Fiddler on the Roof - Tradition

[@davidbwoo]

Rest in peace, Chaim Topol. May his memory be a blessing.

[@dnasty312]

And now Norman Jewison

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@skywalkerchick]

"You may ask, 'How did this tradition get started?' I'll tell you: ...I don't know." That line always makes me crack up.

[@PTSmash]

It's funny that they follow these traditions without knowing how they got started or why, simply because they're traditions.

[@yidpgh]

It is not a tradition, it is a mitzvah given by HaShem at Sinai. It is in the Torah, Bamidbar 15:38-40

[@NuXta]

@@yidpgh Call it what you will, it's all traditional and mostly mythical obscurantist nonsense that needs to be swept aside by the marching tide of historical progress. Just like any other barbaric belief or set of values that reflects social and cultural backwardness. You've missed the entire point of Fiddler if you don't recognise that message.

[@angemaidment5640]

@@PTSmashdo you follow any traditions?

[@skovner]

And it is part of the twice daily Shema, so Tevvye would have known how it got started. THe lyricist, obviously not. I can guess who actually went to shul.@@yidpgh

[@myriadmediamusings]

The John Williams score takes an already excellent musical and makes it even better.

[@supermasterPIK]

I had an old record with the play (theather) music

[@mandybrett6991]

This has been my favorite movie since i was 5. I am 37 now. Had the pleasure of seeing Topal in his role at rhe fox theater in st. Louis when i was maybe 8 or 9. I wore the "tevia" hat i got from santa that year and was mesmerized by the fact that i was breathing the same air as him. This movie is my life

[@liannapfister8255]

Mandy Brett ...it’s ‘Tevye’.

[@markchapman8253]

I saw this a few years ago at my local theatre and Perchik in this movie(Paul Michael Glaser) Played the role of Tevye, it was as wonderful as you'd expect.

[@oldshovelhead]

My parents took me to see this film when it came out, I was 7yoa. 50 years later, this movie, this song, the great lines therein, are traditions in my household.

[@BaronWolfenstein74]

Topal passed away today....may God rest his soul 😥😥

[@supermasterPIK]

NOO

[@BoAexecute]

Whenever I practice my violin, I always play that solo part a the very beginning. I hope there is a day when I can get the role of the fiddler :)

[@robertorequenes2459]

SOOOO have to managed to play it?

[@jbass4579]

Same

[@ameliahaynes-standeven5284]

Has anyone else noticed that when he says "How did this tradition get started? I'll tell you... I don't know", he actually answers this in the last song? "Perhaps that is why we always wear our hats, because we have been kicked out of our home so many times."

[@barbiealexander2744]

Since when? Where I come from, that doesn't happen. I'm a strong girl. The name's Hannah L.M Alexander,if you're already wondering.

[@Garrettk41]

Refresh my memory; what song is that?

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@katiehowell2537]

​@@Garrettk41 It's the one where all the Jewish people are leaving Anatevka and singing as they pack

[@pamrussell5120]

Your comments say it all. Wow never considered that about moving as a child must hav3 missed what was said

[@FredSmith-s5t]

One of best music pieces ever written by one of the best singers. Magnificent!

[@Mortadelo1988]

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Tradition is Over. Because our Beloved Topol just passed away today at the age of 87, after a fight against Alzheimer. Rest In Peace, Reb Tevye. May You Keep the Traditions in Heaven

[@Princelargo]

Great actor and much loved for his contribution to this very special film. 🙏❤️

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@EuniceNg78]

My secondary school choir group performed this musical. My all time favourite. Watching it as a movie reinforces the understanding of the plot

[@Scott64a]

Such an awesome play. So much wisdom in it. So deeply touching, no matter where you come from or what your history is.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@craigfoye6674]

RIP Topol (1935-2023) 😢😢

[@AgnieszkaSlomnicka]

😢😢😢😢

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@jjeherrera]

I first watched it in the theatre, and have always been fond of this story. Being a gentile, it was my first introduction to jewishness.

[@miyannapittman5580]

I'll never get over how masterful this film is. This song is so well-shot, the timing and score is impecable.

[@crytzch]

"May God bless and keep the Tzar...far away from us!"

[@karen8624]

Matt Shafer And at the Alexander Palace Nicholas asks the priests "Father, is there a proper blessing for Lenin and Trotsky?" The priest replies "Oh yes, God bless and keep Lenin and Trotsky- Far way from us!" LOL!

I Can´t see this movie any more, because I always cry

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

Man I just love that fiddle . Reaches inside and touches ur heart

[@landonvandop1875]

I love how many of these songs seem natural for people to break out and sing during the day.

