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Why do people eat chocolate money on Hanukkah?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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The original custom is to give the kids pocket money on each night of Chanukah.

There is also a custom to eat dairy foods on Chanukah.

Someone, somewhere obviously decided to capitalize on both customs and make a killing out of selling chocolate money.

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