To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me.
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.
A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.