From the very first time Mark Rosenbaum saw a glass-blowing demonstration, the drama of it took hold of his senses and has not let go.  I’ll never forget his telling me about the experience of discovering his artistic passion: “It was hot. It was loud. It was magic. And it found my heart.”

Mark is the newest addition to the Traditions Jewish Gifts lineup of talented artists producing fabulous Judaica that’s perfect for special life events like weddings and Jewish holidays like Passover. Gifts that come from Mark’s studio are truly one of a kind because there is no mold – just the molten materials, a fiery hot room and a very talented artist with a concept at the end of a glass blower’s hollow rod. As a result, every piece is original.

Another thing that makes his art unique is a new technique he’s created for a line of products we’ll be featuring in the Traditions Jewish Gifts online catalog. Here’s how it works: In the Jewish culture, we love to preserve our memories of special occasions. This practice has made the traditional, decorative mezuzah for storing memorabilia one of the most popular Jewish gifts that people buy.

But Mark takes the idea of the traditional mezuzah and “kicks it up a notch” by actually incorporating the treasured items into the art. So instead of making empty mezuzahs for weddings, for example, he works with special glass “jelly beans” (glass that’s resistant to high temperatures so it doesn’t melt) that the groom has stomped on. Then, through the magic of glass blowing, he creates paperweights or vases in which the shards are suspended in the blown glass.

Another thing unique about Mark’s work is that the place he creates it is just as hot, loud and magical as the art itself. A native of Connecticut, Mark opened the first glass-blowing studio in New Orleans – actually the first in Louisiana – after earning a master of fine arts degree from Tulane University. He operates from an old, 6,000-square-foot movie theater, where the front half is a beautiful, air-conditioned gallery, and the back is where the action is in his studio.  You can take a virtual tour here.

I hope you’ll take a look at Mark’s new line and the work of all the outstanding artists who produce one-of-a-kind Jewish gifts for our store in Florida and online catalog.

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KENSINGTON, Md. (RNS) John Linder and Tim Welsh aren’t Jewish, and probably don’t understand the religious symbolism in the menorahs, mezuzahs and dreidels they create.

But they know that in the weeks leading up to Hanukkah, their quick and expert manipulation of glass, copper and steel is crucial to getting a truckload of Judaica out the workshop door each day and into the homes of Jews around the world.

The men — both 51 and both autistic — work for one of the biggest names in contemporary Jewish art. Gary Rosenthal sells his ritual objects, all handmade in his suburban Washington studio, in stores and online to Jewish families, schools and synagogues.

Work for the company’s 15 employees has been hectic lately. In time for Hanukkah, which begins on Saturday (Dec. 8), they labor to finish about 60 menorahs a day, along with other essentials of a Jewish home that are often given as gifts for the holiday: the mezuzahs that Jews are commanded to place on the doorposts of their homes, candleholders used every Friday for Shabbat, and the tzedakah boxes

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for the collection of charity.

“Do they understand the religious meaning of what they’re making? I wish I could say yes,” Rosenthal said of his two autistic workmen. But that’s not really the point. “The work to them is meaningful. They enjoy process. The process to them is meaningful.”

Rosenthal, who belongs to a Reform synagogue, said he runs a Jewish business in two ways. Most obviously, he makes Jewish art, and follows the rabbinic teaching of “hiddur mitzvah.” “It’s the mitzvah (worthy deed) of beautifying Jewish ritual,” he said.

Then there’s his personal take on Judaism, which shapes his business model. It’s steeped in his love of Jewish art and a drive toward social action, which helped put Linder on the payroll nine years ago and Welsh four years later.

Linder, who lives in a group home and works at Rosenthal’s studio six hours a day, three days a week, spends much of his time there working the press brake, a machine into which he inserts a thin piece of metal which gets slammed into just the right shape for a tzedakah box.

He’s quiet and calm at this task, and there’s a rhythm to the bang of the machine. A non-autistic colleague who works close by knows Linder would prefer not to gab. A visitor’s questions set Linder pacing to calm himself.

