Although she readily admits that she nicked it from the bottom of somebody else's email.
Veyl got hot bashlosn in zeyner khokhme es zol undz pasirn epes shreklekhes, iz dos keyn grund tsu kvetshn – s’iz a gelegnheyt tsu kvetshn!
Translation: “Just because God decided in his wisdom that something awful should befall us, that is no reason to complain - it is an opportunity to complain!”
Great piece of Yiddish wisdom. I was able to decipher most of it but needed the translation. Thanks.
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