A Wise Word Is Not

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.

Here Lies A Plain And Simple Jew Who Wrote In Plain And Simple Prose.

I Never Turn Down A Drink. Among Friends It’s Always Appropriate. A Man Is Only A Man As They Say, But Brandy Is Still Brandy. You’ll Find That In The Talmud Too.

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.

You Can Take A Jew Out Of A Shtetl, But You Cannot Take A Shtetl Out Of A Jew.