When Linder is not making the tzedakah boxes, he weaves copper and other metals for the mezuzahs. It’s a close, repetitive craft, well suited to him, said Jackie Nah, a manager at Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children, the local social service agency that connected the two men with Rosenthal.

“If you know John, you can sit down with him and he can tell you how he feels. We know he enjoys his work because he tells us,” Nah said.

Welsh’s happiness at work is more obvious. He’s quick with a smile, and likes to lunch with his colleagues, often peppering them with questions — deep questions, said Suzanne Gartner, who is in charge of the glass studio.

“He asks if there’s a heaven — he lost both of his parents — and if people make fun of other people there or whether all people are treated equally,” Gartner said. “We always say’yes’” there’s a heaven, and no one gets teased.

In some ways, Rosenthal’s labyrinth of workrooms is a little bit of heaven for the autistic men who work there. Everyone takes the work seriously but is free to be themselves. Employees speak Spanish, Russian and English. They play Christmas songs on the radio if they like. A yappy poodle mix named Albee weaves his way through the art and the employees, incessantly demanding that someone throw him a ball.

Welsh came to Rosenthal’s studio quite shy five years ago, Gartner said. But the staff was patient with his questions, and responded gently to his social missteps. They respected his need for clear directions, uniformity and routine. Among other jobs, Welsh makes the vibrantly colored glasses — 60 a week — that grooms stomp on at the end of Jewish wedding ceremonies. Gartner occasionally drops one.

“He’ll come in the next day and the first thing he’ll notice is that there are 59. And he’ll tell me, and he’s very distressed,” said Gartner, who taught emotionally disturbed children before she came to work for Rosenthal.

When the goblets arrive at Welsh’s workbench, they are clear and stemmed. Paint must be applied to the glass’s interior surface evenly to get just the right effect. After they’re fired, he snips their stems with a diamond cutter, and they’re ready for a Jewish wedding.

Only Rosenthal, his mother, and one other employee in the shop are Jewish, but every employee’s spirit is infused in the art, Rosenthal said. A 59-year-old self-taught artisan with an MBA from University of Virginia, Rosenthal doesn’t do much artistic work himself these days, but presides over the business and what he calls “social ventures,” projects that he originally thought might make him some money by doing good.

“Actually, we lost quite a lot of money on them,” he said. “We’ve had to cut back.”

He weaves social action into the business model, sometimes serendipitously, and sometimes, quite purposefully. In the 1980s, when the former Soviet Union agreed to let hundreds of thousands of Jewish “refusniks” out of the country, Rosenthal put several of them to work.

On the first Hanukkah after Hurricane Katrina, he sold menorah-making kits to 20 synagogues around the country, had the congregants donate their work, and drove to New Orleans where he gifted the menorahs to 500 Jewish families and threw them a giant Hanukkah party.

A decade ago, a client suggested he take on autistic employees.

“We make art not just to make something,” Rosenthal said. “It is to bring people together.”

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If I heard someone say they’re seeing things where they didn’t exist, depending on who it was, I’d probably either take their temperature or run the other way. But if Marcelle Rosenstrauch told me she was seeing something that wasn’t there, I’d definitely stay put to watch an amazing thing happen.

She is an outstanding artist who creates Jewish gifts from pewter painted with rich, shiny enamels. Her Quest Collection is one of our most popular lines at Traditions Jewish Gifts.

Marcelle has a knack for looking at an ordinary item – a tree, a doorknob, a chandelier, anything – and, in her mind’s eye, she sees a piece of art. Once she has a vision and lets her creativity flow, the results are always stunning. Her pieces might range from whimsical to elegant, ornate to earthy, or intricate to super simple, but they’re always gorgeous. You have to see them in the Traditions online catalog to appreciate just how unique and special her Judaica gifts are.

Marcelle is a native South African who began working in the diamond industry while in her 20s. She moved to the U.S. 30 years ago to keep her sons out of the South African army – a decision she never regretted.

When I first met Marcelle 10 years ago, she told me a story I’ve always remembered.  At age 22, she was inspired by the beauty of particular yellow and white chandelier. So she turned around and made herself a ring of yellow and white diamonds that copied the chandelier’s design. Who but a true artist would think of something like that?

