MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER...
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23 Adar
When "Fiddler on the Roof" came out in 1971, I was a little girl wandering around in the Fiesta, my Dad's movie theatre in Nanaimo. I watched that movie literally hundreds of times. After all, I wasn't in school yet, so why not watch a film about Jews of the Pale at the turn of the century over & over & over again?
Thanks to the brilliant, humanist directing of Norman Jewison & Chaim Topol being the true embodiment of Tevye the milkman, I am now a frum yid & a soferet to boot.
Thanks, guys :D
I memorized the whole movie & all of it's songs. I danced to it & acted it out. I loved Tevye. & I wanted to be like him when I grew up.
So imagine my surprise when I found this delightful internet quiz & discovered that I did not, in fact, grow up to be Tevye:
Take the Fiddler on the Roof quiz at ChaiSpace.com
Well, I *am* daughter #3 (of my mother's - #4 of my father's). & I admit to being a bit of a rebel. & I do read an awful lot. & not so great at folding fitted sheets. But other than that, I'm not so much like her, I didn't think. I'm obviously way too serious like her, too :b
Not to be outdone, I took it again, this time adopting the male gender. Who am I?
(drum roll...)
Take the Fiddler on the Roof quiz at ChaiSpace.com
YAY! I can die happy now :D
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6 Comments:
I love this story, more than the movie itself. It's the kind of story I'd ask you to tell over and over at the Shabbos table.
I did the same with my Zaiyde. Though I'd ask him to repeat, over and over: "The children of the night, what music they make". His Polish accent did it justice. Bela would be proud.
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Aw, Av you make me smile so broad :D
To be honest, if I'd written the story of my own life, it wouldn't be the way it is right now, but G@d has His/Her own ideas about what must be. All people have their stories, & G@d is hiding in between the lines.
You tell deeply beautiful stories, too. I wish we were still neighbours...
...& I love when you do an impression of your Zaiyde.
I'm Chava too, apparently.
And what do you know, that's my real Hebrew name.
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Tzeitl was so great - big sister rebel! Without her courage to insist on marrying a poor tailor, Hodel would never have had the courage to leave their family to marry a Communist & Chavah wouldn't have had the courage to leave their family to marry a Christian!
Yay - let's hear it for Chavalehs...
This is great, Aviel! I'm Tzeitel- and I am so proud. I am going to link to this on my blog!
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Another Tzeitl! Yay!
I wonder if "Tzeitl" share the same shoresh/root as Tzadi-Yud-Tav, to be obedient or docile - sounds like a traditional daughter's name...
Thanks for the link :)
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