Chanukah Gelt 馃晭馃挵
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December 10, 2009 12:48 am at 12:48 am #590939tyMember
what’s the reason for chanukah gelt ?
December 10, 2009 2:35 am at 2:35 am #669566feivelParticipantso the children would take the coins to the Chanukkah light to check the value of the coins and the parents could tell them they cannot, for the light is assur b’hanah, opening a discussion as to the meaning of the light and chanukkah.
i believe other gifts have no mikor in tradition and are a result of imitating the goyish custom at the same time of year.
December 10, 2009 6:42 pm at 6:42 pm #669567gavra_at_workParticipantagree with feivel. Also so the children have something to gamble when playing Draidel.
December 10, 2009 10:18 pm at 10:18 pm #669569oomisParticipantI thought the Chanukah gelt was simply symbolic of the fact that the Chashmonaim were the first people to mint coins. I like the other idea, though.
December 11, 2009 6:22 am at 6:22 am #669570bein_hasdorimParticipantEs Shat Nisht far Di Kinderlach to look forward to Chanukah,
as they do Purim, and Pesach for the afikoimen.
Midoich sheloy lishmah boh Lishmah.
December 12, 2017 7:41 pm at 7:41 pm #1426208JosephParticipant<bump>
December 12, 2017 8:18 pm at 8:18 pm #1426221joeParticipantI heard once
that the yisomim of the town would go around collecting money.December 14, 2017 6:12 pm at 6:12 pm #1427809Uber_ChachamParticipantI heard 讘砖诐 专 讬讜住祝 讟谞讚诇专 讝爪”诇 that after the 谞住 of Chanukah the children of most of klal Yisrael weren’t used to learning and had to be bribed with money to do so (and the fact that we can get them to learn, even if it is through bribery, is part of the simcha, and the fact that we’ll pay money for this shows them how choshuv it is).
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