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# There is a minhag to give chanuka gelt to children.<ref>Moed Kol Chai 27:77 offers a kabbalistic reason for giving children a monetary gift on Chanuka. [http://www.he.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/598679 chabad.org] notes that such is the chabad minhag. Piskei Teshuvot 670:3 records that such was the practice of the steipler. A possible source for giving gifts on Chanuka is the Rambam (Chanuka 3:3) who writes that there's a mtizvah of simcha on Chanuka and regarding Yom Tov the Rambam (Yom Tov 6:18) includes giving gifts in simcha.</ref> | # There is a minhag to give chanuka gelt to children.<ref>Moed Kol Chai 27:77 offers a kabbalistic reason for giving children a monetary gift on Chanuka. [http://www.he.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/598679 chabad.org] notes that such is the chabad minhag. Piskei Teshuvot 670:3 records that such was the practice of the steipler. A possible source for giving gifts on Chanuka is the Rambam (Chanuka 3:3) who writes that there's a mtizvah of simcha on Chanuka and regarding Yom Tov the Rambam (Yom Tov 6:18) includes giving gifts in simcha.</ref> | ||
# Many poskim consider this a permissible practice and isn't a violation of following the ways of goyim (Bechukotayhem Lo Telechu).<ref>Avnei Yishfeh 1:129 writes that there's no violation of following non-Jewish practices in giving Chanuka gelt since there's a reason for this practice and the prohibition of | # Many poskim consider this a permissible practice and isn't a violation of following the ways of goyim ([[Bechukotayhem Lo Telechu]]).<ref>Avnei Yishfeh 1:129 writes that there's no violation of following non-Jewish practices in giving Chanuka gelt since there's a reason for this practice and the prohibition of [[Bechukotayhem]] only applies to a nonsensical practice. Mishnat Aharon (p. 117) cites this. A few websites including [http://www.bogreytsava.co.il/145379/%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94 Torah Acheri HaTzava] and [http://www.kipa.co.il/ask/show/77118-%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94---%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D kipa.co.il] believe that there's no prohibition of following the ways of non-Jews when giving fits on Chanuka since it isn't religious and has Jewish sources.</ref> | ||
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