Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.
Alles, worüber Sholom Aleichem in seinen Theaterstücken spricht, und seine Kurzgeschichten handeln von Menschen, Familie, der Beziehung des Menschen zu seinem Gott und dem Zusammenbruch der Tradition.