Russian - Writer | March 2, 1859 - May 13, 1916
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
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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.
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When the heart is full, the eyes overflow.
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Gossip is nature's telephone.
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When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?
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Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.
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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.
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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.
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No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
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They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.
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I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.
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