Lebe the Innkeeper he was called, and no reproach was coupled with the name.

His son Hayyim succeeded to the business, but later he took up the glazier's trade, and developed a knack for all sorts of tinkering, whereby he was able to increase his too scanty earnings.
Hayyim the Glazier is reputed to have been a man of fine countenance, wise in homely counsel, honest in all his dealings.

Rachel Leah, his wife, had a reputation for practical wisdom even greater than his.

She was the advice giver of the village in every perplexity of life.

My father remembers his grandmother as a tall, trim, handsome old woman, active and independent.