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Religion was not very strictly observed in my family either. Although we
celebrated the high holidays and my father would not smoke on Rosh Hashanah
or Yom Kippur, we did not go to synagogue regularly and we did not keep a
kosher kitchen. Still, when we were kids, they would light candles for us
on Friday night. This practice lasted until about 1926-27, that is, not
long after my father was dismissed and we experienced financial
difficulties. My father went to the market for half a day on Sabbath as
well, but at home, religion had to be strictly observed. We were not
allowed to work, write or light a fire. Even though my parents were not
strictly religious, when I came home with my first suitor, who was not
Jewish, my father did not allow him into the flat.
celebrated the high holidays and my father would not smoke on Rosh Hashanah
or Yom Kippur, we did not go to synagogue regularly and we did not keep a
kosher kitchen. Still, when we were kids, they would light candles for us
on Friday night. This practice lasted until about 1926-27, that is, not
long after my father was dismissed and we experienced financial
difficulties. My father went to the market for half a day on Sabbath as
well, but at home, religion had to be strictly observed. We were not
allowed to work, write or light a fire. Even though my parents were not
strictly religious, when I came home with my first suitor, who was not
Jewish, my father did not allow him into the flat.
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