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

On Rosh Chodesh say: MONTH NEW.
On Pesach say: PASSOVER46.
On Sukkot say: SUKKOT47.
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.
  2. ABRAHAM - [A] strikes between the thumb and forefinger of [B], like BOTHER, but a single movement.
  3. ISAAC - [I] taps fingertip against throat.
  4. WORSHIP - NDH is clasped over DH [S] and hands circle perpendicular to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Worship.
  5. PASS-DOWN'bit by bit' - (2h)[O^], circle around each other from the shoulder and moving forward, but the action is stop and go.
  6. ADVANCED* - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer with an emphatic movement.
  7. INDEX-LIST-OF-3 - NDH [3], PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH points to 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.
  8. INTERNALIZE - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the sign INVOLVED is generated at that location.
  9. MESSIAH - M-KING.
  10. MIRACLE - WONDERFUL* WORK.
  11. (2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, move away while opening to (2h)[L].
  12. CAUSE - (2h)[S] are held at the chest as if holding a rope and move forward while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cause.
  13. 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.
  14. SOFT-HEARTED - HEART + (2h)[5^] descend slightly twice while closing to (2h)[O^].
  15. HAVE-MERCY-ON-us - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest.
  16. (2h)COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.
  17. OPPRESSION - DH [B] presses down on [S], PO > signer, FO > DS, until NDH tips over and has PO up.
  18. OPPRESSION-OFF - Starts like PRESSURE, DH [B], PO down, FO away, push down slightly on [S], PO > DS, FO away, then the DH is brought upwards suddenly and the signer mouths "off".
  19. 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.
  20. HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH is held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards.
  21. TAKE-OFF - (2h)[B], DHPO > DS, DHFO away, NDHFO diagonally upwards, shoots rapidly upwards while brushing against ND palm.
  22. FAR-AWAY-Heaven - [1] points to Heaven and twists rapidly as it moves in that direction.
  23. SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings.
  24. angels-SAME-AS-us - (2h)[Y], POs ><, FOs up, oscillate between the place where Heaven is spatialized and the signer.
  25. HOLY++-upward - H-CLEAN is repeated while moving upwards.
  26. BODY-BURN - (2h)[5wg] move up the chest, referring to the seraphim (angels), literally "the burning ones".
  27. REALLY-WANT - the sign WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.
  28. KING-DAVID - D-KING.
  29. ANOINTED - [A dot] circles head with DH thumb pointing down.
  30. UPRIGHT - elbow of [S], PO > NDS, FO up, - struck against the fingers of NDH [B] held like part of TABLE.
  31. LABEL - FT of [H], PO towards, are drawn horizontally across palm of [B], PO away, FO up.
  32. CROWN - (2h)[open 8] place crown on head with small double movement.
  33. PLACE-CROWN-ON-HEAD-lf - (2h)[open 8] place crown on head with large single movement.
  34. TABLET - Use [B] to show the traditional outline of the tablets.
  35. BRING-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs up, FOs away, carry the tables down from the mountain.
  36. SABBATH - The DH [F], PO down, descends between NDH [B], PO down, at the wrist area and the body, then moves away from the body and rises up while changing to [S], PO down.
  37. COVENANT - AGREE + RELATIONSHIP moves back and forth between where God is spatilized and the signer.
  38. STATUE - (2h)[A dot], POs away, FOs up, outline shape.
  39. CIRCUMCISE - (2h)[A dot], POs down, DHFT circles NDHFT as if cutting off foreskin and ends with DELETE.
  40. COMMANDMENTS - C-LAW+.
  41. PURE - like NICE but the DH moves backwards slightly on the palm, pauses, then moves forward rapidly to show intensity.
  42. FAVOR - [open 8] taps chin twice.
  43. GO-#BACK - (2h)[B] move towards the spatialized area while rapidly transitioning through [C] to [K].
  44. GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.
  45. KIND - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, NDH is held close to heart and DH circles around it.
  46. PASSOVER - There are many signs for "Passover"; I sign the old one: [S] taps thumbside against elbow (like CRACKER).
  47. SUKKOT - (2h)[A] is shaken like the sign TOGETHER, but slowly and with an exaggerated movement.
  48. alt.GIVE-FROM-HEART-TO-lf - alt. [O^] touches heart and opens as it moves outwards.
  49. WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.
  50. 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.
  51. FROM-TIME-TO-TIME - [B^], PO > NDS, FO away, hops away from signer in upward arcs.
  52. SOFT-HEARTED - Produce the sign SOFT close to your heart.
  53. LOVING - LOVE++.
  54. MIRACLE - WONDERFUL(1x) WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.
  55. 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).
  56. LIGHT-MENORAH - (2h)[bX], DH strikes NDH like a match, and then DH moves up to the menorah and moves > DS in upward arcs as if lighting a series of candles.
  57. CHANNUKAH - (2h)[4], POs away (some use POs >) signer, FOs up, index fingers touch and then separate while sweeping up in an arc, like the arms of a candelabra.
  58. LONG-LIST - (2h)[O^], POs > signer, NDH - above and touches DH; both hands open to (2h)[5] while DH descends.
  59. TAKE-OFF - like DEVELOP but moves quicklt and abruptly with a "po".
  60. TRUE~BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.
  61. USED-TO-BE - [5], PO > NDS, FO up, circles over shoulder.
  62. AARON - (2h)[A], FTs touch area under the throat, separate while moving to the shoulders, then descend down the sides of the chest.
  63. 5-LOOK - [5], PO > signer, circles face.
  64. SHINE-DOWN-GRACE - [O^], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head while wg.
  65. INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

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