Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children – 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

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

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

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

No one knows whom the shoe pinches – no one – Sholom Aleichem