One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

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.

Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.

When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?