These days, Marcelle works from her design studio in Midtown Manhattan with an outstanding design team to create stunning, one-of-a-kind Judaica gifts. She’s always coming up with new design ideas, making them into samples and showing them to her friends and acquaintances to get their reactions. (Is there any better way to do a market survey?) Her menorahs are some of my favorites of the hundreds we sell, and no one tops her variety of dreidels – which is nice to know just before Hanukah.

If you’re looking for Hanukah gifts for family and friends, be sure to stop by the Traditions Jewish Gifts website and visit our online catalog for something unique from the Quest Collection.   Each piece reflects Marcelle’s artist’s soul and is truly a thing of beauty.

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As owner of Traditions Jewish Gifts, I have absolutely the best job in the world. After all, what’s not to like about a career that lets me shop – and I mean shop a lot – to make my living?

When it comes to getting the right Hanukah gifts for Traditions Jewish Gift online catalog and store, I usually go a little bit crazy. With eight days of holiday gift-giving to prepare for, we try to get a wide variety of products in various price ranges to suit every taste and budget.

We talk to dozens of vendors and artists about their offerings, and we visit trade shows around the country.  In a good year, we go to Israel to explore the kibbutzim and all the cities to find unique Jewish gifts not available from U.S. suppliers. These Hanukah gifts end up being really popular because people feel they have special meaning, and purchasing them supports an authentic Jewish enterprise.

Then too, I’m always on the lookout for new and unusual products to offer Traditions’ customers. We work with some of the most talented artists and creators of Judaica in the country. From menorahs to Jewish music and videos, and picture frames to tzedakah boxes, their creations are beautiful, one-of-a-kind, functional works of art that make great holiday gifts.

As a mom myself, I find it fun to select a big mix of children’s Hanukah gifts and toys. These choices are pretty easy because I only have to think of what my daughter would have liked at various stages of growing up.  Anything hands-on and appealing – like arts and crafts or colorful toys – are usually a hit with both kids and parents.

Be sure to check out the Traditions Jewish Gifts online catalog, where you can choose from 11,000 different products – and find the right gift in the right price range. There’s even a nice selection of holiday gifts for the person who’s impossible to buy for. (Take heart, gift buyer, for you are not alone. We all have at least one of these people in our lives.)

If you’re still not sure about a holiday gift and need advice, give us a call at 1-800-493-0520.  Our knowledgeable customer service reps will be happy to help.

When is the best time to shop for Hanukah? Right now! The earlier you place your order, the better to avoid rush shipping charges or a popular item being sold out. We suggest no later than mid- to late November.

After that, you can relax and appreciate the joys of a fun Jewish holiday season.

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Growing up, were you one of those kids who, at least once a summer, pestered your parents to let you have a camp-out in the backyard? The whole idea was so thrilling. After days of planning the big event, you’d spend the whole afternoon setting up the tent, gathering up sleeping bags and flashlights and buying junk food. (Did anyone think to ask about a weather report?)

Predictably, somewhere between the last scary story and the first strange animal sound, you’d scurry inside to the comfort and safety of your bedroom.

The Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which literally means “booth”, is always a favorite with kids because it’s like a dream come true for the outdoor adventurer in them. Jews are actually directed to eat, sleep and say special blessings in a temporary outdoor structure for seven days.  It’s how we commemorate God’s watching over the Jews during the forty years they wandered in the desert and lived in temporary shelters.

We take this directive from Leviticus 23:42, which says, “You will dwell in booths for seven days; all natives of Israel shall dwell in booths.”

Sukkot begins five days after Yom Kippur, one of the most solemn Jewish holy days of the year. It’s no wonder that Sukkot is referred to in our prayers as Z’man Simchateinu or Season of Rejoicing. This year it runs from sunset on September 30 to nightfall on October 7.

The first two days of the festival are a major holiday, and most forms of work are off limits. It’s also considered an autumn festival to celebrate the harvest – something like the American Thanksgiving.

