Fiddler on the Roof - Alaskan style?

For personal reasons, "Sunrise, Sunset" is my favorite song from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."  I wonder however, what sort of sunrises and sunsets  the fiddler Tevvya saw while sitting on his roof in the Kiev area of Russia.  Could his views have possibly compared to the glorious ones we saw on our cruise through the Inside Passage in Alaska?

Alaska once belonged to Russia and the culture of the Czarist period is still evident in many parts of the state.  But  Tevvya's view of the morning and evening displays of the sun were limited to the western side of Russia.  

There is something comforting and instructive in knowing the he had a different view of the events, but he was looking at the same sun we see.  The life lesson is obvious:  different view points yield different points of view -- but if we are looking at the same sun, we can see what is real and beautiful.


"Praise Him , sun and moon: praise Him, all stars of light. Praise Him, heavens of heavens, and you waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: for He commanded, and they were created." (Psalm 148:4-5)