Tag #127329 - Interview #97610 (Jak Rutli)

There were no “donme”s [5] from Salonika among our friends and relatives, only an acquaintance where I worked was Karay [6],  Levi.  We worked together in Becker pharmacy.  When Becker imported drugs, we needed a pharmacist to import the drugs, and that was Levi.  I thought he was Spanish, but he was Karay.  He spoke Spanish better than me.  He later opened a pharmacy in Tophane. The Karays resemble our Sephardim, only they believe in the Torah, they do not believe in the additions of the rabbis.  I learned Spanish from my wife and my friends.