This Week’s Proverbs and Short Stories!! In Yiddish, Transliterated, English and Hebrew!!

transliterated

zayn vort zol zayn a brik volt ikh moy’re gehat aribertsugeyn

in English

should his word be a bridge, I would be afraid to cross over

in Hebrew

another

transliterated

vos er zogt meynt er nit un vos er meynt zogt er nit

what he says he does’t mean; what he means he doesn’t say

in Hebrew

or this

transliterated

lignt tor men nit zogn, ober emes darf men nit zogn

in English

one must not lie; neither does he have to say the truth

in Hebrew

lastly

transliterated

fun sholem vegn meg men afi’le a lignt zogn

in English

for the sake of peace one may even lie

in Hebrew

a groyser bal zikoren

der Re’be R’ Kheskel Shinover zt”l iz geven shtark nizer in shmiras haloshn. nit redendik af keynem kayn shlekht vort. eynmol iz em oysgekumen tsu zogn af eynem az yener iz a ligner, er hot ober nit gevolt aroysbrengen dem oysdruk fun moyl, hot er dos gezogt af an i’ronishn sharfzinikn oyfn. Der un der iz a sharfer bal zikoren. eyner gedenkt vos hot pasirt mit tsen yor tsurik. Eyner gedenkt di geshe’enishn fun tsvotsik yor tsurik. u.a.v. Ober der iz a gevaltker bal zikoren, az er gedenkt afi’le azalkhe zakhn vos hobn zikh keynmol nit ongehoybn…..

a phenomenal memory

Rabbi Yecheskiel Shinover was extremely careful not to speak loshon hora, an evil word about anyone. One time he had to say about someone that he is a liar, but couldn’t bring himself to express that word, so he said it a sharp witted way. So and so has a phenomenal memory. One remembers what happened 10 years ago, another vivdly recalls occurences of 20 years ago, etc. But this guy has a remarkable recollection, so much so, that he remembers such things that never even existed….

der untersheyd

der Shinover Rov flegt zogn, der khilek tsvishn mir un mayn bruder, R’ Borekhl Gorlitser, mayn bruder hot lib dem emes, ikh ober hob faynt dem sheker….

the difference

The Shinover Rov used to say, ” the difference between my brother, R’ Boruch’l Gorlitzer and myself is that my brother loves the truth. I, however, hate falsehood…

nit nor far eksport

fa’ran mentshn vos predikn k’seyder vegn emes, baklogn zikh shtendik derpyf vos der velt iz falsh un m’geyt nit mitn emes. ober ven es handelt zikh vegn zeyer eyge’ne priva’te lebn, zenen zey leyder zeyer vayt fun emes.

dos iz der taytsh fun posuk, ’emes kney v’al timkor’…koyf dem emes far dayn eygn gebroykh, nit bloyz far yenem, af eksport….

not only for export

There are those people that consistently preach about truth, always complaining how fake the world is and how people abandon the truth, but when it comes to their own private lives, they are, regrettably, far away from the truth.

That is the meaning of the verse, (Proverbs 23:23) “buy the truth and do not sell”, but the truth for your own use and just for resale, export….(Rabbi M”M of Kotsk)