NO OTHER GOD EQUAL YOU, MY LORD. YOUR MIRACLE¹ BEYOND OTHER. YOUR KINGDOM² LONG-LONG-AGO³ FOREVER, PLUS CONTINUE FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER. NOW LORD RULE LIKE KING. BEFORE LORD RULE. FUTURE LORD RULE TOO. STRONG, LORD GIFT-TO"each"⁴ HIS PEOPLE. LORD BLESS HIS PEOPLE HAVE PEACE.

HEAVENLY-FATHER⁵ HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US. IF WILLING, DO GOOD FOR MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N. JERUSALEM⁶ ITS WALL, BUILD AGAIN. WHY? WE TRUST YOU ONLY, KING, GOD, ADVANCED⁷ RAISE-UP⁸, MASTER CONTROL WORLD GENERAL.

BEFORE JEWISH PEOPLE GROUP-WANDER⁹ DESERT. HAVE A-R-K GOLD BOX, GOLD (2h)F-CL'staves perpendicular to body'¹⁰. PEOPLE FOUR (2h)1-CL'@ each corner' (2h)S-CL'bear on shoulder' CARRY'forward'¹¹. EACH TIME JEWISH PEOPLE GROUP-MOVE-FORWARD¹², MOSES^12A SAY, LORD, YOUR ENEMY, FORCE-ctr SCATTER. IF THEY-ctr HATE GOD, HE FORCE-ctr ESCAPE"each". TORAH¹³ ITS+ TEMPLE SHOW"all" WORLD. HIS LAW, JERUSALEM TEACH"each". PRAISE HIM GIVE TORAH HIS JEWISH PEOPLE, ITSELF HOLY.

Omit this if the Festival falls on Sabbath.

(Recited 3 times) YOU LORD, YOU LORD, GOD MERCY-ON-us SEND GRACE. EASY BLOW-TOP¹⁴ NOT. HIS KINDNESS, HIS TRUTH OVERFLOW. HIS KINDNESS PASS-DOWN ONE-THOSAND GENERATION. WE alt.MAKE-MISTAKE, SIN, OFF-POINT-TO-lf-AND-rt¹⁵, HE FORGIVE, FORGIVE. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)¹⁶...

(Recited 3 times) HAPPEN ME PRAY, HOPE YOU LORD WILLING ACCEPT. KNOW-THAT GOD KINDNESS BEYOND US UNDERSTAND, PLEASE ANSWER, PLEASE ANSWER, TRUE~BIZ¹⁷ SAVE US.

(CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

ME TRUST HIM, PLUS PRAISE HIS NAME (<) HOLY, (>) HAVE GLORY¹⁸. PLEASE WILLING MAKE MY HEART OPEN ACCEPT TORAH PLUS ANSWER PRAYER ME EXPRESS AND (2h)#ALL¹⁹ YOUR JEWISH PEOPLE EXPRESS FOR GOOD, FOR LIFE, FOR PEACE. AMEN.

The Torah is removed from the Ark and presented to the reader, who accepts it in his right arm. Facing the congregation the reader raises the Torah and, followed by congregation, recites:

(Reader, then cong.) JEWISH PEOPLE, ATTEND-TO-me²⁰, KNOW-THAT²¹ LORD HIMSELF OUR GOD. LORD, ONLY-ONE²².

(Reader, then cong.) ONLY-ONE* OUR GOD. WONDERFUL* OUR MASTER. HOLY HIS NAME.

(Reader only) ANNOUNCE LORD WONDERFUL* WITH ME, PLUS HIS NAME WE RECOGNIZE TOGETHER.

Reader. WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? TORAH, YOU GIVE-us US JEWISH, YOUR SPECIAL PEOPLE, HELP-us BECOME HOLY.

(1) STRENGTH, (2) BEAUTY, (3) NAME~SHINY²³, (4) VICTORY, (5) CONTROL, #ALL-FIVE-ON-LIST²⁴ YOURS, LORD. WHY? YOU (<) MAKE HEAVEN, (>) MAKE EARTH. POWER PLUS AUTHORITY YOURS, LORD. OUR GOD ADVANCED. ENTER HIS TEMPLE, BOW-DOWN-TO-God HERE EARTH, HIMSELF HOLY. LORD OUR GOD HOLY.

