EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
DREIDEL+, SPIN++.
CHANUKAH GOOD HOLIDAY.
CHANUKAH GOOD HOLIDAY.
DREIDEL+, SPIN++.
HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
MIRACLE HAPPEN ISRAEL.
MIRACLE HAPPEN ISRAEL.
HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
SEVIVON, SOV++.
CHANUKAH CHAG TOV.
CHANUKAH CHAG TOV.
SEVIVON, SOV++.
CHAG SIMCHA BISHVIL HA-AM.
DEVAR NEDAR HASHEM ASAH.
DEVAR NEDAR HASHEM ASAH.
CHAG SIMCHA BISHVIL HA-AM.
Notes: Because this song is very short, I have translated it into ASL and into Israeli Sign Language.
DREIDEL - Hold out NDH palm up and use thumb and index finger of [bO] to twirl an imaginary top on the palm.
SPIN - [1^] circles around the FT of NDH [1], PO > DH, FO up.
CHANUKAH - (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.
HOLIDAY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, alternately strike chest on their respective sides.
MIRACLE - GREAT WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.
SEVIVON (dreidel, Chanukah top) - Hold out NDH palm up and use thumb and index finger of [bO] to twirl an imaginary top on the palm.
SOV (spin) - [1^] circles around the FT of NDH [1], PO > DH, FO up.
CHANUKAH (Israeli sign) - (2h)[F], POs ><, FOs away, touch FTs, separate, descend, and touch FTs again.
CHAG (holiday) - [B], PO > signer, FO > NDS, rubs vertically at chest.
TOV (good) - [5], PO up, FO away, descends while closing to [O^].
SIMCHA (happy) - Same sign as ASL for HAPPY.
BISHVIL (for) - FT of [O^] tap upturned palm of [B].
HA-AM (the [Jewish] people) - [bC], PO away, FO > DS, descends, moves > DS and repeats.
DEVAR (thing, matter) - (2h)[O^], POs up, FOs away, circle symmetrically parallel to chest.
NEDAR (wonderful) - kiss FT of [O^], then move hand away and open to [5^].
HASHEM (God) - Point upwards with index finger.
ASAH (did) - (2h)[S], POs ><, FOs away, DH hits NDH from above.
Lyrics:
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!
Chanukah is a good holiday;
Chanukah is a good holiday -
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!
It's a happy holiday for the people;
A great miracle happened there;
A great miracle happened there -
It's a happy holiday for the people.
סביבון סוב סוב סוב
חנוכה הוא חג טוב
חנוכה הוא חג טוב
סביבון - סוב סוב סוב
חג שמחה הוא לעם
נס גדול היה שם
נס גדול היה שם
חג שמחה הוא לעם
To see me perform this interpretation in ASL and Shasi (Israeli Sign Language), go to Sevivon.