{"id":5016,"date":"2018-09-13T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T06:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/09\/13\/mareh-kohen-a-song-about-the-high-priests-yom-kippur-service"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:50:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:50:14","slug":"mareh-kohen-a-song-about-the-high-priests-yom-kippur-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/09\/13\/mareh-kohen-a-song-about-the-high-priests-yom-kippur-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Mareh Kohen: A Song About the High Priest’s Yom Kippur Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post provides an audio recording of “Mareh Kohen,” a song from the Yom Kippur Mussaf prayer service that attempts to capture the immense joy, relief and gratitude of the High Priest upon exiting the Holy of Holies following the worship service (Avodah) in the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. If the High Priest emerged alive and well, it was a sign of the atonement of the Jewish people – that God had accepted their prayers and granted them atonement. This recording\u00a0is from the Conserrvative Nativ College Leadership Program<\/a> in Israel’s Tisch CD. A full English translation of the lyrics can be seen below. To see the Hebrew and transliterated lyrics, visit The Zemirot Database<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mareh Kohen: The Appearance of the Priest<\/h2>\n

Verily, how glorious was the appearance\u200be of the high priest, when he came forth safe from the holy sanctuary\u200b, without any evil occurrenc\u200be.<\/p>\n

Even as the expanded canopy of heaven, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the lightning\u200b that proceedet\u200bh from the splendour\u200b of the Chajoth (angels) was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the beautiful\u200b\u200b blue thread in the fringes of the four corners of the garments,\u200b was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the appearanc\u200b\u200be of the bow, in the midst of the cloud, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the majesty with which the Creator attired the patriarch\u200bs, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the rose in the midst of a delightfu\u200bl garden, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the
\npries\u200bt.<\/p>\n

As the diadem put on the forehead of a king, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the amiable tendernes\u200bs depicted on the face of the bridegroo\u200bm, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the beauty of the pure mitre [“mitre” means turban], was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As he who sat in concealme\u200bnt, to supplicat\u200be the presence of the Supreme King, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As a bright star, in the border of the east, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the beautiful\u200b\u200b mantle, and the breast-pl\u200bate of righteous\u200bness, was the coun
\ntenan\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the angel that stood at the head of the way, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

As the light that gleameth in the windows, was the countenan\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bce of the priest.<\/p>\n

Trans\u200blation from\u00a0Form of Prayers for the Day of Atonement\u200b.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post provides an audio recording of “Mareh Kohen,” a song from the Yom Kippur Mussaf prayer service that attempts to capture the immense joy, relief and gratitude of the High Priest upon exiting the Holy of Holies following the worship service (Avodah) in the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. If the High Priest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":1843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":[],"categories":[2370],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9177,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions\/9177\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}