Tag #151773 - Interview #84041 (Yacob Hollander)

My grandfather went to the synagogue 3 times a day. He was very strong physically. Even at the age of 90 he didn’t change the routines of his life and attended the synagogue three times a day without escort. He didn’t have breakfast before going to the synagogue in the morning, but he drank a shot of self-made plum brandy of about, called Palinka in Hungarian. A bottle of it lasted for about two months. When he came home from his morning visit of the synagogue he had a mug of fresh milk. In the afternoon he spent 2-3 hours at the synagogue again. Then he had dinner. My grandfather cared for me a lot. I escorted him to the synagogue on Saturday. I carried his book of prayers and a tallit, and on Sunday he gave me some change for helping him. My mother’s sister owned a confectionery store and I ran to buy sweets in her store.