Tag #153814 - Interview #103396 (Zinaida Minevich )

My grandfather had a beard and long Jewish hair locks. He never cut them, only trimmed, kept them very clean and combed often.   He had two long jackets: one casual linen jacket for everyday wear and one fancy satin jacket for holidays. Grandfather only spent Saturday and Sunday at home. The rest of days he was in villages buying cattle (calves or cows), taking it to the shoihet that was slaughtering them for kosher meat.  Then he sold the front part (kosher) meat to Jews at the local market and the rear part meat (non kosher) – to customers of other nationalities.  In this way he earned few rubles per week that was hardly enough to buy food for the family.