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* [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103084/jewish/Why-the-Gelt.htm#footnote2a103084 Chabad.org] presents another 2 reasons including | * [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103084/jewish/Why-the-Gelt.htm#footnote2a103084 Chabad.org] presents another 2 reasons including | ||
# The halacha is that you may not benefit from the Chanuka candles even to look at the image on a coin. To remind ourselves of this halacha we give Chanuka gelt (Likutei Levi Yitzchak, Igrot, p. 358). | # The halacha is that you may not benefit from the Chanuka candles even to look at the image on a coin. To remind ourselves of this halacha we give Chanuka gelt (Likutei Levi Yitzchak, Igrot, p. 358). | ||
# The Greeks believed in materialism as an ends into itself. Our victory over the Greeks showed that we can channel the good in physciality towards spirituality. Hence we give gelt on Chanuka (Likutei Sichot, vol. 10, p. 291).</ref> | # The Greeks believed in materialism as an ends into itself. Our victory over the Greeks showed that we can channel the good in physciality towards spirituality. Hence we give gelt on Chanuka [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14935&st=&pgnum=299 (Likutei Sichot, vol. 10, p. 291)].</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
