Tzedekah

Reframing Hanukkah Gelt in Meaningful Ways

Here's a way the gift of the gelt can be transformed: [Yiddish for money given as gifts on Hanukkah]

On one of the nights of Hanukkah open all of the tzedakah boxes in the house and count the money. You might also keep a tzedakah box on the counter by your desk at work, many caring people who come through the building will help to keep it brimming. Announce the total.