How lovely the sifsuf we ate in our childhood compared with the peaches we ate in our old age

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How lovely the sifsuf we ate in our childhood compared with the peaches we ate in our old age

By way of metaphor: in childhood, people know how to enjoy and appreciate the small things. The flavor of childhood, or nostalgia, adds charm to the simple things that existed in the past. (Sifsuf means fruit that ripens late.)

("Rabbi Yohanan said: How lovely the sifsuf we ate in our youth was compared with the peaches we ate in our old age, because the world changes over time. Explanation: sifsuf means something from the carob tree" - Sefer Kaftor VaFerah, chapter 42)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְפֵה סִיפְסוּף שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ בְּיַלְדוּתֵנוּ מֵאֲפַרְסְקִים שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ בְּזִקְנָתֵנוּ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בַּיַּלְדוּת יוֹדְעִים לְהֵינוּת וּלְהַעֲרִיךְ אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הַקְּטַנִּים. טַעַם הַיַּלְדוּת, אוֹ הַנּוֹסְטַלְגִּיָּה, מוֹסִיף חֵן לַדְּבָרִים הַפְּשׁוּטִים שֶׁהָיוּ בֶּעָבָר (סִפְסוּף מַשְׁמָע פֵּרוֹת הַמְּאַחֲרִים לְהַבְשִׁיל).

("אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יָפֶה סִפְסוּף שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ בְּנַעֲרוֹתֵינוּ מִפְרֶסְקִין שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ בְּזִקְנוֹתֵינוּ, דִּבְיוֹמֵי אִיַּשְׁתַּנִי עָלְמָא. פֵּרוּשׁ סִפְסוּף, דָּבָר מִן הֶחָרוּבִין"- סֵפֶר כַּפְתּוֹר וָפֶרַח פֶּרֶק מב)

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