Tag #123026 - Interview #90376 (Lazar Abuaf)

Before Passover arrived, the ladies in our house would clean our house and our kitchen together the way our religion dictates.  We had special flatware and dishes that we used only for this holiday called “Loksa”(Judeo-Espagnol term).  The pots, dishes, glasses etc. that were necessary for the holiday would be washed and put in their place.  However, my mother had developed a system to kosher some of the pots that she needed.  She would put water in these pots along with a few nails, a piece of iron, and a few other things that I can not remember and put it to boil.  After rinsing the pots that were put to boil like this with lots of cold water, now we could use it for the holiday with peace of mind.  During this period, we would eat our meals in our livingroom that was on the top floor, or in the garden if weather permitted, on the ground floor there should not have been pieces of bread on the floor anymore, likewise the night before Passover we would look for crumbs of bread at every corner of the house and in this way our house would be ready completely.  Even though my family paid the necessary attention to our religion, we never had separate plates and flatware for meat and dairy dishes, or two sinks in our kitchen.