Sholom Aleichem Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.”

“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.”

“A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.”

“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.”

“The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.”

“Gossip is nature's telephone.”

“No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.”

“Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.”

“When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?”

“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.”