#yiddish proverbs

[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

[wintersangels69]

[quotlrdailyquotes]

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. — Yiddish Proverbs

[wordlesswords-blog1]

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Yiddish Proverbs

[theticklishpear]

"Words should be weighed and not counted."

- from Yiddish Proverbs, 1949.

[tumbly-tumbly-tumbly-blog]

Current Work 2/5

I am currently working on a series of images that illustrate Yiddish proverbs and witticisms, to be displayed on the “Culture Board” at Baycrest geriatric hospital and retirement residences, as a part of Jewish Heritage Month. Some of the expressions included in this project are:

"Words should be weighed, not counted."

"The sun shines on everyone for free."

"It’s a storm in a glass of water."

"A lion is not afraid of a fly."

"Even the most expensive clock has no more than sixty minutes."

[gotochelm]

.װאָס נאָענטער צו דער שול, אַלץ װײַטער פֿון גאָט

Vos noenter tsu der shul, alts vayter fun Got.

The closer to the synagogue, the farther from God.

(via Yiddish Wit)

Reminds me of Kevin Coval's "Why I Stopped Going to Shul"