Rabbi Jacob dance

Victor Pivert (played by Louis de Funès), an anti-Semitic and generally bigoted industrialist, is on the run disguised as Rabbi Jacob.

He is dragged into a traditional Hasidic dance on the Rue des Rosiers, the central street of Pletzl, the Jewish quarter in Paris and does surprisingly well.

Director Gérard Oury wanted to incorporate an element of Jewish tradition and was thinking about Rabbi Jacob playing a violin like a virtuoso, so Zaoui was considered as a musician.

[citation needed] De Funès commented in relation to this scene: "I have to dance as well as the Jewish dancers.

"[11] In 2018, a flash mob of 100 at the Place de la République in Lille performed the dance under the guidance of Zaoui.