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A ‘golden son-in-law’ was one involved only in spiritual activities studying the Talmud and his wife’s family was to provide for him. Since my great grandfather was very poor he couldn’t support this kind of a son-in-law and Leya had to marry Isaac Vaisman, my grandfather, who was as poor as she was. This happened approximately in 1900. Of course, they had a traditional wedding and it couldn’t have been otherwise at that time.
Period
Year
1900
Location
Ukraine
Interview
Emilia Kotliar
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