"Send us the cure, we've got the sickness already." Is this another way of saying, "She's the type of woman that when her feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil shakes in fear and says, 'Crap! She's up!' "
Gwen Stefani sample Dancehall artist Lady Saw's song Rich Girl and Lady Saw sample this song from Fiddler On The Roof. It was Lady Saw's was the originator.
I remember I did this play when I was in fifth grade. It was really different but I did do the jounior version teveye who was the main person had the best shimmy ever it was so funny.
I wonder if there was any lineage to King David since Chavala has the red hair and ruddy face, just like David. I know they just cast her in the part but I wonder if they had that in mind????
the religious aspect of this movie is a great case/example as to why judaism and christianity(traditional christianity such as orthodoxy)both love god and should accept one another into good graces
The expected role of women and girls in this community makes me cringe everytime I watch this movie, but other than that this is a truly beautiful film.
Also, he probably wouldn't love God as much (or pray as much either) if he were wealthy. Rich people generally (I say generally, not always) don't have the same reverence for God as those that struggle to make ends meet.
I havnt seen this movie in over 10 years and i still remember the songs :) thanks for the upload! I love this movie but I'm not religous, all religion has ever done is cause problems, when really all religons are almost the same. I just don't get it.
"Lord who made the lion and the lamb. You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan? If I were a wealthy man!!" I love that part. I love the whole song and I love the matchmaker song. Actually, I love most of Fiddler on the roof songs. :)
"Lord who made the lion and the lamb. You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan? If I were a wealthy man!!" I love that part. I love the whole song and I love the matchmaker song. Actually, I love most of Fiddler on the roof songs. :)
I think it's beautiful that he thinks the "sweetest thing of all" would be to have more time to pray and read/discuss the Holy book. He may not be able to remember that it was Moses that was "slow of speech" but his love of and devotion to God is pure.
@edefyinggravity It is a great thing to yearn for God, too bad when things are comfy we tend to lose that desire. Good thing we are not saved by how smart we are too. :)
Saying that Jews practice the grossest belief is like saying that all of us who believe in God are practicing a "gross" belief. I don't care what show you were "copying". Show a little respect.
the reason why there is hardship in the world is because we are fallen from paradise and life is a test. poverty is a blessing since it keeps you close to Allah. horses go lame because everything in this world is defective and goes lame. we age, we lose hair, our amplifiers become defective etc everything is a disappointment in this world, but in paradise everything is fulfillment. so his complaining to God about his poverty is out of ignorance. he should go to the shul and study the books
Would someone care to tell me how its possible for a staircase just to go up, and not go down too? The first time I heard this song and that line I was like, wait whaaat? lol
If I were a rich man!. lol my science teacher is "plump" so he was chosen for this guys part in his highschool play. HE SANG IT SO WELL. We saw it on video. It was awsome.
This is such an awesome song, and an awesome video. Tevye needs to take dancing lessons though. He can't always fall back on waving his fists in the air.
I also think Chava has a hard time being the middle child. She is like stuck in between. Too young for Tzeitel and Hodel and too old for Shprintze and Bielke.
Tevye has a way of praying to God so openly and honestly that it's both raw and reverent at the same time. The great irony is that he doesn't see that he is wealthy in his poverty. It's through his humility that his generosity becomes so clear, eventually bringing him three unusually generous and dynamic sons-in-law. Most importantly, the most important men in town do come to fawn on him--namely the men who will marry his daughters, the richest man in town, and the Russian captain.
@Lunasa94. All of Tevye's future sons-in-law are included in the "men who will marry his daughters" section. Lazar Wolf is the richest man in town, and the Russian Captain shares a mutual respect with Tevye throughout. I wasn't implying that the Russian Captain marries one of Tevye's daughters, rather that the characters who are "most important" are the ones most central to the plot either by marriage or by political unrest.
@analyst12 "The great irony is that he doesn't see that he is wealthy in his poverty". That is a great observation. Thank you, I shall remember that. Great life lesson in a movie. TY
@analyst12 Wow, I totally agree with you. The way he talks to God is so open and honest, he talks to him the way a man might talk to his father, and he acknowledges that God also has a sense of humor :)
@Purple3xxx LOL it's actually:
"LORD, WHO MADE THE LION AND THE LAMB,
YOU DECREED I SHOULD BE WHAT I AM;
WOULD IT SPOIL SOME VAST ETERNAL PLAN,
IF I WERE A WEALTHY MAN?"
