They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence – Sholom Aleichem

A cantor, when he starts singing, it’s like rain – once it starts, it’s hard to stop – Sholom Aleichem

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew – Sholom Aleichem

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there’s no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business. Sholom Aleichem

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger – Sholom Aleichem

Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose – Sholom Aleichem Quotes