Hayom Yom 28 Kislev - Chanukah Latkes evening and Chanukah Gelt

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Dec 17, 2025 · 3m

הַנָּהוּג אֵצֶל הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק

The Tzemach Tzedek would customarily

כִּי בְּאֶחָד מִלֵּילֵי חֲנוּכָּה הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים כְּעֵין פאַרבְּרֵיינגעֶן עִם בְּנֵי הַבַּיִת

On one of the evenings of Chanukah, he would hold a kind of farbrengen with the members of his family,

" וְהָיוּ בָּאִים גַּם כַּלוֹתָיו, וְנִקְרָא “לאַטקעֶס אָוועֶנט

including his daughters-in-law. This gathering was known as a “latke evening.”

וְכֵן הָיָה אֵצֶל רַבֵּנוּ‏ הַזָּקֵן וְאַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי

The Alter Rebbe and the Mitteler Rebbe had done likewise.

בֵּין הַסִּפּוּרִים שֶׁהָיוּ הָרַבֵּיִים מְסַפְּרִים בִּסְעוּדָה זוֹ

The…