Watch: "El Malei Rahamim" prayer sung by IDF Chief Cantor Shai Abramson

For the first time in 32 years, the March of the Living will not take place on Holocaust Remembrance Day, but the commemoration continues during the Corona pandemic.

Each year, for the past 32 years, ten thousand marchers, Jews and non-Jews, from all over the world have participated in the March of the Living that takes place on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The trip is the culmination of a multi-day educational process in Poland, during which participants experience a historic and emotional journey that concludes with a major ceremony in the Birkenau extermination camp. Each year, IDF Chief Cantor Shai Abramson leads the heart-rending ‘El Malei Rahamim prayer. This year, in light of the cancellation of the ceremony and its existence in a digital format, the March of the Living  asked Chief Cantor Abramson to conduct the prayer by virtual means accompanied by the military rabbinate choir conducted by Ophir Sobol.