Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gift Ideas

The Ultimate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gift from a parent or grandparent!

• http://www.dangivon.co.il/PageTorahPortionCube.htm A personal and exceptional keepsake for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah child, to remember his/her first Aliah, with art to last forever. For each individual Torah Portion there is a Silver sculpture cube, each one with four different engraved depictions and Verses reflecting all the main accounts of that specific Torah Portion $750, limited edition of 300 pieces.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor Software

• http://kolkore.com/eng/index.php (under Educational Resources section.)

Talitot

• Canaan Gallery – www.canaan-gallery.com. Hand loomed cotton, $320 and up.
• Gabrieli weavers – www.gabrieli.co.il, hand loomed wool ($140-200), silk ($170-270) or cotton ($120-185). (Prices include bag and kipah.)
• Hasofer – www.hasofer.com. Wool, synthetic if requested. Less expensive – under $100.
• Studio Vitrage – Mirry Reich makes talitot and bags from sheer washable fabric with silver thread in the weave. The bag may be embroidered with the recipient’s Hebrew initials. Personalized talit and bag, $195, www.mirrys-artglass.com.
• Israelcraft, the tallit shop – www.israelcraft.com – silk, handpainted neckbands
• Shizre-kodesh (these are handmade and expensive though beautiful) – www.shizre-kodesh.co.il $300-550 without bag.
• Shorashim of the old city – www.shorashim2u.net – wool and nonwool, under $100
• Yad Lakashish – Lifeline for the Elderly – has wool or painted silk talitot, $100 – 250, one with musical notes design. www.lifeline.org.il.
• Shoshanagifts – has wool/polyester talitot for $200 and up – www.shoshanagifts.com
• Talit Atarot (neckpieces) – available from Shesh Moshzar www.judaica.co.il
• Custom Made Needlepoint – Talit Bags around $230, Tefillin Bags about $180, and Atarot around $250, from Loops.co.il.

Tefillin

• HaSOFER – www.hasofer.com
• Tefillin Beit E-l – www.tefillin.co.il, also Tefillin Carry Cases.
• STAM – www.stam.net

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Keepsakes

• Inscribe the bar or bat mitzvah invitation on wood, glass or lucite for a family keepsake. Contact www.techno-laser.com. See www.smalljudaica.com for personalized ceramic plaques, $40, and www.ketubaworld.com for paper framed certificates ($50-160)

Chanukiot (Menorahs)

Even if a bar or bat mitzvah has a chanukiah, he or she may welcome a more attractive one, or an easily portable one that can be taken to college in the future.

• www.roman-arch.com – Ceramic, hand made, $20 - 49
• www.natantaite.com - stained glass,$85 and up
• www.etz-ron.com – wood, $62 and up
• www.mirrys-artglass.com - $150, stained glass chanukiot
• www.caesarea-arts.com – stone chanukiot under $100
• www.jerusalemeverything.com – ceramic sports menorahs, $50
• www.hbaharal.com – Hannah Bahral is a glassmaker. Chanukiot from $55 and up, including shipping.
• www.shenfeld.com – Emil Shenfeld’s Pocket Hanukkiah $180
• www.roman-arch.com – unusual bird motif chanukiah, Openha chanukiah, $125.

Candlesticks

• www.mira.co.il – Shraga Landesman cast aluminum flower candlesticks - $66 including shipping.
• www.mirrys-artglass.com – stained glass, $45 and up
• www.ethnicsart.com – traveling pewter candlesticks by Yaelat Chen, $24
• www.israeldirect.co.il – porcelain traveling candlesticks, $20 and up
• www.shoshanagifts.com - $22 from Jerusalem stone
• www.zadokarts.com – View of Jerusalem candlesticks, some traveling, $44 and up for two.
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – Sabbath candlesticks, $85-220 (click “Items under $350”)
• www.lauracowan.com – Rocket shaped candlesticks, $195.
• www.shenfeld.com – Emil Shenfeld’s pocket candlesticks and hanukkiah, $260
• www.zadokarts.com – the multi-generation Yemenite silver makers make every size silver candlesticks, pairs start at $175. Click on Products, then Silver Filigree.

More Expensive Candlesticks

• Dan Givon – limited edition silverplate or sterling candlesticks, $950 - $2700, www.dangivon.co.il
• Oded Davidson – limited edition, silver flower candlesticks and others, $1200 and up, www.odedjudaica.cjb.net
• Emil Shenfeld – www.shenfeld.com very modern.

