > signer, FO > DS, is held close to the body, and the DH is [5], PO away, FO up, and held further away. The DH circles CCW as seen by signer as if there is something there to be shielded from. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - shield.
  48. OPPRESSION - DH [B] presses down on [S], PO > signer, FO > DS, until NDH tips over and has PO up.
  49. LOWERED-INTO-GRAVE - [B], PO > DS, FO away, acts as one wall of the grave and [U], PO down, FO away, moves down as if it is a body being lowered into a grave.
  50. GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.
  51. (2h)1-HERE - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, hands descend twice.
  52. HOLIDAY - (2h)[5], POs >&l;, FOs up, alt. tap thumb against check on respective sides.
  53. PASSOVER - [S] taps thumbside against elbow (like CRACKER). For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cracker.
  54. SHAVUOT - EIGHT-WEEKS.
  55. SUKKOT - (2h)[A] is shaken like the sign TOGETHER, but slowly and with an exaggerated movement.
  56. LOOK-BACK - (2h)[N], POs > back, FOs up, move back over shoulder.
  57. alt.GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf - (2h)[O^], alt. touch heart and move away to PO up, FO away.
  58. FAVOR - [open 8] taps chin twice.
  59. GO-#BACK - (2h)[B] move towards the spatialized area while rapidly transitioning through [C] to [K].
  60. WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.
  61. FROM-TIME-TO-TIME - [B^], PO > NDS, FO away, hops away from signer in upward arcs.
  62. SOFT-HEARTED - Produce the sign SOFT close to your heart.
  63. LOVING - LOVE++.
  64. USED-TO-BE - [5], PO > NDS, FO up, circles over shoulder.
  65. AARON - (2h)[A], FTs touch area under the throat, separate while moving to the shoulders, then descend down the sides of the chest.
  66. COHEN - The hands are held with thumbs touching, POs face away from signer, and the fingers are held together but split between the middle and ring fingers, like Mr. Spock on Star Trek (Leonard Nemoy is a cohen and got the gesture from this one which is used to bless the people during holidays).
  67. 5-LOOK - [5], PO > signer, circles face.
  68. SHINE-DOWN-GRACE - [O^], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head while wg.
  69. INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

Image credits

A. From http://www.jewish-holiday.com/awesome.html (Awesome), which is no longer extant.

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