The poet and writer Yoram Taharlev is laid to rest at this time (Friday) in the cemetery at Kibbutz Yagur.
Earlier, his coffin was placed at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv and singers, colleagues, friends and family passed by his coffin, paid tribute to him and sang his songs.
Among the eulogies was Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, who said that Yoram Taharlev was expected to receive the Israel Prize this year.
"I came to his performance and rejoiced at every moment, as a well-known lover of public singing I came out hoarse and mostly happy and satisfied. Believe me, being happy and satisfied is not something that can be said to be standard in the agenda of a politician in Israel. And added: "Countless events are engraved in your writings."
Yoram Taharlev, Photo: Moshe Shai, Archive
Avshalom Kor added: "Thanks to him, we know about Eitan Nava from the Ammunition Hill, about Yoel Moshe Salomon. He told about the history of Israel, to teach us how much the land will happen to us, how much we fought to win it."
At the end of the ceremony, his daughter Erella paid tribute to him and said: "You never had anything low, you never gossiped, you harbored resentment, you did not judge people. You were a person of example. You knew how to enjoy the little things: logic puzzles, afternoon cigars, Hanukkah donuts, babies. "You were humble, never arrogant or arrogant, at the end of a show you would come home and go to work in the morning. Every time after we met you would say goodbye and tell me I had fun with you. Dad, we had fun with you, all of us. We had great fun."
Minister Gantz: "Countless Events Engraved in Your Writings", Funeral Ceremony for the Poet Yoram Taharlev, Photo: Elad Malka
A legend in his life
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.
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.
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 suburbs ("You and I and the wind", "Dreamers after the sun", "The smell of an apple and a second ruby", "Migratory birds"), Boaz Sharabi ("Sometimes I feel I need wings"), Ilana Rubina ("Water from the Well"), Matti Caspi ("Noah") and more.
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