As the reader carries the Torah to the bimah the congregation recites silently: (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

HEAVENLY-FATHER HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US. WE ACCEPT OUR RESPONSIBILITY. REMEMBER OUR FOREFATHERS²⁵ AGREE~RELATED-TO-God. SUDDEN-WRONG²⁶ BAD HAPPEN, SAVE OUR SOUL. DON'T ALLOW TEMPTATION CONQUER-us US. HELP US NOT FOCUS TOO-MUCH THIS WORLD. INSTEAD MAKE OUR CHARACTER TEND MERCY-ON"each", HELP"all", DO RIGHT*.

The scroll being placed upon the reading desk, the Reader says:

PLEASE GOD HELP, PROTECT, SAVE PEOPLE THEMSELVES TRUST YOU. #ALL-OF-YOU²⁷ SAY, AMEN. ANNOUNCE OUR GOD HIMSELF WONDERFUL* PLUS RESPECT TORAH MUST. COHEN²⁸ PLEASE COME-ON²⁹ BLESS TORAH (fingerspell name of Cohen or sign REPLACE COHEN.) WE PRAISE GOD WHY? TORAH, HE GIFT-TO JEWISH PEOPLE. FOR-FOR? BECOME HOLY.

Cong. IF (2h)YOU CHERISH LORD YOUR GOD, LIVE RIGHT WILL.

Those honored by being called up to the Torah recite the following blessing:

ADMIT-TO LORD, WE NEED PRAISE HIM.

Congregation: WE WILL PRAISE LORD FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER.

The person called to the Torah repeats the response and continues:

WE PRAISE YOU LORD OUR GOD. YOURSELF RULE WORLD~GENERAL IDEA~LIKE³⁰ KING. COUNTRY VARIOUS, YOU PICK US. GIVE-us TORAH. WE PRAISE. WHY? YOU GIVE-us TORAH.

After reading a section of the Torah the following blessing is said:

WE PRAISE YOU LORD OUR GOD. YOURSELF RULE WORLD~GENERAL IDEA~LIKE KING. YOU TEACH-us WAY LIVE RIGHT*. OUR PEOPLE CONTINUE FOREVER CAN. WE PRAISE. WHY? YOU GIVE-us TORAH.

After the Torah is read, it is raised and the Congregation responds:

LORD COMMAND-lf MOSES TEACH-rt JEWISH PEOPLE TORAH, HAND-DOWN'bit by bit'. TORAH IDEA~LIKE TREE. (<) alt.C-CL'pick fruit from rt and eat'³¹ LIVE TAKE-OFF, (>) ITS-rt BLOSSOM³², BEAUTIFUL, SATISFIED. IF WE FOLLOW HIS LAW, LIVE SMOOTH, PEACE. PLUS LIVE LONG, BECOME RICH, PEOPLE HONOR-us US WILL. LORD REALLY-WANT³³ US REALIZE MORE-AND-MORE³⁴ (<) TORAH RIGHT*, (>) AUTHORITY CLEAR.

The blessing before the Haftarah

WE PRAISE ADONAI OUR GOD, KING UNIVERSE. WHY? YOU alt.PICK PROPHET TRUST CAN. PROPHET INFORM"all" TRUTH, YOU CHERISH. WE PRAISE YOU LORD. (1-OF-4)³⁵ TORAH, (2-OF-4) MOSES, (3-OF-4) JEWISH PEOPLE, (4-OF-4) PROPHET, (<) SPEAK TRUTH, (>) RIGHT*. INDEX-LIST-OF-4, YOU CHERISH.

