MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER YUMMA AMAM
( DAUGHTER OF MEIR, BROTHER OF RABBI ELIAHU MANI ) WAS AN OLD LADY IN MY CHILDHOOD. IN WINTER DURING THE COLD EVENINGS THEY USED TO MAKE, ESPECIALY FOR HER, A " KURSI-JAFUF " (CHARCOAL STOVE PLACED OVER THE BED AND OVER THE STOVE A STOOL WAS PLACED COVERED BY A BLANKET). WE CHILDREN USED TO SLIDE/SIT UNDER THE BLANKET TO HEAR OUR GREAT GRANDMA TELL US STORIES OF ABU ZAID EL HELALI, ANKA ANKA BENT EL RIH AND MANY MORE UNTIL WE WERE CARRIED TO OUR BEDS TO SLEEP.