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aleigha0707 1 day ago
@Purple3xxx "Lord who made the lion and the lamb, You decreed I should be what I am..." (with a thick accent)
musicmanrobv 1 week ago
This show is so awesome, that my sister's first words were "dooby dooby dooby dum"
chelseysbirdbath 1 week ago
9:05-9:50 = EPIC!!!!!!!!!
salvi1979 1 week ago 2
thumbs up for tevyes funky dance moves
Xxanimelvr12xX 1 week ago
where the hell is fivel
KillYouiN2 4 weeks ago
I now realize that Gwen Stefani based "Rich Girl" off this song.
SyrusGX 1 month ago 8
best dance ever :)
cynicalsugar1455 1 month ago
I love is arm wiggle dance!
theOLIVELEAFS 1 month ago
You have to love the irony of this song.
runnerman550 1 month ago
I think the song "if I were a rich man"is a niggun
baspas11 1 month ago
If I Were A Rich Man is my fav song of this musical! Chaim Topol nails it!
PrinceRavensword 2 months ago
at 6:47 LOL LOVE "If I were a rich man"
clubpenLily55555 2 months ago
@clubpenLily55555 oh and 9:41 LOL LOL LOL SHIMEY SHIMEY SHIMEY
clubpenLily55555 2 months ago
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love this movie
thegirliegirl13 3 months ago
@JBicks18 No, I'd say more the kind of woman when her feet hit the floor in the morning her HUSBAND says "Oh crap, she's up!"
hiccuprocks101 3 months ago 2
8:00 the whole world just stops and listens
conservthestate 3 months ago
I LOVE Tzietel and Hodel in "Matchmaker", especially Tzietel's "Yente"! XD
JBicks18 3 months ago
"Send us the cure, we've got the sickness already." Is this another way of saying, "She's the type of woman that when her feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil shakes in fear and says, 'Crap! She's up!' "
JBicks18 4 months ago 5
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@JBicks18 Yup I'd say it is
theromanian19 3 months ago
at part 9:21 he,s nuts
haloreachlover99 4 months ago
@haloreachlover99 hhaha i kept replaying it its hilarious!
iceprincessdelta121 3 months ago
"But what have got against my horse?!" Lol!
arkady714 5 months ago
This movie just reminds Me how beautiful Jewish Women really are,
Nightshift10000 5 months ago 6
"If i were a rich man dubibubidam"
"If I were a richie girl nananananna"
ANYBODY NOTICE THE!!!!!!!!
1purpleweirdo 5 months ago 2
@1purpleweirdo wow. now i know where the song comes from xD
123mehbleh 5 months ago
@1purpleweirdo yeah i just did someone stole his words lol
shybabe1990 4 months ago
no wonder he's late
M8B2L8 6 months ago
im kinda confused...can someone please explain which girl is which?
singingforsunshine 6 months ago
@scourgelover100 We r doing tht too! I wanna tryout for chava or sidle i cnt decide :)
ttsquared24 6 months ago
@ttsquared24 were doing it for my school play and i wanna be tzydel!
singingforsunshine 6 months ago
@singingforsunshine haha i just realized i misspelled it! haha im not a gr8 speller... :P haha and good luck on getting tzydle! haha :)
ttsquared24 6 months ago
The way Tzeidel says "Chava" is hilaroius! It's really hard to say it like her, go ahead - try it. I dare you.
AlienPossum 6 months ago
3 nazis disliked the video
Folvr9 7 months ago 5
Wow! I can not believe I saw this movie exactly 82 900 times!
y55jacobs 7 months ago
Gwen Stefani sample Dancehall artist Lady Saw's song Rich Girl and Lady Saw sample this song from Fiddler On The Roof. It was Lady Saw's was the originator.
AyitaZuleikaReyes 7 months ago
I'm doing the junoir version, and well, I play Hodel.
scourgelover100 7 months ago
I remember I did this play when I was in fifth grade. It was really different but I did do the jounior version teveye who was the main person had the best shimmy ever it was so funny.
greenduct 8 months ago
I remember I did this play when I was in fifth grade. It was really different but I did do the jounior version
greenduct 8 months ago
Tevye's three older daughters are really super cute.
