Canada: R MM Sand #4- Marriage, Wife's family, business, Making Aliya, Future- Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

So we're here with Rabband Sand. This is the fourth part of a tremendous wonderful special interview on the program meaningful interviews. And to hear these uh memories of yours Cana brings back brings back reality. Why do I say it's reality? Because we're built today. We stand on you and your generation and your parents and grandparents, my grandparents. You know the Gumar says it's a on a giant. So you know, you know there's theers. We could be bigvitzers, but without our ancestors is we're not done. So please tell us now how you continued as a teenager. You got married to your wonderful wife. Say a little bit about this and how you had and the other children. My father continued with the store in Ba. When I became old enough age 10, 11, I went to the store to work because we all worked, right? And I used to take cash. But you were still you weren't you weren't in school. But you weren't in school at 13 14. You weren't in school. Sure. I was you were in school. But you mean after school your free time you worked in the store. You have to tell me what you were saying something. When Roshon and Yum Kipper came, the town always made a minion. This is an insta and they never had a minion. So a couple of people from Chadam from Newcastle or so used to come and used to come to the when we got polio they wouldn't let my father come to do and it was rashes my father took the train and drove to Huntington, New Brunswick. There he got a minion and there he had Derry was able to shut him. Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't easy. Now, by the way, I just want you to know, yeah, I'm 91 years old. may have a good Thank you. Yes. To to live to 120 but in a healthy way. Right. Right. So So uh what age at what age did you marry? I married my wife when I was 23. 23. in 19 30 1950 1957. And how did you meet her? I made up my mind that I wanted to get married in the town of Baurst. There was a mammed. Yeah. I used to learn a shir with him was a kabadic. His name was Rabbi Binymanson. Oh, Rabbi Binyson. Sure. And Rabbi Binymanson used to learn to share with me. Uhhuh. Since I met him, I met his wife. When I used to go back to Baths to run the store, Mrs. Binmanson met me and she says, "Boy, do I have a girl for you. was a neighbor of the Beyondmans. Ah, you were a neighbor of the Beyondmans. And she told her husband, "Many sand is a good catch." Yeah. You got to got the sands. The sands are there. Tell him that to meet her. Uhhuh. So, so you met she phoned up my mother. Who did you? Rabbits and rabbits and phoned up your mother. She phoned up her mother. Okay. It was her neighbor, right? Who was that? And she called her got a nice boy. So her mother called my mother and said there's a nice boy to meet. What did you want to what did you want to add? You wanted to say something to the story. The story is that my my grandmother lived with us and she was always talking to uh to Yes. And uh and uh it was my grandmother who who came and she said because my mother was helping my father. He was in the jewelry business. So she used to help him there and uh so it was my grandmother and and she liked rabbits and I mean she's a wonderful person. I also liked her, but I didn't have time to talk to her like my grandmother. They were both Russians. The Bamison were from Jerusalem. They were from Russia. They were originally. Oh, so was my grandmother. But you're talking now 1935. My grand her grandmother came in 1905. Yes. Wow. She lived in Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia. Wow. Wow. So her grandmother lived in Russia. Her husband was so What was the name? The name the family name. Levine. Lev. They were Levian. They were Lev. Lev. And he came in 19. It was hard to make a living, right? So he went to England and became a malabed for a family in England. Her grandpa. He left his wife who was running a mak. A grocery store. Yeah. Yeah. In Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Think about 1905. She was 5 years old, six years old. Yeah. Anyway, my mother was then they got tickets and they came to America. And they landed in Canada and they landed in a place called Woods Harbor. [Laughter] That's Jewish family. I love the expression. Anyway, her mother used to help her mother run the store. The grandfather came from England. He became a peddler. But he was a soy person. So you knew how to pedal. No, he was afraid of a horse. He had a horse. He had a horse and you had to brush the horse. But he used to say so her her mother used to go as a kid out to brush the horse. Wow. My mother was the oldest and she did everything. Your mother was the oldest of the siblings. Of the siblings. Five children. So, you guys are married 70 68 years. 68 years. 68 years. No. 68 equals Yeah. 68. Listen. My mother lived till 104 and almost 105. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. She was Amazing woman. Wow. She she was the leader of the family. Your mother? Yes. She took care of My grandmother lived with us. And her sister, she was blind all her life. She lived with them. My grandmother hated her until her last day till she died. She died. She was younger than my grandmother. She died 10 years before my grandma. My aunt was born with anyway and your children grandchildren great grandchildren now it's sh the great great grandchildren it's daddy maybe tell them I'll just a little that you know after you got married you still lived in bathrooms and you made the eye three I I let's do it next time because I I got to get back by 4 okay you'll order me you'll order me at Yeah please okay we will continue mashem Only the beginning.