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.
When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes. - Sholom Aleichem
When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes.
- Sholom Aleichem
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you. - Sholom Aleichem
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle. - Sholom Aleichem
If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.
If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place. - Sholom Aleichem
If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.
A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. - Sholom Aleichem
A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.
This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor… - Sholom Aleichem
This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor…
Gossip is nature's telephone. - Sholom Aleichem
Gossip is nature's telephone.
Love is a taste of paradise. - Sholom Aleichem
Love is a taste of paradise.
You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful … - Sholom Aleichem
You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful …
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