The poet Yoram Taharlev will be laid to rest today (Friday) in the Kibbutz Yagur cemetery at 14:00.
Earlier, his coffin was placed at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv and a funeral service was held in his memory, in which ministers, colleagues and family members mourned him, along with listening to his songs.
At the end, all the occupants of the hall stood and applauded Yoram Taharlev for the last time.
"Your work will sometimes continue in our hearts and in the hearts of the country for many, many years to come."
The funeral ceremony for Yoram Taharlev at the Habima Theater // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
At the beginning of the funeral service, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz paid tribute to him: "I came to his performance and was delighted at every moment. As a well-known public singing enthusiast, I came out hoarse and mostly happy and satisfied. "Made tens of thousands of Israelis feel every day. At the end of the show, I wrote to myself on my cell phone: The Israel Prize for Yoram Taharlev, unfortunately we did not manage to complete this task."
Minister Ganz added: "You designed the security soundtrack that accompanied and accompanied us warriors. Along with the songs that shape the road, you did not forget the road itself and described small moments of life. Your spray and song, which you wrote and edited modestly left a mark. "Countless events are engraved in your writings. Thank you, rest in peace, we will continue to listen to you."
Minister Gantz: "Countless Events Engraved in Your Writings", Funeral Ceremony for the Poet Yoram Taharlev, Photo: Elad Malka
Afterwards, the Minister of Culture and Sports, Hili Trooper, said: "We planned for the Israel Prize to reach Yoram this year. In the last day, everyone I meet shares the great pain with me. In the last day, his songs are played on all radio stations. "It ends up meeting so many Israelis. His writing grew out of deep Jewish roots, precisely against the background of the winds of division. Taharlev presented an essay. Not everyone manages to be a soundtrack of generations, you succeeded."
Avshalom Kor also mourned him with great pain: "Thanks to him we know about Eitan Nava from the Ammunition Hill, about Yoel Moshe Salomon. He told about the history of Israel, teaching us how much the country will cost us, how much we fought to win it. His father lives: 'I prayed to this boy', ever since he lived the Bible and accompanied biblical figures. "We have the right parking." He had a hug from Yiddish, the kibbutz, receiving illegal immigrants and finding parking in Tel Aviv.
Avshalom Kor: "Too bad the songs he won't be able to write", Yoram Taharlev, Photo: Moshe Shai
Finally, his family members went up and mourned.
Erella his daughter said: "It's not easy to write an obituary for a father, a father like mine, whose words abounded. I watched you and learned. Now that you go and there are other things I did not learn, I want to memorize them: your humor, how funny you were in life, even without editing "You were so funny at home, in a cafe, in a hospital, it was not the jokes or quotes playing in my head, it was an amused look that whoever was sitting with you could for a moment embrace."
Erella added: "You never had anything low again, I never gossiped, you harbored resentment, you did not judge people. You were an example person. You knew how to enjoy the little things: logic puzzles, afternoon cigars, Hanukkah donuts, babies. Every time after we met You would break up and tell me I had fun with you Dad, we had fun with you, all of us. We had great fun.
"You were humble, never arrogant or arrogant. At the end of a show you would come home and go to work in the morning. Your modesty was evident in the relationship you had with the fans. You did not act like they were the fans and you were revered. You knew how to live with death."
Erela his daughter: "You were never arrogant or arrogant, you knew how to enjoy the little things", the writer and poet Yoram Taharlev, 2017, Photo: Kfir Ziv
His grandson John paid tribute: "It's not easy to write to you. We would meet regularly for coffee at the press house, you in a button-down denim shirt. To you with great excitement and for a moment they turn to me - 'You have a one-of-a-kind grandfather' and I thought 'I did win, you do not know how much.' "He was there. You are a special grandfather more than words."
The symbol of Israeli culture
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.
Yoram Taharlev at a cultural event at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2017, Photo: Gideon Markovich
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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