The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy.

More Yiddish Proverbs

• The rich man who is stingy is the worst pauper.
• The wolf is not afraid of the dog, but he doesn’t like the sound of his barking.
• Better ruined ten times than dead once.
• The pen wounds deeper than an arrow.
• When Dame Fortune calls, offer her a chair.
• Time is the best doctor.
• Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral.
• Provide for the worst; the best can take care of itself.
• Someone who can hold on to his money is worth more than the one who earns it.
• To every answer you can find a new question.
• What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over
• The longer the blind live, the more they see.
• Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind.
• Too humble is half proud.
• You can wash your body but not your soul.
• Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs.
• From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
• When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.
• Experience is what we call the accumulation of our mistakes.
• What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
• If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
• You can’t measure the whole world with your own yardstick.
• When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew.
• One old friend is better than two new ones.
• The cold strengthens you more than hunger.
• The doctor has a remedy for everything but poverty.
• Some people are electrifying; they light up a room when they leave.