Books

• The Jerusalem Bible, Tanach Yerushalayim, Tanach Koren with English Translation, $29, www.booksinternational.com.
• Gemara Berura Learning Tools – a structured methodology for learning Gemara, www.gemaraberura.com, $250-360. (software)
• Nature in our Biblical Heritage, $30, www.booksinternational.com.
• Dictionaries – Hebrew-English dictionaries from www.israelbooks.com (Gefen Publishing)
• Haggadot – for Pesach. These come in all types and prices, but a favorite is the Agam Haggadah from www.israelbooks.com, Gefen Publishing. It’s about $30, plus shipping.
• Haggadot – The Temple Haggadah, $40. – shows Pesach in the time of the Temple, www.booksinternational.com.
• Haggadot with Hebrew-French, Hebrew-Spanish, Hebrew-German translations. If the bar/bat mitzvah child is studying another language, he/she may enjoy using a Haggadah with translations other than English – or may speak these languages fluently! www.booksinternational.com, from $8.
• Journey of Hope – The Triumphant Flight and Tragic End of the Life of Ilan Ramon, Israel’s First Astronaut, $10, www.booksinternational.com.
• Tehillim books with hand painted wooden covers by Jack Jaget at www.ethnicsart.com, $35 and up.
• No Greater Treasure by Shoshana Lepon, stories of extraordinary women from the Talmud and Midrash, www.feldheim.com, $18.95
• Tefillin: Making the Connection, $10.95, or Tefillin: The Inside Story, $26.95, by Rabbi Yisroel Ehrman, www. Feldheim.com.
• Mishnah Berurah, Hebrew and English, 20 volumes, $339 - $550, depending on size. www.feldheim.com.

Torah Yads – Torah Pointers

• www.jerusalemeverything.com – stained glass, about $55
• www.silverart.co.il/pointers.html – Chaya Wiesel, silver, $70
• www.yemenite-art.com – silver yad, $94
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – Kohanim yad, $150, First Mishna of Ethics of Fathers yad, $150.

Kiddush cups

• www.silverart.co.il – Chaya Wiesel has inlaid, hand made Jerusalem silver kiddush cups, $65 and up. See also an especially beautiful and unusual Family Tree Kiddush Cup where your family names can be inscribed in the branches of the tree. $50 plus one dollar for each word inscribed.
• www.shorashim2u.net – Glass etched kiddush cup with plate, $28.
• www.madelinesgallery.com – Madeline has kiddush cups made from brushed or beaten silverplate, $35 – write if you don’t see them online.
• www.gans.co.il – kiddush cups made of ceramics or olive wood for under $50
• www.Zadokarts.com – Zadok (yes, the ones who were outside the King David Hotel for many years) has many Yemenite silver cups
• www.hazorfim.co.il – major Israeli manufacturer, many silver cups
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – Sabbath Scenes kiddush cup, $220, Hagim cup, $220 (click on “items under $350”)
• http://store.yahoo.com/hebrongifts/cavecup.html – silver kiddush cup $90, cave of Machpelah and Rachel’s tomb.

Mezuzah Cases

• www.ceramicshorwitz.com – ceramic, $17 and up
• www.yalyjudaica.com – copper & brass, $29, silver $65
• www.jerusalemeverything.com – stained glass, glass and silver, $30 and up
• www.natantaite.com/mezuzah.html – stained glass, Dalia, Tree of Life, $30 - 35
• www.mira.co.il - $49, bird mezuzah case by Shraga Landesman, pewter tree $45
• www.mirrys-artglass.com – mezuzah case in shape of map of Israel, $45 - 50
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – 4 angels mezuzah, $120, click on “items under $350”
• www.silverpointjudaica.com/sp/mezuzot-index.htm – many beautiful but reasonably priced mezuzot, silver $20-50, Shemtov hardcut silver $40-65
• www.greenvurcel.co.il – modern artistic mezuzot, $120, 130,

Mezuzah Parchments – Klafs

(where to buy the scroll you put inside the mezuzah case)

• www.hasofer.com
• www.stam.net
• www.tefillin.co.il

Hand Washing Cups

• www.ethnicsart.com – lucite handwashing cup by David, $42
• www.madelinesgallery.com – silverplate from $35, write for info if you don’t see it
• www.gans.co.il – Ronit Akavia resin with rose petals embedded, $28.50, others

Boxes

• www.natantaite.com – stained glass boxes, tzedakah boxes, $45 and up
• www.etz-ron.com/jewel.html – wooden mosaic jewelry boxes, $68 for small, $98 and up for medium or larger

Puzzles

• www.ethnicsart.com – Pyramid-shaped attractive wood puzzles that would also serve as desk or book shelf ornament, by David Hirsch (search for puzzles on the search engine), $24 for very small, $44 for others.

