Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
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.
Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.
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.
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