How do you start the weekend?
"Already on Thursday I go shopping and go into the kitchen. On Fridays I continue cooking and in the evening the family comes, and also friends, so sometimes I have 30-25 people. My children Avi (52), Anat (50) and Uri (44) are all my neighbors "In kindergarten, so I give a whistle and everyone settles down, along with my 11 grandchildren. After the meal, if the weather is nice, the grandchildren go out to the yard to play football and we sit and talk. Sometimes we have a world war on political issues."
You're known to be a great cook, how did it start?
"My parents, Moshe and Tzipora, remember a blessing, there was a cafe in Kfar Saba called 'Cafe Sharaf.' Starters, salads, fish, stuffed. Every time I cook something different and surprise the family. The children and my brides make the salads and the light things, but in the heavy cooking I only deal. I also make fruit soup from the citrus trees that grow in my orchard. As long as I can To stand on my feet and be able to cook - I will do it. I think it is also one of the things that my late wife, the late Leah, left me as a will - that I will continue to cook and host the family on Saturday.
She was an amazing woman, a mother and grandmother that we all miss. "
On Saturdays you still live the world of football?
"Saturday for me is a Saturday of football, it always has been. In the morning I go to see the youth and children's games of the football academy teams that my youngest son has in Kfar Saba. He plays with him from the age of 4 to 18 and he brings me a lot of respect and pride. "To broadcast games on the sports channel, even at the age of 78. I have always worked hard, and this employment keeps me young. As long as the mind works and the eyes see, I will continue to work."
Who would you like to invite to Friday dinner?
"Shimon Peres. I admired him and we were also in a great relationship. He was at my children's weddings."
What's your tip to make Shabbat perfect?
"There is nothing important and sublime from Friday with the family. This meeting at home is so unifying, and it is important for everyone, including the grandchildren's generation."
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