Etrog Boxes

• www.gans.co.il – painted etrog box by Emanuel, $50
• www.zadokarts.com – sterling, under Yemenite filigree, $550

Tzedakah Boxes

• www.madelinesgallery.com/tsdeka.htm – $40 hand painted wood by Emanuel
• www.madelinesgallery.com – Olive wood with silver by Klein, $79
• www.mallaandraphael.com – hand made with laser cut silver, approx. $200 and up
• www.natantaite.com – stained glass tzedakah boxes, $45 and up
• www.etz-ron.com/tze.html – handmade wood mosaic boxes, $172 and up.

Havdallah

• www.shorashim2u.net – 2 tone silver plate Havdallah set, $110
• www.silverpointjudaica.com/sp/silver-index.htm – sterling filigree Yemenite spicebox $98.
• www.silverpointjudaica.com/sp/silver-index.htm – Havdallah set, sterling net design, $120.
• www.sarahjudaica.com – olive wood havdallah candle holder, $80
• www.sarahjudaica.com – olive wood spice box, $80
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – Shemesh spice box, $110, click on “items under $350”)

Shofarot

• www.shofarot-israel.com – Shofarot is what this company sells.
• www.shorashim2u.net – write if you don’t see them
• www.israelshop1.com – has “easy blow” shofarot

Girls’ Jewelry

• www.natantaite.com/jewelry.html – Sterling chains with 1” charm of magen david, chamsah, $10-20, sterling earrings $10-25.
• www.yalyjudaica.com – silver chamsahs, $16, neck mezuzah, $29
• www.dorledor.com/batmitzvah.htm – sterling earrings with precious stones – amethyst, $20. Necklace, $45.
• www.porat-jewelry.com/personalized.html – personalized name necklaces in silver or gold.
• www.odedjudaica.cjb.net – Jewish charms of holidays and Jewish symbols, $15. May be bought separately or 4 charm bracelet, $63, 9 charm necklace, $139.
• www.roman-arch.com – Adaya jeweled hair comb, $25, earrings 49 and up
• www.amitaikav.com – Artistic silver chai, $80, dove of peace $100. (Click on “miscellaneous.” Amitai is the only jeweler to also put $800 pieces under “miscellaneous!”)
• Hamsahs by silver artist Biran, $60 - $165, www.avi-biran.co.il/Amulets.htm
• Watches – modern sophisticated watches for teenage girls, www.tifaarts.com
• Watches – www.israelshop1.com/cat_watches.cfm – Israel map watch, $35, Daphna’s antique-look watches, $97 and up.
• Bracelet – delicate gold with hearts, garnet, and pearls – sounds like too much but it’s delicate and beautiful. $130 www.jewelsofisrael.co.il/giftshop/frames.php?subcat=GB
• Necklace – opal in wide gold oval, gold, $88, www.eyaldesigns.com.
• www.stacygivon.co.il.PageJudaic.htm – Many necklaces in sterling or sterling with gold, modern magen david ($98), modern chai ($60 and up), mezuzah necklace ($100), sterling menorah necklace, $82.
• Ayala Bar Jewelry – found at www.ethnicsart.com.
• Handmade Bat Mitzvah Jewelry box by Michal David. Includes a blessing for the young woman – at http://www.mostoriginal.com/Judaica/Bat-Mitzvah-Gifts/Bat-Mitzva-Victorian-Jewelry-Box/

 

Boys’ Jewelry

• www.waiman.co.il – Masculine rings, rings with stones, Buffalo Nickel rings
• www.israelshop1.com/cat_watches.cfm – Israel map watches $35 and up
• www.dstore.co.il/yp/shopHome.asp?sc=22711 – Roman glass cufflinks, $63 (Yemenite-art.com)

Talit Clips – holders

• www.silverart.co.il, $50 handmade by silver artist Chaya Wiesel
• www.stacygivon.co.il/PageJudaic.htm, sterling, $122.
• www.sarahjudaica.com, sterling $145

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• CD’s – from our Music Section
• CD Stands – see www.Kakadu-design.com, $95 and up
• Gift Certificates – See our Gift Certificate section. A surprising number of stores offer gift certificates.
• Scented Stationery/Candles/Soaps – www.taloils.co.il or www.danika.co.il
• Picture Frames – www.rebecca.shore.com or www.natantaite.com
• Fiber Art Wallhanging Kits, a kit to create a fiber art wallhanging, www.NettlePoint.com, $20-32
• Painted Wood letter holders, Containers, – from Kakadu, www.kakadu-design.com, $28 and up.
• Small Harps – www.woodsong.co.il or www.harrariharps.com