[@whistlingninja11]

I may or may not have had several songs from this show regularly stuck in my head for the last couple of months. 🤦🏻‍♀😂

[@irmelitammilehto9186]

I had a prospect to see this masterpiece in Melbourne 1972, and still it makes me feel that much of humanity. Thaks to authors.

[@loraleewellington9064]

Thank you so much for these bits of the movie. It has been one of my two favorite movies since I was a kid (Sound of Music is the other), and you have made it possible for me to enjoy it whenever I want. Such a blessing!

[@Steve-cc8mj]

One of best movies of all time !

[@sallystewart2026]

Brilliant film such a shame he never got an award for this ❤such great acting he was made for this role

[@Milkyway3747]

We are doing Fiddler on the Roof for my school play!!

[@Megalovegirl16]

the part where he goes "i don't know" makes me want to laugh!!!

[@jqryan]

Chaim Topol brought this character to life so well, and makes his story and journey so real... An astonishing legacy to leave

[@liannapfister8255]

“Girls should learn too. Girls are people.” “A radical!” “Oh, go away.” 😂

[@calebcavanaugh6476]

That is a Sin

[@BigBWolf90]

"She's dancing with a man!" "Yes I can see she's dancing with a man." "Well?!" "And I am going to....dance with my wife!"

[@mil546]

Yes. Rest in peace.Topol

[@KyleRayner12]

"But now it's all over, and everything is peaceful again." After the rabbi's bit, that is my favorite part.

[@suzannelaforce6988]

Such a great movie... Thanks for posting.

[@bruscifer]

I got it. I am about as far removed for Jewishness as I can be. Scotch-Irish ancestors. Born and raised in Tejas. That's Texas for the uninformed. I adore this movie. I have never been a big musical fan. This movie changed my mind. I not only consider it the greatest musical, but one of the greatest movies of all time. I understood Tevia's conflict. That conflict and the way he handled it was beautiful. Not perfect. Danila in the end had hope that her Father would come around. I like to think he did.

[@santhemooncrystal796]

were playing a medely of songs from fiddler on the roof in string orchestra, and the songs are always stuck in my head! of course it doesnt help that Maestro sings them nonstop.

[@Jguy365]

In the stage version it was a battle between whether or not it was a horse or a mule. IT WAS A HORSE!

[@ariajohnson8107]

Tevye KNOWS it was a mule!

[@megsthings]

Did this for our school production AMAZING!!

[@ЛюбаВерховский]

Великий спектакль.❤ Великий актёр Хаим Тополь, который недавно покинул этот мир. Светлая ему память.😪😪🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏😪

[@joyunicycle]

I just love this song so much I could sing it all day!!!!!

[@S0namus]

I love this movie

[@joanmagrane7620]

Loved this movie

[@oldbluescott]

I just now realized that Tevye is a milkman and Lazar Wolf is a butcher and it's not kosher to mix meat and dairy. Slowpoke.jpg.

[@SingleStepStudios]

oldbluescott Wow.

[@camh6328]

I never thought of that

[@yetzerhara3451]

They are Russian jews , just be happy it's isn't a bunch of sephardi sneaking. Blts

[@roverworld7218]

@@yetzerhara3451 And what is wrong with Sephardites. Yeesh I thought it was a Christian thing but it is obvious everybody hates Latinos! And FYI the richest city in Latin America and industrial hub of Mexico where everything and anything is made is Monterrey which was originally founded by Conversos. They gave it a different name but the Inquisition went all the way from Mexico City to arrest the founder on trumped up charges and got him to confess after about three turns in the rack and a bone crashing machine (if Spain had put whoever came up with those horrid contractions to build more useful things Spain would have figured out the steam engine first but again that's what you get when you mix religion, power and fanatism) that he was guilty of all forms of heresies real and invented. But the original inhabitants (they could't take all) went to an older town called Almaden then a guy called Diego de Montemayor refounded it but no one wanted to settle in that hot, semidesertic valley so he went to convince the old residents to come back, and that's how Monterrey came to be. And by the way there was no "permanent," native population to mingle with like in Central and South Mexico so the "founders" of something already established took advantage of the first settler daughters perhaps not knowing many, if not all, were of Sephardic descent, result: Monterrey is full of banks, factories, corporations and media (only city in Mexico to have a nationwide network outside of Mexico City [Multimedios]), etc. I know of one family, got invitations to their wedings, etc. Friendly and they always had mucho bread! True, thanks to the Spanish Inquisition and the Edict of Granada they weren't practicing the religion of their ancestors but they kind of do keep to their social circles.

[@Theboomdoctor]

@@roverworld7218 my grandmother spoke ladino, jackass. It was a joke, my ancestors(jews) while not seprhadi, lived in peace with then.

[@jimmyrbyamirb7IDF]

My mother played the fiddle, then my son Jascha Heifetz, played his fiddle in the courtyard. Then on the roof!

