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.
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.
It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
There is nothing to save, now all is lost, but a tiny core of stillness in the heart like the eye of a violet.
Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.
Remember God more often than you breathe.
God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord.
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