#jewish proverbs

[bibleluvr]

"A drop of love can bring an ocean of tears."

- Jewish proverb

[mynameisgoliath]

Man Plans and G-d Laughs

Yiddish:

אַ מענטש טראַכט און גאָט לאַכט (a mentsch tracht un got lacht)

Hebrew:

האדם מתכנן ואלוקים צוחק (ha’adam metachnen v’elokim tzochek)

Aramaic:

אינשא מתכוין ורחמנא חייך (insha mitkawein wa’rachmana chayech)

*Ladino:

Ombrei planea i El Dyo ria

*I am totally not sure about this one

**’ch’ as it is said in German

[culinary-institute-of-america]

Worries go down better with soup

Jewish Proverb

[groovy-lady]

http://oaks.nvg.org/jewish.html

Jewish Proverbs – The Gold Scales

[quotlrdailyquotes]

Where these is too much, something is missing. — Jewish Proverbs

[lunasjewishjourney]

Moving Beyond Ashkenormativity: Sephardic Proverbs

Moving Beyond Ashkenormativity: Sephardic Proverbs

This is from a post I wrote many months ago, and never got around to publishing. A month or two ago, I bought a small book of Yiddish proverbs. It’s very colorful and has little sweet illustrations and stuff, and is a good fun read 🙂 One of the things I’m conscious of is not perpetuating or reinforcing ashkenormativity – there’s a lot of beautiful things from Ashkenazic Judaism and Jewish…

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[gyrrakavian]

Some “friends” pretend to be friends, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 (Complete Jewish Bible)