[@robinpotter963]

I love this movie and don't like musicals. Such a sad ending, yet hopeful. We are all like a fiddler on the roof.

[@heinrichvandeventer4805]

I have watched the movie and I love it!!!😍

[@mirosawlaskowski3844]

Pierwszy film, który oglądam po angielsku,kiepsko znając ten język -i odpadam...Kurwa mać,jak można było zrobić takie arcydzieło?!!!...I jeszcze ten Topol...No,facet rozwala system!!!To jest ARCYarcydzieło!!!!!

[@mirosawlaskowski3844]

Fascynujące...bez napisów nie za dużo rozumiem(choć nieraz oglądałem z lektorem),ale im więcej oglądam,tym bardziej się zachwycam.I jeszcze raz powtarzam:nie lubię musichalli!!!...Ale to jest coś więcej:to ARCYDZIEŁO!;;

[@joshuabullard5170]

I am Tevye right now so this is bliss!" you may ask how did this tradition get started. I'll tell you ehh I don't know!"

[@CollinSamatas]

The Papa, Mama, SON, the daughters...........Tradition!!

[@elizabethkicklighter5998]

one of my favs

[@tonyalmeida5359]

Wonderful story. ........

[@RenShiWu]

They say "keep the tsar far away from us." Mainly because the tsar is an autocrat and the head of a pogrom-inducing police state. They deeply revere the Torah, and have no desire to keep it away from them and out of their lives.

[@IsaakGekhtin]

Beautiful Movie, Beautiful Yiddish!!!

[@michaelg1060]

Isaac. I saw this movie when it first was in the cinemas in '71. A huge screen. I shall never forget; the cossacks have their "Little mischief" as the goy officer tells Tevye ("A pogrom, in Anatevka?" The fear in his voice...). The wedding is shattered, along with the entire village. And, as the music plays before the INTERMISSION, Tevye looks towards heaven and mouths, "Why...WHY?" He holds our his arms for emphasis to Hashem. There was many sniffles and some sobbing in the theater. Mine included.

[@RedheadedAries321]

My school is doing this play :D Proud to say Im part of this wonderful experience

[@AdrianaCuevas17]

My fav part is the blessing for the Tzar

[@joyunicycle]

Admit it, as soon as you hear the word "tradition" you immediately either think of this song or burst out singing.

[@mikesellers3392]

So true, I think of this song too when I hear the word "tradition".

[@classified773]

GUILTY. When I did this play in high school, our teacher was adamant in us being punctual with the choreography. Now I hear this song, I am in synch and I know the dance as if my life depended on it. I also played Golde on my first play and then I was Yente in my last play.

[@ashleyelizabeth2642]

Yeah!

[@mirosawlaskowski3844]

Kto wie,czy to nie najbardziej genialny film w historii?...I w dodatku musicall, których nie znoszę...Cud jakiś czy co,kurwa?!!!...

[@TheRealZen00]

8 people's horses were really 12 years old.

[@Othersider23]

They were SIX!

[@BigBWolf90]

"It was really twelve" Tevye you shit kicker...good job

[@blackpenman]

So the one thing I dislike about this song is how Tevye says he doesn't know the origin of these traditions, giving the implication that there really isn't one. That's simply not true, most Jewish traditions and customs have a very well understood basis in the Torah and other foundational compilations of Jewish law. For example, the "little prayer shawls" and the head coverings have very specific and well understood origins in Jewish law.

[@lonelylittledot]

You're right. But, on the other hand, Tevye is just a simple milkman, he's not very educated. So maybe it makes sense that he doesn't know the origins of the traditions he follows?

[@sportster88]

Tevye's comment is humorous but sad. Jewish traditions should always be taught to children along with how they originated from the Torah and what spiritual meanings YHWH was conveying through them. Many are related to Mashiach and Ruach Hakodesh.

[@swhite7929]

Very true, but a core element of Tevye's character is that he doesn't know the Torah very well because he doesn't have time to study (even though he'd read it all day long if he could).

[@blackpenman]

It makes sense in-universe that Tevye doesn't know the origins, but it's more the implication that the movie gives (in my opinion at least) that the origins are not well known generally etc

[@tex148th]

. Wouldn't it be something....If suddenly...all the nations on earth...had nothing left...but to revert back in time...to the old TRADITIONS ?? .

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

The fiddle music speaks too our soils .god even sings along I bet

[@xertris]

one word TRADITION

[@MestizoFilipino]

2:50 is always a favorite part of this movie XD

[@cornellwaters7018]

So true for all of mankind.

[@annatamparow4917]

The very best lines are those of the rabbi! God bless and keep the czar…far away from us! 😂Lol

[@mirosawlaskowski3844]

Nieważne,kto wymyślił i stworzył to arcydzieło,ale po staropolsku:"god blessed"...

