Chava Ballet Squence - Fiddler on the Roof film

Preformed by Tevye(Topol),Isaac Stern and Orchestra.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• chava
• hodel
• little
• chavala
• tzietel
• perchik
• motel
• fyedka
• tevye
• fiddler
• on
• the
• roof
• movie
• film

[eroPsych]

Perhaps chava is a nickname or a term of endearment?

[Mir11Mir]

@eroPsych

Yes Chava is a nickname. Her full name is Chavela. =)

[MsChanale]

@Mir11Mir other way round chava the name chavaleh the term of endearment. I'm chana - chanaleh. my 'pet name'

[Mir11Mir]

@MsChanale

Ah, well thank you, MsChanale. =) That's very interesing.

[demonchild101]

why in this song he calls her Chavela but her name is hodel?

I never got that, but my favorite song in the play

[Mir11Mir]

@demonchild101

Hodel is the girl in the pink, the second oldest of Tevye's daughters. Chava (Chavela) is the third eldest daughter and is wearing the yellow. Tevye is singing to her not Hodel. (The other girl is Tzietel, the eldest). Did that clear anything up? =)

[backbiter]

As if this song isn't heartbreaking enough, those final three notes devastate you. Tevye struggling with tradition, changing ways, and the love for his daughter. But this time was too much for him. Truly Wonderful Stuff.

[Anakim08]

This song is beyond words...beyond being able to describe it its so beautiful

[challahbackgirl]

Chavaleh means little Chava... 'leh' added to the end of a name turns it into a pet name. Chava is her full name, not Chaveleh.

[brelfan]

@Mir11Mir No, Chavela is the nickname. Add "la" or "li" to any girl's name to get the diminutive. I'm guessing, may be wrong, that Sarah Lee, the baked goods brand, actually came from someone's name, Sarahli.

[NightShadeslayer]

@demonchild101

Um, because he's not singing to Hodel, he's singing to Chava (Chavaleh)

[XNewsiesX]

Having to play Chava... was truly a heart wrenching job. I loved, LOVED the fact that each night after the show, people would come up to me and tell me I made them cry. It made me happy... but each night after I cried for my papa, I ran off stage and sobbed during intermission, trying not to smear my make up. I guess some would find it crazy, but to play her, you have to find that innocence inside of you and tear it to shreds. I hope to play her again one day!

[defyinggravity999]

@coralmeredith it doesn't directly mean "eve", it means life, derived from chai, which means life in hebrew

[BornInTzyon]

@cynara8 Actually it means little Eve (in English). Little bird in Yiddish is Feigeleh/faygeleh. Pretty pet name though isn't it?

[iliketosinganddance1]

@MsChanale Shalom haha L'Chaim!

[MsChanale]

@iliketosinganddance1 Shalom 'little queen'

[iliketosinganddance1]

@MsChanale my name is Malka......they call me Malkaleh