A Cantor, When He Starts

You Can Take A Jew Out Of A Shtetl, But You Cannot Take A Shtetl Out Of A Jew.

This Is An Ugly And Mean World, And Only To Spite It We Mustn't Weep. If You Want To Know, This Is The Constant Source Of My Good Spirit, Of My Humor. Not To Cry, Out Of Spite, Only To Laugh Out Of Spite, Only To Laugh.

To Go To The Synagogue With One's Father On The Passover Eve - Is There In The World A Greater Pleasure Than That? What Is It Worth To Be Dressed In New Clothes From Head To Foot, And To Show Off Before One's Friends? Then The Prayers Themselves - The First Festival Evening Prayer And Blessing.

You See How It Is, My Dear Friends. There's No Pleasing Everyone. It's Hopeless To Even Try, And The More You Play The Peacemaker, The Less Peaceful Things Become.

Without Love Our Life Is ... A Ship Without A Rudder ... Like A Body Without A Soul.