Sholem Aleichem Quotes

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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Sholem Aleichem

The heart, especially the Jewish heart, is a fiddle: you pull the strings, and out come songs, mostly plaintive.

Sholem Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem

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Born: March 2, 1859

Died: May 13, 1916 (aged 57)

Bio: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright.

Known for:

Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories (1894)
The bloody hoax
Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son
Happy New Year! and Other Stories
The adventures of Menahem-Mendl

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