יש המקפידים לתת את דמי החנוכה דוקא ביום חמישי של חנוכה הגר"ח קניבסקי מסביר שנהגו לתת ביום זה, היות והוא לא אף פעם בשבת אורחות רבנו שם; דרך שיחה ח"א עמ' קפז; פסקי תשובות סי' עת"ר הע' 24, עמ' תסג). ויש אומרים שטעם הדבר הוא משום שימי החנוכה הם כנגד קורבנות הנשיאים כל יום כנגד נשיא אחר. ויום חמישי הוא כנגד נשיא שמעון, ושבט שמעון נעשה מלמדי תנוקות (רש"י בראשית מט, ז). לכן נהגו לתת את המעות מזרזות את הילדים ללימוד תורה ביום זה
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Minhag to Give Gelt on the 5th Night of Chanukah
There is a minhag to give Chanukah gelt to your children and to the poor on the fifth night of Chanukah. The simple reason since the 5th night never falls out on shabbos. Another reason that the nasie of the 5th day is from shevet Shimon who will produce the Rebbeim to teach the children.
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The minhag is to be machmir and give gelt all 8 nights
ReplyDeleteSome have the MINHAG to start on the first night and give the last time on day 8 right before shkiah. that a total of 9 times. and its a big segulah for________ (fill in the blank to your needs)
DeleteWere dose the minhag of giving gifts come Frome
ReplyDeleteYou mean afikoman?
DeleteTo clarify:
ReplyDeleteThere are 2 minhagim:
1. To give zedakah on Chanukah. By definition zedakah is money given to needy people.
2. To give money to the children’s teachers - Rabeim (and morahs).
Zedakah is usually given all nights.
Chanukah felt to the family ( if that’s your minhag) is given on the fifth night.
I’m collecting so I can give zedaka to the poor people for Eight days plus for the rave I’m and the Rabbanosand for Reb Baal haness and last but not least for the whole family
ReplyDeleterave?!? some typo
DeleteMaybe Rabbanim…
ReplyDeleteThe minchag of giving gifts on Chanukah comes from Santa
ReplyDeleteNo, the goyish minhag comes from Macy's, now enforced by the retail industry.
DeleteWrong.Predates Macy.
Deletehttps://www.katjahoyer.uk/p/ho-ho-hohenzollerns-how-the-kaiser-e30
Egregiously untrue. The minhag to give more to anyim on Chanuka is a long time minhag mentioned in halcha. I wasn't looking for them but just yesterday I happened to have seen a reason for giving chanuka gelt to children given by the Ponivtcher Rav in the Dirshu Misha Brura. Rav Menasha Klein in his sefer on chanuka brings down other reasons as well. It's safe to say they weren't influenced by the Santa culture. Some of the sources R'MK mentions predate Santa
DeleteRecall Cunliffe
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