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Gelt Chocolate gelt Chanukkah gelt ( Yiddish for "money") known as dmei Hanukkah in Israel, is often distributed to children during the festival of Hanukkah.

Sometimes my sister and I employed our gelt in games of dreidel, a wooden-top-based form of gambling in which both gelt and family harmony are won and lost with precipitous speed.

And, FYI, gelt is simply Yiddish for "money," though of course we also love to eat chocolate gelt during Chanukah!

In Yiddish, a language that the Jewish people began using in Europe around 1,000 years ago, the translation of “money” is “gelt”.

Celebrate the last night of Chanukah with a Giant Menorah Lighting, Gelt drop from a firetruck, a gourmet doughnut bar, games, raffles, Chanukah treats, and an appearance by the Dreidel Mascot!

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This included decking out their entire house with Hanukkah decorations, playing holiday music I’d never heard of, and displaying multiple menorahs and a lineup of Hanukkah bears with gelt for each of the family’s eight children.

I write checks for the grandchildren and call it gelt.

There will also be dreidel games and Hanukkah gelt chocolate coins.

Many families exchange gifts each night, such as books or games and "Hanukkah Gelt" is often given to children.

The giving of Hanukkah gelt also adds to the holiday excitement.

The tradition of giving Chanukah gelt dates back to a long-standing East European custom of children presenting their teachers with a small sum of money at this time of year as a token of gratitude.

Though it was traditional among Ashkenazi Jews to give "gelt" or money to children during Hanukkah, in many families this has been supplemented with other gifts, so that Jewish children can enjoy gifts just as their Christmas-celebrating peers do.