# Shalom Aleichem in 10 Minutes

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Podcast: [Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216)
Published: 2026-05-15T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Explore the poignant and often hilarious world of Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinovich, 1859-1916), the revered Ukrainian-born author hailed as the "Jewish Mark Twain" and a founding father of modern Yiddish literature. . Writing in the vernacular Yiddish, Aleichem immortalized the vanishing life of the Eastern European shtetl by creating universally relatable characters who grapple with poverty, tradition, and the overwhelming forces of modernity and pogroms. We dive into the life of his most beloved creation, Tevye the Dairyman , whose philosophical, Bible-misquoting debates with God capture the tragicomic resilience of a people struggling to hold onto their faith and family as their daughters embrace new ideas—a narrative that endures today as the inspiration for the classic musical, Fiddler on the Roof .

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