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For a long time I didn’t care too much about keeping the Jewish traditions. It was only after the Revolution that I began to pay attention to them. Holidays are a nice thing, after all. We have the Passover, then Rosh Hashanah in October, then Chanukkah. I wasn’t familiar with the customs; all I could do was remember my days as a child and have my wife cook the same things as my mother used to: meatballs with noodles, beans with noodles, dumplings, meatballs with mashed potatoes…
On Pesach we buy matzah from the Jewish Community and we cook traditional dishes. They’re not too particular – you need to have chicken or beef, soup, stake, “meatballs” made of potatoes with eggs and matzah flour. There are fasting periods when you’re not allowed to eat certain foods. But I can’t observe the fast because I’m on medication.
On Pesach we buy matzah from the Jewish Community and we cook traditional dishes. They’re not too particular – you need to have chicken or beef, soup, stake, “meatballs” made of potatoes with eggs and matzah flour. There are fasting periods when you’re not allowed to eat certain foods. But I can’t observe the fast because I’m on medication.
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Location
Braila
Romania
Interview
Samuel Eiferman