I always know when Sukkot is close because the sukkahs (temporary shelters) start popping up on driveways in my neighborhood. Jewish tradition requires that the sukkah have two and a half sides made of a material that won’t blow away in the wind. The roofing, called sekhakh, must be made of something that grew in the ground and was cut off, such as tree branches, corn stalks or even lumber.

In some parts of the U.S., mostly the Northeast, Jews decorate their sukkah with dried corn and various squash to celebrate the fall season.

Daily during the seven days of Sukkot (except Shabbat), we take part in the observance of the “Four Kinds.”  Leviticus 23:40 tells us, “On the first day, you will take for yourselves a fruit of a beautiful tree, palm branches, twigs of a braided tree and brook willows and you will rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.”

And so we’re to take four plants – an etrog (a citrus-like plant native to Israel), a palm branch, two willow branches and three myrtle branches. All but the etrog are bound together, and we say a blessing while waving the bundle east, south, west, north, up and down, to remind us that God is everywhere.

In the Traditions Jewish Gifts online catalog, you can find a wonderful children’s book, Celebrate, a Book of Jewish Holidays. You can make it a gift and read it to a special child in your life. It’s fun and interesting – and it sure beats a backyard camp-out.

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In the Jewish faith, holidays don’t get any more important than Yom Kippur, which will be observed this year from sunset September 25 to nightfall September 26. The name Yom Kippur literally means Day of Atonement, which is a good description, because “on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all our sins before God” (Levitcus 16:30).

Yom Kippur comes at the end of the Ten Days of Awe, which begins with Rosh Hashanah.  It is a day set aside to make amends for the sins of the past year. The belief goes that, during the Days of Awe, God inscribes all our names in books, and on Yom Kippur, He renders judgment. This day represents our last chance to repent, ask forgiveness and set things right with God before the books are sealed for the year.

Even people who aren’t particularly religious will set Yom Kippur aside as a religious holiday. For nearly 26 hours, we avoid work, food and even water, and attend synagogue.  We’re also restricted from washing or anointing our bodies (code for applying cosmetics, deodorant, etc.), wearing leather footwear and engaging in marital relations. In some traditions, Jews wear white on Yom Kippur to symbolize purity and a cleansing from sin.

Most of the day is spent praying in the synagogue, with only a short break in the afternoon. The prayers for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are so extensive that a special prayer book called the machzor is used. Five prayer services are common, starting with the Kol Nidrei service on the eve of Yom Kippur and ending with Neilah, or “closing the gate” at sunset.  We confess of our sins communally eight times during the course of the observance and recite Psalms whenever there’s a chance.

Before Yom Kippur, in preparation, we take part in the Kaparot, a service dedicated to atonement.  To nudge us along in our prayers for a sweet abundant year, we eat honey cake, and also a full-blown holiday-type meal to get us ready to fast.  For good measure in our efforts to atone, we do extra good deeds and also give a little extra to charity (tzedakah).

Also on the eve of Yom Kippur, we bless our children and light candles – much like on Shabbat.

At the closing service, Neilah, we hear voices rise and say, “Hear, O Israel… God is one.” Then the celebrations begin, including a blast of the shofar (an instrument made from a ram’s horn), which is followed by the exclamation, “Next year in Jerusalem.”

As with many Jewish events and observances, we wind things down with a wonderful and abundant meal. After Yom Kippur, we celebrate the opportunity to make the most of another year of life, health and happiness, and to do so with a calm heart and a clear conscience.

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Anyone who’s observed Rosh Hashanah knows this is one holiday when you might as well forget about counting calories, reducing carbs or sticking to a weight-loss plan. In Jewish households, the tables sag beneath the weight of tempting delicacies, rich comfort foods and traditional desserts. When faced with this kind of temptation, it’s best to give in, indulge for two days and pray for the will power to go back to your diet on the third.

What I find really interesting is the symbolism in the foods that Jews eat for Rosh Hashanah. Since it’s considered the Jewish New Year, we eat a lot of honey as a way to say we’re hoping for a sweet new year.  The most popular tradition is to eat our honey on apples, a reminder of the creation story.

Honey also becomes a dip for our challah, which is already sweetened for the occasion with raisins or more honey baked right into the bread. During this holiday, the loaf is made round to symbolize the circle of life.

