Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Dazzling in Appearance

     The vestments of Aaron the High Priest stood out
       Their striking beauty brought about 

     heightened expectations from the hushed crowd
       as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies in a cloud

     of incense, carrying the names of each tribe on his breast
       seeking G-d’s pardon, that His people He bless… 

     trembling, humble – though dazzling in appearance
       Aaron pleaded Israel’s case with iron-willed perseverance



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     Above is a stylized description of the entrance of Aaron, the
     High Priest, into the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, on Yom
     Kippur, when the Tabernacle was carried from place to place
     during the forty years that the Israelites' sojourned in the 
     Sinai Desert. (3,300 years ago).

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