Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Memoirs of Glueckel of Hameln

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Hamburg - This city is Gluckel's birthplace and where her home and business was for most of her married life.

Altona - This is the name of the village to which twenty-five Jewish families emigrated when they were expelled from the nearby city.

Torah - Jews believe this Jewish book of scripture provides all they need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next.

Reichsthalers - This is the name of German currency during Gluckel's time.

Sephardim - This is a term that refers to the Spanish-Portuguese Jews that...
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