Then there are the honey cakes. Every family has a favorite recipe that’s likely to have been passed down from generation to generation. Flavored with fragrant spices like cinnamon, cloves and allspice, these are the ultimate fall treat that smell heavenly while baking. My new favorite honey cake is this one that’s moist and rich – and topped with a chocolate glaze.

A totally healthy traditional Rosh Hashanah food is a new fruit that’s just come into season. When we eat this fruit, we say the shehechlyanu blessing to thank God for keeping us alive and well for the beginning of a new year.

A popular new fruit is the pomegranate, which Jewish lore tells us has 613 seeds, exactly the same as the number of mitzvoth or commandments in the Torah. The seeds also help us to remember that our good deeds in the coming year should be as plentiful as the seeds of the pomegranate.

Another Rosh Hashanah staple is carrots sliced into coins to represent prosperity. Many times the carrots are used in fabulous soups and stews made slightly sweeter than usual for the holiday.

And finally, although it’s customary in some Jewish traditions to serve fish head to symbolize Rosh Hashanah as the “head” of the year, I’m not there yet.

I’d much rather save my calories and indulge in something sweet and wonderful like this noodle kugel made from my mother-in-law’s recipe. It’s everyone’s favorite, so I hope you’ll try it!

Louise’s Noodle Kugel

1  12-oz. bag of “no-yolk” noodles

1  16-oz. container cottage cheese

1  16-oz. container sour cream

2 eggs, beaten

8 packages Sweet’N Low

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ cup raisins

1 stick margarine

1 small jar peach or apricot preserves

Preheat oven to 375°. Boil noodles until soft.  Melt margarine in 8 ½” x 11” baking pan in the oven.  In a large bowl mix the noodles with the cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs, Sweet’N Low, cinnamon and raisins.  Spread evenly in the melted butter pan.  Bake covered for 1 hour.  Removed from the oven and spread the jar of preserves over the top.  Return to the oven uncovered for 15-20 minutes.

What’s your favorite Rosh Hashanah dish or recipe?

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Have you ever made a huge mistake that hurts another person and then weighs on your heart like a stone? It nags and niggles, and won’t go away – until the moment you admit what you’ve done to the person, and said, “I’m sorry.”

Suddenly the load is lifted from your shoulders. You’re re-energized, refreshed and ready to move on to new challenges.

The fathers of the Jewish religion were wise enough to see the power of unburdening ourselves of our mistakes.  We do this every year during Rosh Hashanah, which begins our Ten Days of Repentance leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and our High Holiday season.

During the two days of Rosh Hashanah, we spend the better part of the time in synagogue. Each day we hear one hundred blasts of the shofar, an instrument made of a ram’s horn, to remind us to reflect and repent for any wrongs we’ve committed over the past year.

We say special prayers, such as Zikhronot, which presents God as one who remembers past deeds, and Shofarot, which has us humbled and concerned about our fate as sinners.

As with every major Jewish holiday, we recite Kiddush over wine and bless our bread after candle lighting and prayers.

Another custom is eating apple slices dipped in honey to represent our hope for a sweet and abundant new year. We begin the ritual with this prayer: May it be Thy will, O Lord, Our God, to grant us a year that is good and sweet.

We also dip pieces of challah in honey. This delicious bread is usually baked in a braid but for Rosh Hashanah, it’s made in a round loaf to symbolize the eternal cycle of life.

During the first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah, we practice Tashlikh, which means “casting off.”  This ritual takes us to a creek, river, ocean or any nearby body of water, where we empty our pockets – usually they’ve been filled with small chunks of bread – as a symbol of casting off our sins. Part of the accompanying prayer goes like this: And You shall cast their sins into the depths of the sea.

These are just a few of our Rosh Hashanah practices. Almost every Jewish person I know welcomes this holiday as a season to wipe the slate clean and begin a new year with a light heart and a clear conscience.

At Traditions Jewish Gifts, we can help make it even more significant with beautiful, functional items as special as the holiday. And if you need advice, be sure to check out our High Holiday gift buying guide.

