"Oy, a lebn af dayn kop!" "Life on your head!" This was my grandmother's favorite Yiddish blessing, which she showered upon me whenever I did something appealing. A smile, a nod, an intelligent word - it didn't take much to earn "life on my head," neither as a boy nor as a grown man.
- From Lawrence Bush's Introduction to The New Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten
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