the man on the roof

the village matchmaker arrives to tell Golde that Lazar Wolf, the wealthy butcher, a widower older than Tevye, wants to wed Tzeitel, the eldest daughter.the next two daughter are excited about Yente's visit, but Tzeitel is unenthusiastic. the girl wants to marry her child hood friend.who would it hurt if he was rich.The men dismiss Perchik as a radical, but Tevye invites him home for the Sabbath meal and offers him food and a room in exchange for tutoring his two youngest daughters. she told him to go to meet that guy.The next morning, after Perchik's lessons with her young sisters, Tevye's second daughter Hodel mocks his Marxist interpretation of a Bible story. He, in turn, criticizes her for hanging on to the old traditions of Judaism, noting that the world is changing. To illustrate this, he dances with her, defying the prohibition against opposite sexes dancing together. The two are falling in love. Later, a hungover Tevye announces that he has agreed that Tzeitel will marry Lazar Wolf. Golde is overjoyed.