''Heilige Minuten' of the High Holy Days: Aharle Samet and Haim Pollak with 'Salah Na''

Dov Lemel
September 16, 2025   
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Aharle Samet continues for the fourth time with the uplifting project "Heilige Minuten" - and presents the prayers of the High Holy Days in the stirring style of the Vizhnitz Hasidism, as he heard and received from his rabbi, the Rebbe of the History of Abraham Yitzhak, a distinguished disciple of the author of "Ha'Amri Chaim" from Vizhnitz.

After encompassing the Rosh Hashanah prayers, Aharla continues to Yom Kippur with moving and magnificent performances of selected excerpts from the prayers on the night of the holy day.

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This year, Ahrala joined him with the singer from Hoiznitsa, Haim Pollak, who added emotion and authenticity to the Dinkota version.

The first piece from "Heilige Minuten 4" is the piece "Forgive Us," composed by Rabbi Nissan Yost, who was murdered in Auschwitz.

Rabbi Nissan, a follower of the 'Ahavat Yisrael' from Vizhnitz and even served in the Kodesh, and later with the 'Ameri Chaim'.

His other well-known compositions include: Mencha ve Simcha, He Am Pipit, and Vitayo - which were performed in previous years, alongside a host of other songs and works full of emotion and holiness.

Credits:

Arrangement and musical production: David Toib

Drums: Amir Aharon

Piano: David Toeb

Keyboards (cardboard): Zviki Levin

Flute and clarinet: Dor Asraf

Clarinet solo: Avraham Balti

Guitars: Avi Singolda

Strings: Bennett Symphony conducted by Yoeli Tsishinsky

Wind instruments: Moran Brown, Rafi Davidov, Roy Blair

Choir Recording Production: Shloimi Stein

Children's Choir: Eckstein People

Additional choirs: David Toib, Shlomi Pollak, Eli Shafrey

Recordings: Yanki Cohen Studios

Solo recording: Jonathan Blau & Michael Weinberger

Mixing and Mastering: Haim Gottesman

Video credits:

Photo: Yosef Shelest

Editing: Hershey Segal

Subtitles and animation: Shneur Eisenbach

Graphics: Shimon Rochman - SDR


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