The sun gave light, but no warmth. Like a stepmother, as they say in Kasrilevke. - Sholem Aleichem

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The sun gave light, but no warmth. Like a stepmother, as they say in Kasrilevke.

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About Sholem Aleichem

Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Соломон Наумович Рабинович), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish and Hebrew: שלום עליכם, also spelled שאָלעם־אלייכעם in Soviet Yiddish, [ˈʃɔləm aˈlɛjxəm]; Russian and Ukrainian: Шо́лом-Але́йхем) (March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), was a Yiddish author and playwright who lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States.

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Native Name: שלום עליכם
Alternative Names: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich Sholem Aleychem Sholom Aleykhem Solem o Salom Alekem
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We Jews are fond of listening to music and have a good grasp of melody—even our enemies would be the first to admit that—and yet on the other hand, we don’t often get the opportunity to hear it. What do we have to celebrate after all, for us to suddenly break into song and dance? Say what you will, though, we are still connoisseurs, experts in both singing and playing music, and in all manner of other things to boot.

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