## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Fun Fact

###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Fun Fact 1
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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
Many have the custom to give children “Ḥanukka *gelt*” (Yiddish for “Ḥanukka money”). It is believed that this custom began in Poland in the seventeenth century, initially so that the children could then give coins to their teachers as a gift of gratitude. Later on, money was also given to the children to keep (this may be the source of the custom to give children Ḥanukka gifts). Ḥanukka *gelt* is also connected to the festival, as the Hasmoneans minted national coins to celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the ancient Greeks. In the twentieth century, chocolate Ḥanukka *gelt* coins became a popular gift on Ḥanukka, with many families using them for playing *dreidel*.