Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the blessings and abundance that God has prepared for his followers, particularly the Jewish community.
In this quote, Sholom Aleichem expresses a deep appreciation for the luxuries and goodness bestowed upon the Jewish people by God. It speaks to the idea of divine providence and the notion that despite trials and tribulations, there is an abundance of joy and blessings awaiting to be embraced. This sentiment serves as a reminder of hope and gratitude for the gifts in life that may often be overlooked.
In practice
During a sermon reflecting on God's gifts to humanity.
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.
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.
If we steal a man's purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man's money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.
You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.
…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. ‘The ocean.
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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