One well-known sweet item associated with Hanukkah is the foil-wrapped, coin-shaped chocolate known as gelt. What's the deal with this stuff, anyway? Candy money might seem like an odd holiday ...

Gelt, meaning gold or money, is traditionally gifted at Hanukkah. While now it is common for children to receive chocolate coins, the archaeology team discovered far rarer relics. “All of our ...

Local celebrations include menorah lightings and get-togethers where you can enjoy latkes, doughnuts and lots and lots of gelt (chocolate coins). Here are some of those events taking place over ...

Firefighters from the Las Cruces Fire Department will climb to the top of an extended ladder and shower down chocolate Gelt (coins) on Holiday-themed parachutes. Participants will enjoy a full ...

The event will include food, music, speeches, and a gelt and menorah drop where Poudre Fire Authority firefighters drop small parachutes affixed to dreidels, menorahs and chocolate coins from a ...

One Hanukkah tradition that Jewish children enjoy is the giving of gelt, or gold, which is sometimes actual money but often chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil to look like gold coins.

Wichita firefighters assist in the celebration by dropping Hanukkah gelt (chocolate coins) for children to enjoy. The Chabad Rabbi said the “Night of Light” is all about giving back.

Medium shot of middle-aged Jewish man in kippah sitting at table with his children at Hanukkah, spinning dreidel, betting with chocolate gelt coins, getting Hebrew letter Nun, meaning nothing Man and ...

sufganiyot (jelly-filled donuts), and chocolate gelt coins. Charitable giving is a vital aspect of Hanukkah, echoing the historical importance of providing for the less fortunate. Children receive ...

Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins - dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee's grand-nephew - near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho ...

Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight ...