My grandma Gillat story
What was the relationship between Gillat and her nanny?
She was like a second mother to her.
From where did my great-grandfather get the Kiddush cup?
Poland
What name did my mother want to call me?
Laila
How do you say your saying in hebrew
אל יתהלל חוגר כמפתח
When was my grandfather David born?
1948
What Kibbutz did my grandmother move to? At what age?
Ein-Hahoresh, she was two months old.
In what year did my grandfather get the kiddush cup?
1939
What does my name mean?
A name of an angel from the Torah, Michael, plus an 'a'
Who says my family saying?
My father
When was my maternal great-grandmother Ilse born?
1913
At what age did my grandmother became a mother herself?
Twenty-two
Why and from whom did he receive the kiddush cup?
(1) he received the cup as a gift for his bar-mitzva
(2) the gift was from his uncle Shmuel
What is the meaning of my last name?
When do you say the family saying
At what age did my mother lose her mother?
Six and a half
What countries did she live in and in which ages.
Israel, until 8
USA, 8-10
England 14-16
What was engraved on the Kiddush cup?
"For remembrance from you uncle
S."
What was my grandfather David's original last name and why did he change it?
It was Altman. He changed it because at the time in Israel it was considered better to have a Hebrew name.
What is its meaning?
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Most of my family came to Mandatory Palestine from where?
From Germany
At what universities did my great grandmother study?
Seminar Beit HaKarem
Hebrew U
UCLA
Columbia
Why is this cup so significant. What does it symbolise?
It is the last artifact that arrived from the large family left in Poland it symbolizes the memory of that community.
Why was Eitam chosen?
(1) Because it sounds like Altman
(2) Because it is a biblical place
Give an example for the usage of the saying.
The long hike bragging example.
Who were the two female pioneers (Halutzut) in the family?
Great grandmothers Ilse and Sasa (Sara)