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Question: What does the "fiddler" in "fiddler on the roof " signify!.!?
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Well, there is a line in the show (spoken by Tevye) "Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof!"

I think that is why the show got its name!. It may come from Shalom Aleichem, who wrote the stories that provided the inspiration for the show!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am not exactly sure what the significance of the fiddler is but I understand the fiddler to signify tradition!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The unstable lives that the villagers would have without tradition!.Www@QuestionHome@Com