Hanukkah gelt means ‘Hanukkah money’ in Yiddish. Families often give children chocolate coins as a small present each night, although some might receive real money or other gifts. Chocolate ...

Hanukkah lasts for eight days ... To play dreidel, you need a four-sided top as well as coins, gelt, pennies or other small objects to use as currency. A dreidel had four sides, each with a ...