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When I was growing up, I absolutely loved the fall. After a long, hot summer, my friends and I couldn’t wait for the beginning of a new school year, our updated wardrobes, a fresh season of fall sports, and of course, brand new episodes of our favorite TV shows. Life didn’t get much more exciting than that.

In the Jewish religion, autumn also marks new beginnings, starting with Rosh Hashanah, which literally means “the first of the year.”  As the Jewish New Year, it’s one of the holiest days of the year and the start of our season of High Holy Days. We think of it as the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve and the birthday of mankind.

Rosh Hashanah falls on the first and second days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Jewish year. This year, we’ll observe on September 16 and 17, and this will begin the Ten Days of Repentance, which culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

These holy days are the most important in the spiritual life of Jews because it’s our time to focus on our relationship with God. Although we don’t celebrate the new year with party hats and champagne toasts, we do see Rosh Hashanah as a time of renewal – when we reflect on how we’re living our lives, set things straight with people we’ve wronged and make resolutions to become better people.

Bible references to Rosh Hashanah appear in the Book of Leviticus:

… In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, in holy convocation. – Leviticus 16:24

For Jews, the hallmark of Rosh Hashanah is the blast of the shofar one hundred times a day during the two days of the observance. The shofar is an instrument made of a ram’s horn and sounds like a trumpet.  And once you’ve heard it– especially within the synagogue – you never forget it.

Like so many special days in the Jewish religion, Rosh Hashanah has many, many blessings associated with it. I’m fond of the one called L’ShanahTovah, which says, May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.

Numerous items are needed to make your religious observance of Rosh Hashanah authentic and truly meaningful. A good place to start is a visit to the Traditions Jewish Gifts online catalog, where we feature many items unique to the High Holidays and even a High Holiday gift buying guide. You’ll also find shofars directly from Israel, a variety of Jewish calendars, toys for children and serving dishes. This is the perfect time of year to make Jewish holidays a part of your family tradition.

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I caught only glimpses of the closing ceremony for the XXX Summer Olympics in London, but I could tell everything about it was spectacular. Planners went all out to make sure London 2012 would be remembered as a great chapter in the Olympic tradition.

What really struck me about the event, though, was how it marked both an end – the successful conclusion of the 2012 games in London – and a beginning – the kickoff for the 2016 games in Brazil.

In the Jewish faith, we experience something similar every week as we celebrate the end of Shabbat. Although not nearly as elaborate as the Olympic closing ceremony, our ritual of Havdalah, which literally means “separation,” marks the close of our holiest hours of the week from Friday evening to Saturday nightfall, and beginning of the ordinary part of the week. The many blessings we recite create a bridge between the peaceful, relaxed hours of Shabbat and the hectic pace of the rest of the week.

The Havdalah service begins about 45 minutes after sundown on Saturday. Traditionally this is the time three stars can be seen in the sky.

The service requires three items: a Kiddush cup of wine or other liquid, some fragrant spices and a braided Havdalah candle. In a fairly dark room, we form a circle and have different people hold the three items. As for the blessings, most families have their own customs. They can be recited or sung by one person or everyone in the room, in Hebrew or English.

My favorite is the first one, Shavua Tov (which means a “good week”): A good week, a week of peace; may gladness reign and joy increase.

As the rest of the blessings are said, the three items are presented in succession.  First, the Kiddush cup is held up, but no one drinks from it yet. Then the spice box is passed around and everyone takes a minute to sniff the contents so they can take that sweetness into the rest of their week. After that, the candle is held up, and everyone puts their hands up to the light as a reminder of the distinction between light and darkness.

When the blessings are finished, everyone takes a sip from the Kiddush cup, and the rest is poured into a bowl in which the candle is extinguished.  And so, our new week begins.

Many Jewish families use special pieces set aside for their weekly “closing ceremony.” At Traditions Jewish Gifts, we have an outstanding selection of Havdalah items, such as spice boxes, Kiddush cups and braided candles in our online catalog. Many of the artists we feature have produced such sets with unique, exquisite designs to fit every style and décor.

Take a look and let you imagination help you choose the items that will make someone’s weekly closing ceremony a memorable and blessed event.

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