Havdalah service

David Bar-Tzur

wine cup, spicebox, and twisted candle for havdalah

KNOW-THAT1 GOD SELF SAVE ME. TRUST GOD MEAN ANXIETY, DISSOLVE. WHY? LONG-AGO UP-TO-NOW LORD SUPPORT. HE BLESS LONG-LIST'pc'2. GOD PROTECT-rt JACOB3 rt-SAME-AS-us US. (2h)LONG-AGO PURIM4, GREEK GOVERMENT TRY OPPRESS-lf JEWISH PEOPLE. THEY-lf lf-BEAT-rt, CELEBRATE. HOPE GOD WILLING DO FOR US ALSO. WINE CUP RAISE-CUP5 DURING SUMMON LORD.

LORD OUR GOD, KING WORLD~GENERAL, WE PRAISE. WHY? YOU INVENT~MAKE GRAPES.

LORD OUR GOD, KING WORLD~GENERAL, WE PRAISE. WHY? YOU INVENT~MAKE THINGS (2h)alt.SMELL'deeply' FINEwg.

LORD OUR GOD, KING WORLD~GENERAL, WE PRAISE. WHY? YOU INVENT~MAKE FIRE. LIGHT, SPREAD.

LORD OUR GOD, KING WORLD~GENERAL, WE PRAISE. WHY? (<) HOLY, (>) EVERYDAY; (<) LIGHT, (>) DARK; (<) JEWISH PEOPLE, (>) OTHER PEOPLE; (<) SEVENTH DAY, (>) SIX-DAY WORK'sta'++, GOD SEPARATE (2h)#ALL6. LORD, WE PRAISE WHY? (<) HOLY, (>) REGULAR, YOU SEPARATE.

(<) HOLY, (>) REGULAR, HE SEPARATE. MEAN (<) WE, (>) OUR SIN, God-SELF SEPARATE CAN.
HOPE JEWISH BORN~SPREAD. COUNT"each", IMPOSSIBLE. IDEA~LIKE7 (<) S-A-N-D SCADS-OF'pc'8, (>) STAR (2h)5:-CL'stars in the sky'
STAR APPEAR++-> MEAN DARK DISSOLVE. SIMILAR REALLY-WANT9 GOD APPEAR, TROUBLE DISSOLVE.
TRUST GOD CAN, WHY? (<) DARK, (>) LIGHT, HE CONTROL BOTH.
HE IDEA~LIKE MOUNTAIN. OUR SIN, PLEASE COVER, BURY.
SOMEONE GUARD EVERY-NIGHT, LOOK-FORWARD SUNRISE. SIMILAR WE EAGER GOD SAVE US.

USED-TO-BE PROPHET CALLED ELIJAH10. HE-ctr BORN CITY T-I-S-H-B-I. LATER HE LIVE G-I-L-E-A-D THEREABOUTS. ELIJAH DIE, NOT. GOD RAISE-UP11 BRING-TO-Heaven HEAVEN. HOPE SOON ELIJAH COME-#BACK-FROM-Heaven12 WHILE WE STILL LIVE. ARRIVE TOGETHER WHO? MESSIAH13, SELF-INDEX RELATED LONG-AGO KING-DAVID14.


Footnotes

  1. All glosses marked with a footnote are described below. For an explanation of other glossing symbols used, see Explanation of glossing used. KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

  2. LONG-LIST'pc' - (2h)[O^], POs > signer, NDH - above and touches DH; both hands open to (2h)[5] while DH descends. Add puffed cheeks.

    • JACOB - Could be fingerspelled or signed as a [J] across the chin.

    • (2h)[P] held at eyes and then hands separate while closing to (2h)[U].

    • RAISE-CUP - [5:], PO up, is raised up as if bearing a cup of wine.

    • (2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

    • IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which - signed smoothly right afterwards.

    • SCADS-OF'pc' - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings. Add puffed cheeks.

    • REALLY-WANT - the sign WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

    • ELIJAH - E-PROPHET.

    • RAISE-UP - (2h)[B], PO down are held high and swoop down while supinating and then rise up again as if helping something achieve a higher level.

    • COME-#BACK-FROM-Heaven - [B], PO > signer, FO up, is held high and then is brought to the chest while transitioning to [5:] and then [K].

    • MESSIAH - M-KING.

    • KING-DAVID - D-KING.

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