A fiddler on the roof.
Tradition quote fiddler on the roof.
As a fiddler on the roof.
You may ask why do we stay up there if it s so dangerous.
You may ask how did this tradition get started.
But it s a tradition.
As a fiddler on the roof.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing antisemitic sentiment threatens his village.
Traditions traditions without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.
But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.
A fiddler on the roof.
Well we stay because anatevka is our home.
Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as.
Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as.
Fiddler on the roof quotes.
But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.
You may ask why do we stay up there if it s so dangerous well we stay because anatevka is our home.
As abraham said i am a stranger in a strange land.
Tradition stabilizes us and gives us a sense of routine that is dare i say it fun.
And because of our traditions every one of us knows who he is and what god expects him to do.