A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction – Sholom Aleichem
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
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
They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence – Sholom Aleichem
You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew – Sholom Aleichem
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you – Sholom Aleichem
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor – Sholom Aleichem
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