‘Mareh Kohen’ (The Priest's Countenance)
High Holiday Music
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4m 27s
In the Avodah service on Yom Kippur, we reenact the Kohen Gadol’s entry into the holiest part of the Temple. This piyyut tells that story in poetic language, using beautiful imagery to describe his radiant, joyful face. G’mar Hatimah Tovah – may you be inscribed in the Book of Life!
Music: Yigal Calek (1944–2024), arrangement by Oran Eldor, commissioned by PAS Music Center
Text: Traditional piyyut
Music director: David Enlow
Video editor: Tami Shaham
Audio editor: Oli Jung
AV: Oscar Acevedo, Terrell Simms, Erik Van Batavia, Justin Goodman
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