Succah 52b
Happy is Youth and Old Age
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The pious and the men of action would dance
before the people who attended the celebration.
Some of them would say in their song praising God:
Happy is our youth, as we did not sin
then, that did not embarrass our old age.
These are the pious and the men of action
who spent all their lives engaged in Torah and mitzvos.
Happy is our old age, that atoned
for our youth when we sinned.
These are the penitents.
Both these and those say:
Happy is he who did not sin,
and he who sinned should
repent and God will absolve him.
before the people who attended the celebration.
Some of them would say in their song praising God:
Happy is our youth, as we did not sin
then, that did not embarrass our old age.
These are the pious and the men of action
who spent all their lives engaged in Torah and mitzvos.
Happy is our old age, that atoned
for our youth when we sinned.
These are the penitents.
Both these and those say:
Happy is he who did not sin,
and he who sinned should
repent and God will absolve him.