As soon as the bearers reach the Azara, the Levites begin the song: “I will extol You, HaShem, for You have lifted me up, and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.” The bikkurim require song, as they require waving and a shelamim offering.
Dimensions
- the Levites on the Dukhan
- “Aromimkha”
Sources
- Bikkurim 3:4“הִגִּיעַ לָעֲזָרָה וְדִבְּרוּ הַלְוִיִּם בַּשִּׁיר, אֲרוֹמִמְךָ ה' כִּי דִלִּיתָנִי וְלֹא שִׂמַּחְתָּ אֹיְבַי לִי”
- Rambam, Hilchot Bikkurim 3:13“מִשֶּׁיַּגִּיעוּ לַעֲזָרָה הַלְוִיִּם הָיוּ מַתְחִילִין וְקוֹרִין”
- Rambam, Hilchot Bikkurim 3:12“וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁטְּעוּנִין תְּנוּפָה כָּךְ טְעוּנִין קָרְבַּן שְׁלָמִים [וְשִׁיר]”
- Psalms 30:2“אֲרוֹמִמְךָ ה' כִּי דִלִּיתָנִי וְלֹא שִׂמַּחְתָּ אֹיְבַי לִי”
Project decisionTour's choice: the twelve Levites on the Dukhan with the instruments of the tamid; two bearers entering the Ezrat Israel.