Concluding blessing for the Haftarah

WE PRAISE ADONAI OUR GOD, KING UNIVERSE.WHY? YOU FOUNDATION³⁶ FOREVER. PEOPLE PASS-DOWN, WILLING HELP"each" YOU. IF YOU PROMISE, WE TRUST YOU SUCCEED. GOD COMMAND, CAUSE HAPPEN. EVERYTHING HE SAY (<) TRUE~BIZ, (>) RIGHT*. YOU PROMISE, WE TRUST YOU PROCEED DO. APPROPRIATE TRUST GOD. KING HAVE-MERCY-us WILL. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? EVERYTHING YOU SAY, WE TRUST CAN.

MOUNTAIN Z-I-O-N THEREABOUTS-ctr HOME FOR OUR SPIRIT, PLEASE HAVE-MERCY-ctr. BEFORE³⁷ ENEMY DESTROY TEMPLE, JERUSALEM MOURN. PLEASE SAVE DURING OUR LIFE TIME-PERIOD. WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? SOON TEMPLE SET-UP AGAIN, JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE.

ELIJAH³⁸, YOUR SERVANT, FORETELL³⁹ JERUSALEM (<) SAVE, (>) HAVE PEACE. WE HAPPY. PLEASE SET-UP KING ANOINTED⁴⁰ LIKE KING-DAVID⁴¹ AGAIN, INSPIRED. PERSON WRONG SIT THRONE⁴² TAKE-UP CONTROL NAME~SHINY LIKE KING, GOD FORBID. WHY? YOU SWEAR⁴³ KING AUTHORITY PASS-DOWN. END, NEVER. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU. WHY? YOU PROTECT KING.

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

LORD OUR GOD, WE (<) THANK, (>) PRAISE. FOR-FOR? (1) TORAH, (2) WAY WE WORSHIP, (3) PROPHET INDEX-LIST, (4) TODAY SABBATH PLUS

WE REQUEST HEAVEN PLEASE SAVE US. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

OUR FOREFATHERS, YOU BLESS. PEOPLE ASSEMBLE HERE, PLEASE BLESS SAME. PLUS OTHER GROUP++@rt WORSHIP YOU. (1) THEY-rt, (2) THEIR-rt WIFE, (3) THEIR (<) SON, (>) DAUGHTER, PLEASE BLESS #ALL-THREE-ON-LIST. PLUS (1) PEOPLE (<) SET-UP, (>) SUPPORT SYNAGOGUE⁴⁸, (2) PEOPLE ENTER PRAY, (3) HELP"each" POOR, (4) SUPERVISE JEWISH COMMUNITY, (5) MONEY SEND++ ISRAEL. WE PRAISE YOU, YOURSELF HOLY. WHY? (<) PEOPLE SICK'over time', (>) YOU HELP-lf HEAL. (<) THEY-lf alt.WRONG, (>) YOU EXCUSE-lf. (<) THEY-lf WORK, (>) YOU BLESS-lf, SUCCCEED WILL. WE REALLY-WANT FOR (2h)#ALL JEWISH PEOPLE. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

WE REQUEST HEAVEN PLEASE SAVE US. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

HEAVENLY-FATHER HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

PSALM⁵² SAY QUOTE GOD TAKE-REVENGE FOR BLOOD. HE REMEMBER US. HE FORGET HUMBLE CRY-OUT⁵³ NOT. PSALM ALSO SAY QUOTE HE JUDGE MANY COUNTRY THEMSELVES WANT DESTROY US WILL. STRONG COUNTRY LEADER, HE CRUSH⁵⁴. JEWISH PEOPLE AGAIN PROUD CAN.

WE SHOULD PRAISE THEM LIVE IN YOUR-God's HOUSE. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)...

ME ANNOUNCE REALLY-WANT PRAISE LORD PLUS (2h)#ALL PEOPLE PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME FOREVER FOREVER. WE PRAISE GOD FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER, HALLELUJAH.

The reader takes the Torah in his right arm and recites:

COME-ON PRAISE LORD HIS NAME. WHY? APPROPRIATE RECOGNIZE ONLY HIS NAME ADVANCED.

Congregation: HIS GLORY MORE-THAN (<) EARTH, (>) HEAVEN. PROUD HIS PEOPLE, GOD ADVANCED. MEAN THEY PEOPLE UPRIGHT PRAISE SHOULD. FOR JEWISH PEOPLE GENERAL, HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE, HALLELUJAH.