Briselance 8 months ago in playlist Fiddler on the roof 4
ah... what a wife tevye has, i wonder though if the jewish communties are close to each other or are far apart from each other distance like wise
Mr1manlegacy 10 months ago
He's handsome! He's tall! That is, from side to side.
helloiamkaty 10 months ago 8
I wonder if there was any lineage to King David since Chavala has the red hair and ruddy face, just like David. I know they just cast her in the part but I wonder if they had that in mind????
axf48529 10 months ago
the religious aspect of this movie is a great case/example as to why judaism and christianity(traditional christianity such as orthodoxy)both love god and should accept one another into good graces
baseballgreekz 10 months ago 3
@baseballgreekz
Indeed. Not to mention the fact the Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was jew.
Briselance 8 months ago in playlist Fiddler on the roof
Topol's voice is lovely in this part.
jrmetmoi 10 months ago
:48-:50 Chava has a look like a confused dog. Lol
sandorsbox 11 months ago
The expected role of women and girls in this community makes me cringe everytime I watch this movie, but other than that this is a truly beautiful film.
RitoruPanku 11 months ago
I always liked how Tevye and Golde talked to each other
"You can die from such a man"
"In other words send us the cure we have the sickness already"
Anime4Life35 11 months ago 5
The animals will never make it through one Russian Winter in that ramshackle almost open air barn!
jimaroo100 11 months ago
I'll see my wife Golde looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin lol
xxcool2tintxx 1 year ago
"Alright, he's sixty two." LOL!
EmilyBearfan 1 year ago 4
lol gotta love his dance moves! XD
Also, he probably wouldn't love God as much (or pray as much either) if he were wealthy. Rich people generally (I say generally, not always) don't have the same reverence for God as those that struggle to make ends meet.
SadisticSenpai61 1 year ago
As the Good Book says, "Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed." In other words, "Send us the cure-- [whispers] we've got the sickness already." -_-
I wish I delivered that line when I was playing Tevye...
OTownNews 1 year ago 7
@OTownNews "money is a curse!"
Tevym: "may god spite me with it, and may me never recover"
Matt0I0Attack 1 year ago 3
6:44-6:50.
i gotta tell you;
that was the best dance i've ever seen. (:
livelovemac01 1 year ago 4
man. he has got that "shimmy" down!
laurenandmrmax 1 year ago 65
So THATS where Gwen Stefani got that song from!
Charlenejl 1 year ago 3
@Charlenejl i hate u
bdc03 1 year ago
@bdc03 Why?
Charlenejl 1 year ago
Lol. What have you got against my horse?
Tigergirl7707 1 year ago 3
"i realize of course, it's no shame to be poor... but it's no great honor either. sigh..."
swimneo 1 year ago
I havnt seen this movie in over 10 years and i still remember the songs :) thanks for the upload! I love this movie but I'm not religous, all religion has ever done is cause problems, when really all religons are almost the same. I just don't get it.
sexymckittington 1 year ago
lol singing and having a seisure???
Crazedkiller666 1 year ago
You got to admit Topol has the greatest voice ever when he sings. Love 'If I Were a Rich Man'!
norgeskuespiller19 1 year ago 74
Thanks for uploading this! I actually have the DVD, but no DVD player anymore!
lisambofoh 1 year ago
It's amazing how much people can be blinded by wealth, they think that because you have money that you know everything lol
TwilightLuvvverxxx 1 year ago
I really like his dance ^^
Nymwe 1 year ago 3
9:38 I love that look when he says his famous line in the song. :)
JKR9509 1 year ago
"Lord who made the lion and the lamb. You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan? If I were a wealthy man!!" I love that part. I love the whole song and I love the matchmaker song. Actually, I love most of Fiddler on the roof songs. :)
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"Lord who made the lion and the lamb. You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan? If I were a wealthy man!!" I love that part. I love the whole song and I love the matchmaker song. Actually, I love most of Fiddler on the roof songs. :)
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JKR9509 1 year ago
the real jew are africans from ethiopia.
grandscale0101 1 year ago
@grandscale0101 not according to D.N.A tests !
