A Yiddish Yom Kippur Song: Odom Yesodo Meofor

This video presents a Yiddish song based on “Odom Yesodo Meofor,” one of the core High Holiday Prayers of the Jewish Liturgy. Although the song is in Yiddish, there is an onscreen English translation of the lyrics, which focus on the finite and transient nature of man, warning man not to focus on materialism and vanity. Originally written by Solomon Gozinsky, this rendition is performed by Yanky Lemmer with Reb Nachman Rosen on accordion.