Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe. The Hebrew phrase Shalom aleichem literally means "Peace be upon you", and is a greeting in traditional Hebrew and Yiddish...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth2 March 1859
CountryRussian Federation
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Gossip is nature's telephone.
No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
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.