MrJapaneseboy1111 1 year ago
TOPOL IS A BEAST OF A MAN
safenders 1 year ago 4
I think it's beautiful that he thinks the "sweetest thing of all" would be to have more time to pray and read/discuss the Holy book. He may not be able to remember that it was Moses that was "slow of speech" but his love of and devotion to God is pure.
edefyinggravity 1 year ago
@edefyinggravity It is a great thing to yearn for God, too bad when things are comfy we tend to lose that desire. Good thing we are not saved by how smart we are too. :)
LousisanaShoveling 1 year ago
Anybody else notice the strings of spit in Tevye's mouth there toward the end? No? Just me?
aleigha0707 1 year ago
"when your rich they think you realy know" LOL so true !
MrJapaneseboy1111 1 year ago
Jewish culture is one of the most beautiful and reverent cultures in existence. God bless the Jews.
RETROGEMS 1 year ago 10
i think tevea's dance is funny lolzzzz!!!!!!
rileypatterson14 1 year ago
Jews practice the grossest belief. It's the only religion with the word "EW" in it.
Labrynthiea 1 year ago
@Labrynthiea you are absolutly disgusting.
hazyshea56 1 year ago
@hazyshea56 JESUS i was copying 'Family Guy' give me a break you serious politically correct people are so BORING!
Labrynthiea 1 year ago
@Labrynthiea
Saying that Jews practice the grossest belief is like saying that all of us who believe in God are practicing a "gross" belief. I don't care what show you were "copying". Show a little respect.
RETROGEMS 1 year ago 2
@Labrynthiea you must be the pride of your family !
MrJapaneseboy1111 1 year ago
the reason why there is hardship in the world is because we are fallen from paradise and life is a test. poverty is a blessing since it keeps you close to Allah. horses go lame because everything in this world is defective and goes lame. we age, we lose hair, our amplifiers become defective etc everything is a disappointment in this world, but in paradise everything is fulfillment. so his complaining to God about his poverty is out of ignorance. he should go to the shul and study the books
iorixs 1 year ago
"Let's see what kind of mischeif I can play on my friend Tevye"
Haha love this movie!
MarchingBass3YAY 1 year ago 4
Those are some bad-ass dance moves.
ryuuk96 1 year ago
its great
grzegorzolenicz 1 year ago
Ya da dee da da | Ya da da da | Ya da da da daaaah best line ever
MrMydyn 1 year ago
:::stands and applauds Tevye::::
What a performance!!!!!
mrceebees14 1 year ago
6:45
I remember getting REALLY drunk one night and doing that dance.
Ironic how many people knew where that dance came from.
mrceebees14 1 year ago 3
@ 6:45 the besttttt haha
2hot4allofu 1 year ago
The dance is awesome lol
nv88 1 year ago
now we know where Gwen Stefani got her beat for "If I was a Rich Girl" lol
animefangirlxx 1 year ago
once again i say, no one can dance quite like topol! lol!
OverTheRhineRox 1 year ago 4
hahaha hes young well hes 62. hes tall - from side to side.
halrox5 1 year ago
if i where a rich man with a wife with a proper double chin. XD
cakemakerheheh123 1 year ago 3
I got the part of Tzeidle in my community play. i'm so excited to sing this song!
WhiteJadeGreenJade 1 year ago
"he's handsome! he's tall! that is from side to side..."
YupItsMeKali 1 year ago 5
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that
Do goody good bullshit
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly
But don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil
Today
NewGuy2534 1 year ago
Would someone care to tell me how its possible for a staircase just to go up, and not go down too? The first time I heard this song and that line I was like, wait whaaat? lol
soccerstar5930 2 years ago
it ends at the ceiling so theres no way to go
ImpressionSunflower 2 years ago
If I were a rich man!. lol my science teacher is "plump" so he was chosen for this guys part in his highschool play. HE SANG IT SO WELL. We saw it on video. It was awsome.
xochequetsal 2 years ago
8:00 SOOOO middle eastern! not even my rabbi can do that! :D
littlemizbecca 2 years ago 3
hava is my FAV!!!!!!!! shes awesome
OverTheRhineRox 2 years ago
nobody else can pull off a dance like that, and still look normal like he does
muslimnazis 2 years ago
I don't know about that, the Tevye in the show I'm in comes pretty darn close...
