On Sabbath Mom always lit candles and made those circular movements with her hands, I remember, over the candles. There was definitely chicken soup with noodles, and fish on Friday evenings.And there were these special challot too. There was always almost the same food to eat, and most importantly, they made what the children liked. On Saturday there was definitely gefilte fish and aspic jelly and that chulent. Delicious! There was always cake; on Saturdays there was an awful lot of cake. On Monday mornings this lady would come round and we would give her cake all packed up. She was Jewish too, very elegant, who had evidently fallen on hard times somehow. On Saturdays the maid did everything; Jews weren't even allowed to turn the light on, apparently. She could, because she wasn't Jewish.But the children did everything, because the children were more assimilated.