The poet Yoram Taharlev will be laid to rest today (Friday) in the Kibbutz Yagur cemetery at 14:00.
Earlier, his coffin was placed in the "Meskin" hall at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv.
Yoram Taharlev died at the age of 83 after dealing with cancer.
Was a poet, songwriter, writer, translator and stand-up comedian.
Taharlev was born and raised in Kibbutz Yagur, his parents are beautiful and lively.
As part of his military service, he wrote for the newspaper "In the GDNA Camp" and later served as the editor of this newspaper and "in the Nahal camp".
He worked for many years as an editor in the Ministry of Defense publishing house.
A legend in his life.
Yoram Taharlev, Photo: Moshe Shai
Over the years he has written many songs and hymns, some of them for festivals and various competitions, including song festivals and Eurovision while working with many composers, including composer Yair Rosenblum, with whom he had a special connection.
The two together created many hits for the military bands, including: "There are girls", "I had a friend I had a brother", "Ammunition Hill", "Paratrooper's song", "There is no way back" and many more good ones.
Alongside the writing work, he really enjoyed meeting the audience and experiencing his own reactions to his work and alongside his standup performances, often lecturing to many diverse audiences of all ages - from regular service soldiers to Palmach veterans in various lectures, including a lesson in humor and between language and language.
Yoram Taharlev in his youth, Photo: Kfir Ziv Courtesy of Nurit Zarchi
During the Corona period, he continued to write, published songs and humorous stories online, and is considered one of the most prolific and intriguing composers he has written about episodes in the history of the Jewish people, his experiences from the kibbutz where he grew up, songs for military bands, children's songs, books and more.
Many performed his songs, including Yehoram Gaon ("In the Orchard by the Trough" to Hirsch's music, "A Night of Blossoms" to Wilenski's music, "Let's go back to the tango" to Peikov's music, "The Oak Tree" to Amarillo's music and more), Hava Alberstein ( "You're Engraved", "Path to the Pools", "Star Tree", "Ballad on a Horse with a Stain on the Forehead", "Women Dancing"), Yardena Arazi ("You Are My Country" which was chosen as the favorite song in the competition in honor of the celebrations of the 70 to the country, "Let the sun pass over me"), the Yarkon Bridge ("The Cup"), the suburbs ("You and I and the wind", "The dreamers after the sun", "The smell of an apple and a second ruby", "Migratory birds"), the dudas ("We will not know Tonight "), Edna Lev (" Keren Shemesh Keren Zohar "," Two Sisters "," If You Return "), The Sour (" Farewell Song for Summer "," What I Wanted "), Ilanit (""Balika", "Only in the meantime"), Boaz Sharabi ("Sometimes I feel I need wings"), Ilana Rubina ("Water from the well"), Matti Caspi ("Noah"), a boot band ("White Autumn") and more.
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