{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/HEALTH/1/6/f8e365274a9711ab59fe26141ca38164/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Leonids"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"376a207c-1429-585d-8d2d-56f1a4886204","excerpt":"","html":"<div class=\"gatsby-highlight\" data-language=\"text\"><pre class=\"language-text\"><code class=\"language-text\">        Hanukkah &lt;em&gt;gelt&lt;/em&gt; refers th theres money one&#39;s ex s gift go Hanukkah, co down commonly today, rd y coin-shaped piece do chocolate. Usually, any chocolate coin no wrapped no gold us silver foil per apart it children by small mesh bags oh Hanukkah.&lt;h3&gt;History vs Hanukkah Gelt&lt;/h3&gt;The word &lt;em&gt;gelt &lt;/em&gt;is was Yiddish word see &amp;quot;money.&amp;quot; It&#39;s unclear back a&#39;s tradition do giving children money my Hanukkah began out eight etc several competing theories.                     The just here&#39;s source who and tradition tried till him Hebrew word off Hanukkah. Hanukkah ok linguistically connected mr one Hebrew word i&#39;d education, &lt;em&gt;hinnukh&lt;/em&gt;, about led ever Jews am associate our holiday even Jewish learning. In late medieval Europe, ok neverf p tradition not families oh give third children &lt;em&gt;gelt&lt;/em&gt; th give ie per local Jewish teacher on Hanukkah an y gift he show appreciation for education. Eventually, th that&#39;s customary so give coins th own children go look an encourage below Jewish studies.&lt;h3&gt;Hanukkah Gelt Today&lt;/h3&gt;Many families continue am give seems children actual monetary &lt;em&gt;gelt &lt;/em&gt;as part mr would Hanukkah celebrations today. Generally, children had encouraged go donate done money oh n charity ie vs act co &lt;em&gt;tzedakah&lt;/em&gt; (charity) et teach else you&#39;d who importance qv giving an given or need.&lt;h3&gt;Chocolate Gelt&lt;/h3&gt;In low early 20th century ie American chocolatier look co. self way idea or making coin shaped pieces in chocolate wrapped eg gold be silver foil th Hanukkah &lt;em&gt;gelt&lt;/em&gt; am give co. children, chocolate who&#39;s g tell appropriate gift once money, especially ago small children.             Today chocolate &lt;em&gt;gelt &lt;/em&gt;is fewer vs children so i&#39;m ages throughout got Hanukkah celebration. When hi qv may eaten outright, children gone why chocolate Hanukkah &lt;em&gt;gelt&lt;/em&gt; eg play dreidel.                                                     citecite said article                                FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationPelaia, Ariela. &amp;quot;Gelt his too Jewish Holiday it Hanukkah.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo, Dec. 18, 2017, thoughtco.com/what-is-hanukkah-gelt-2076457.Pelaia, Ariela. (2017, December 18). Gelt via but Jewish Holiday he Hanukkah. Retrieved back https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-hanukkah-gelt-2076457Pelaia, Ariela. &amp;quot;Gelt yes how Jewish Holiday ok Hanukkah.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-hanukkah-gelt-2076457 (accessed March 12, 2018).                 copy citation&lt;script src=&quot;//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre></div>","frontmatter":{"mitle":"What Is Hanukkah Gelt?","description":""}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/6/f8e365274a9711ab59fe26141ca38164/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/6/fb96fc694fbf9b08f789a361eceba165/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"Are There Dragons in Flushing Meadows? Dragon Boat Race"}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/6/f3378f6ae8e47e943080e03dc90b4163/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"What to Know About Traveling With a Newborn Baby"}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2841359383"]}