As the Torah is carried to the Ark, the congregation recites the following Psalm:

KING-DAVID HIS PSALM. LORD OWN EARTH AND EVERYTHING HERE. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET)... (2h)#ALL GATE (2h)B-CL'drawgate rise' SHOULD. EVERY ENTRANCE OPEN-UP SHOULD. WHY? ALLOW KING GLORY ENTER. KING GLORY WHO? LORD RULE ANGEL SCADS-OF HIMSELF KING GLORY.

As the Torah is placed in to the Ark, the congregation recites:

FROM-TIME-TO-TIME HIS A-R-K GOLD (2h)B-CL'box', GOLD (2h)F-CL'staves perpendicular to signer's body' PUT-DOWN⁶³. HAPPEN? (CONTINUE PRAY SILENT) . . . TORAH IDEA~LIKE TREE. (<) alt.C-CL'pick fruit from rt and eat' LIVE TAKE-OFF, (>) ITS-rt BLOSSOM, BEAUTIFUL, SATISFIED. IF WE FOLLOW HIS LAW, (<) LIVE SMOOTH, (>) HAVE PEACE WILL. LORD HELP-us US #BACK-TOGETHER-God⁶⁴. WE WILLING. MAKE TODAY LIKE USED-TO-BE.

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

HOPE DURING YOUR"all" LIFE TIME-PERIOD EVERYONE ACCEPT AUTHORITY HIS-GOD's, #ALL-OF-YOU 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) ANNOUNCE, (2) HONOR, (3) PRAISE, INDEX-LIST-OF-3 NOT ENOUGH. #ALL-OF-YOU SAY, AMEN.

Continue with the Festival Mussaf (not yet glossed).