[@TheSilentOne50]

IT VAS TWEEEELVVVVVVEEEEE

[@RiddleSnowcraft]

The Holiday Armadillo brought me here.

[@tehjefey]

3:34 this man hit the cleaver on the board with a little too much enthusiasm. Ease off the shmeat knife buddy xD Also 7:09 Yo Tevye why you tryna start shit in the hood with people bro? That cat said "Let me restart this non kosher beef between these two real quick."

[@pedrojuan9491]

it is one of the most interesting characters in the story, since you only hear his music, having no character development yet staying interesting

[@kenwshmt]

I'm just seeing proffessor zarkov from flash gordon and that one bond movie. :P

[@LivingCrusader]

TRADITION!

[@LoverDove17]

You've never heard heard this song until you realize the audience is 90% Jewish. LOL They get REALLY into it. LOL

[@fan.of.feet2310]

This is Eric Cartman’s worst nightmare

[@webbess1]

I do hope shtetl life was really like this.

[@harleyquinn5774]

I could do without the matchmaker’s visits or my father making the final decision of who I marry.

[@simonfeet1]

Shtetl life was a struggle & precarious. You never knew how & when the next pogrom was coming. Like a fiddler on the roof!

[@ashleyelizabeth2642]

Whoa!

[@BattleCattleSA]

IT WAS A MUUUUUUULE!!! >¦O

[@andytaylor6267]

Doot doodle doot doot doot doodle doot doot doo A CHICKEN!

[@yrgarddfechan]

That’s right

[@joyunicycle]

personally I agree with you (I'm Jewish - my heritage, my race, and I believe Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophets)

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

joyunicycle iam not Jewish but god made me just like he make you .in his image

[@joyunicycle]

@@yetzerhara3451 I can't help it. Maybe you can, but not me.

[@yetzerhara3451]

@@joyunicycle I found Christ, i can't imagine thinking like i did back then gonna delete original comment. Funny how things change. Thanks for not lashing out at me like i did to you.

[@joyunicycle]

@@yetzerhara3451 Praise the Lord! 😊

[@ruthietaylor8756]

Pure idolatry

[@bibliofowl]

IT WAS TWELLLLLLLVE!!!!

[@dedefh23]

IT WAS TWELFTH!!!

[@mariabencze-ei6eg]

Disney’s “ Snow Withe “ music? And the dwarfs’ work? (Or might be just my hearing is wrong.?)

[@ThaBIGBOSSX]

Tradition! ☝️

[@walterellermann7584]

Es ist offenkundig, daß er nicht herunterfallen kann.Ich wette, daß 6 000 000 Leute das gesehen haben!

[@hhpym7240]

larry was here.

[@PatrickElbaz-uo9uh]

❤😊

[@Munchausen45]

7:31 This slaps

[@Zeppolino100]

What do you think of this idea? We invite every Anti-Semite to join both Jews and non-Jews to watch this great film together? TRADITION!!! As a non-Jew I felt I became one in 1978 when I volunteered to be in our production during my first year of teaching at Russell Sage College, a Women's College in Troy, NY. Our Tevye was Art Ginsberg, a great man!

[@TheSilentOne50]

Aaaaahhhhh the Rabbi.

[@kennethmontoya7111]

May OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Grant Topol Eternal Rest With OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST With The Saints OF Almighty GOD!!

[@judehutchinson8355]

Hes Jewish

[@BattleCattleSA]

It was really 12 years old.

[@pedrojuan9491]

its funny, my ancestors where some jews that changed their last names to word in the spanish language during the spanish inquisition so they could pass to the new world

[@barbiealexander2744]

Has anyone else noticed that at 7:30 I'm having the vision from Trails Edge that I'm riding on one of the camp horses named Jessie and I'm bareback grabbing fistfuls of her mane and pretending to be a little kid who has never been on a horse bareback before and she comes straight to my Walking Dead friend Daryl Dixon and she trusts him like she trusts me? It's because she likes boys exactly how I like Sean from my school himself. Amazing,huh? You'd never thought of it.

[@olivierbaghdadi]

7:31

[@Egginamagail]

I came here thanks to Randy Rainbow.

[@TheTibmeister]

I love this film and i dont like musicals. It’s a shame the best song is the first

[@BattleCattleSA]

IT WAS A MUUULE!!!

[@oliviadipietro3702]

It was a mule I tell you

[@zintosion]

Dudududududu A CHICKEN!

[@TruthSeeker263]

umm its that your not physically supposed to mix em

[@neo001x]

am ii one of you lot

[@heinrichvandeventer4805]

Rabbi means teacher in Hebrew

[@stickyboy7970]

Not exacly its like a priest but for jewish people he only teaches tora

[@deidarasempai5278]

im just watching this because this is my damn homework