Penguator432 2 years ago
gwin stephani so stole this song lol
inandish 2 years ago
which songs?
im just curiouss (:
SockEater555 2 years ago
@SockEater555 if i were a rich man. there is a song called if i were a rich girl. listen to it and tell me its not a knock off.
inandish 2 years ago 3
I wasnt trying to mock or anything. I jus twanted to know wihch one so i could compare.
SockEater555 2 years ago
@SockEater555 its cool
inandish 2 years ago
If i were a rich man
pepsilogo 2 years ago
This is such an awesome song, and an awesome video. Tevye needs to take dancing lessons though. He can't always fall back on waving his fists in the air.
AForceOfHobbit 2 years ago
His little dance:- I can't help it, so many years since I first watched this as a kid & it still makes me giggle every time!
Love his singing @ 8:00.
I was fortunate to see Topol perform this show at the Playhouse in Edinburgh in the 90s. Chava was played by his real daughter.
rmephh 2 years ago
all the beautiful hair!!!
apollocircle 2 years ago
If I were a rich man
DynoRod 2 years ago
oooooo, his voice!
chyorneycat 2 years ago
aw I love how the two younger ones just come in and sing with them at the end xD
ChibiKawaii3 2 years ago
he could be rich if he was working as a singer! :)
hadas8 2 years ago 5
hahaha proper doublw chin ahahah
lovelyleelee12 2 years ago
looove that little dance he does!
NagaseAluro 2 years ago 7
this is just such a classic movie and i love the song if i were a rich man
greatnessking 2 years ago 6
this movie is classic. they just dont make em like they used to =)
fieldXhockeyXchicX 2 years ago 4
8:00, now that is called singing
muslimnazis 2 years ago 4
I love this guy.
mrceebees14 2 years ago 2
Love how he says "they will ask me to advi-hiiise them..."
moons160 2 years ago 3
omg thanks for posting i officially love this song
paganspixie 2 years ago 6
I'm not sure which one you mean, but I agree anyway.
:-)
daphna13 2 years ago
They don't make movies like this anymore... :( Love it!!!!
csuga125 2 years ago 6
Poor Chava, Tzeitel and Hodel always pick on her. Of the three daughters I think Chava has the hardest time
PixelatedTeaCup 2 years ago 2
I also think Chava has a hard time being the middle child. She is like stuck in between. Too young for Tzeitel and Hodel and too old for Shprintze and Bielke.
Ninileh 2 years ago 2
Tevye has a way of praying to God so openly and honestly that it's both raw and reverent at the same time. The great irony is that he doesn't see that he is wealthy in his poverty. It's through his humility that his generosity becomes so clear, eventually bringing him three unusually generous and dynamic sons-in-law. Most importantly, the most important men in town do come to fawn on him--namely the men who will marry his daughters, the richest man in town, and the Russian captain.
analyst12 2 years ago 84
@analyst12 the one Hoddell marries isn't a captain he's a scholar
Lunasa94 1 year ago
@Lunasa94. All of Tevye's future sons-in-law are included in the "men who will marry his daughters" section. Lazar Wolf is the richest man in town, and the Russian Captain shares a mutual respect with Tevye throughout. I wasn't implying that the Russian Captain marries one of Tevye's daughters, rather that the characters who are "most important" are the ones most central to the plot either by marriage or by political unrest.
analyst12 1 year ago
@analyst12 "The great irony is that he doesn't see that he is wealthy in his poverty". That is a great observation. Thank you, I shall remember that. Great life lesson in a movie. TY
stevenrterry 1 year ago
@analyst12 Couldn't have said it better myself.
Rhasslairiel32 1 year ago
@analyst12 Wow, I totally agree with you. The way he talks to God is so open and honest, he talks to him the way a man might talk to his father, and he acknowledges that God also has a sense of humor :)
God Bless!
123prome 11 months ago 2
x] Lolz. i love this movie so fucking much
:3
xstarxreaderx 2 years ago 36
@xstarxreaderx I get it, I love this movie to, just watch your tongue er...ah... figures.
NewGuy2534 1 year ago
@xstarxreaderx me to for some reason i really fuckin like it lol
ushtarirruges4life 1 year ago
awesome movie! love chava's face xD
hes hansome he's tall that is from side to side
goodcrows75 2 years ago 11