Footnotes

1. All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used. MIRACLE - WONDERFUL* WORK.
2. KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, circle horizontally.
3. LONG-LONG-AGO - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, move back over the shoulder while circling vertically.
4. GIFT-TO - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands nod down until FOs are away.
5. HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH - held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards.
6. JERUSALEM - [B with thumbs flush with other fingers but not folded into palm], touches mouth and then pronates.
7. ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer.
8. RAISE-UP - (2h)[B], POs odnw, FOs away, lower slightly, supinate, and rise up.
9. GROUP-WANDER - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, are held as if to contain the group and the hands move away together in a random pattern as if wandering with th.
10. (2h)F-CL'staves perpendicular to body' - (2h)[F], POs ><, FOs down, start at respective sides of the body and move ouward to show the handles.
11. (2h)1-CL'@ each corner' (2h)S-CL'bear on shoulder' CARRY'forward' - (2h)[1], POs away, FOs up, show the two people on the left side of the ark (front and back) and then the two on the right + (2h)[S] are positioned as if holding a stave over the shoulder + (2h)[1], POs up, show something being carried forward at shoulder level.
12. GROUP-MOVE-FORWARD - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, hands are cupped together and moved forward to show action as a group.
13. MOSES - M-LAW.
14. TORAH - (2h)[S], POs up, twist twice while separating, as if unrolling a scroll.
15. BLOW-TOP - [5], PO down, FO away, slaps top of [S], PO > DS, FO away, and then moves upwards while DH swivels at the wrist.
16. OFF-POINT-TO-lf-AND-rt - DH [S], PO > NDS, flicks finger off to the left and then to the right.
17. (CONTINUE PRAY QUIET) - This is meant to be signed, but it is really a comment from the interpreter to describe to the Deaf people what is happening in the service.
18. TRUE~BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.
19. GLORY - (2h)[5], POs><, FOs away from signer, DH which - on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.
20. (2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, move away while opening to (2h)[L].
21. ATTEND-TO-me - PAY-ATTENTION.
22. 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.
23. ONLY-ONE - [1], PO away, FO up, twists so that PO > signer, and the hand moves up slightly.
24. 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.
25. #ALL-FIVE-ON-LIST - [A] is held higher than NDH [5], PO > DS, FO away, and DH descends while closing to an [L]. Similarly for #ALL-THREE-ON-LIST which occurs later on.
26. 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.
27. SUDDEN-WRONG - [Y], PO > NDS, FO up, twist at wrist and strikes chin.
28. #ALL-OF-YOU - [A], PO up, FO > DS - held at DS then swings away in an arc and ends [L^], PO up, FO > NDS.
29. 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).
30. COME-ON - (2h)[B] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.
31. IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which - signed smoothly right afterwards.
32. alt.C-CL'pick fruit from rt and eat' - alt. [C] grabs fruit, brings it to mouth and takes a bite.
33. BLOSSOM - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together.
34. REALLY-WANT - the sign WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.
35. MORE-AND-MORE - MORE is signed twice but with the NDH kept in place.
36. (1-OF-4), (2-OF-4), (3-OF-4), and so on - NDH [4], PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH taps index finger for "(1-OF-4)", taps middle finger for "(2-OF-4)", and similarly with the ring finger and little finger.
37. FOUNDATION - NDH [S], PO > signer, FO > DS, - held out with arm parallel to the chest and DH [S], PO > signer, strikes hand from below and then strikes elbow from below.
38. BEFORE - [B^], is held over shoulders, FO > back, and nods.
39. ELIJAH - [E], PO away, FO up, moves under [B], PO down, FO > DS, and past it.
40. FORETELL - [V], PO > back, FO up, moves under [B], PO down, FO > DS, and past it. There are other signs for this.
41. ANOINTED - [A dot] circles head with DH thumb pointing down.
42. KING-DAVID - D-KING.
43. THRONE - SIT + (2h)[B:], POs down, FOs away, behave as if they were on the arms of a throne.
44. SWEAR - (2h)[B], NDH held on imaginary Bible and DH held up in oath. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - inauguration.
45. PASSOVER - [S] taps thumbside against elbow (like CRACKER). For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cracker.
46. SHAVUOT - 7-WEEKS.
47. SUKKOT - (2h)[A] is shaken like the sign TOGETHER, but slowly and with an exaggerated movement.
48. ASSEMBLE - (2h)[S], FO > signer, move > signer while opening to (2h)[5wg].
49. SYNAGOGUE - [S], PO down, FO away, strikes [S], PO down, FO > DS, then [Y] strikes NDH.
50. OPPRESSION-OFF - Starts like PRESSURE, DH [B], PO down, FO away, push down slightly on [S], PO > DS, FO away, then the DH - brought upwards suddenly and the signer mouths "off".
51. #ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
52. FRIEND'circles horizontally' - (2h)[X] interlinked moves in a horizontal circle.
53. PSALM - P-SONG.
54. CRY-OUT - [5:] is held in front of mouth and moves up and away.
55. CRUSH - (2h)[5], palm of DH strikes NDH palm like the beginning of SCHOOL but twists slowly after striking.
56. (2h)SPEAKwg - (2h)[4wg], FOs up, are held with DH against chin and the NDH against the DH.
57. alt.TREE-FALL"pow" - [5], PO away, FO up, places its elbow against the top of NDH [5], PO down, FO > DS, and "falls" forward while still rooted to the NDH while mouthing "pow".
58. LEBANON - DH [S], PO up, is held next to [B], PO > DS, FO away from signer. DH opens to [5] 2x.
59. SYRIA - [W], PO > signer, touches FTs to palm of [B], PO > DS, FO away from signer.
60. (2h)5-CL'rages forward' - (2h)[5], POs > signer, FOs up, hands move forward quickly.
61. BARREN - (2h)[open 8], POs down, FOs away, move away while closing to (2h)[A], while mouth "thp".
62. SHAKE - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, move side to side antisymmetrically.
63. STRIP-OFF-BARK - [5:] runs its FT down the side of [5], PO > DS, FO up, and closes to an [A] as if stripping bark.
64. PUT-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs up, FOs away, move downwards as if puting something down.
65. #BACK-TOGETHER-God - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, are held with NDH close to the body and the DH high and close to where God is spatialized. The hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards each other and contacting.