Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: throwing candy Message-ID: <1684@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 10:56:03 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1684 Posted: Tue Sep 24 10:56:03 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 07:26:44 EDT References: <741@lsuc.UUCP> <3780096@csd2.UUCP> Reply-To: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin (DRXAL-RI)) Organization: USAMC ALMSA, St. Louis, MO Lines: 9 In article <3780096@csd2.UUCP> martillo@csd2.UUCP (Joachim Martillo) writes: >In re marriage Goitein records the following Yemenite Jewish proverb. > > Man enjoys life only twice, when he marries and when he dies. > >I am not sure what it is supposed to mean. > Maybe that at these times he realizes how (relatively) good he has had it up until then... :-)?