This article traces the progress of the translation of Sholem Aleichem, one of the most highly regarded of Jewish writers — indeed, a Yiddish classic — into Hebrew. It is emphasized that this is “in family’’ translation, since Yiddish and Hebrew are sisters, with Hebrew older, religious (even pious) and prestigious while Yiddish is younger, somewhat secular and ordinary. The task, then, was to fashion a Hebrew in tune with secular reality while maintaining the elevation and richness of the Jewish Hebraic tradition, both linguistically and morally.