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Sholom Aleichem Quotes

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This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn’t weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor. Not to cry, out of spite, only to laugh out of spite, only to laugh.  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are ‘holes’ and ‘bank’ and ‘caps.’ But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the ‘L’ag Beomer.’ They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) To go to the synagogue with one’s father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one’s friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment’s thought to anything, and comprehend everything. ‘Blessed hands’ is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honours and respects them  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Barking dogs don’t bite, but they themselves don’t know it  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) The worm in the radish doesn’t think there is anything sweeter  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Love is a taste of paradise  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Without love our life is... a ship without a rudder... like a body without a soul  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one’s self, without a companion, and without a single argument  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) You see how it is, my dear friends. There’s no pleasing everyone. It’s hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn’t weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor. Not to cry, out of spite, only to laugh out of spite, only to laugh  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes) Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man’s relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition  (Sholom Aleichem Quotes)