Ceresnie & Offen

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The ultimate gift

Fabulous Furs

Timeless elegance

The cover placed on Elijah's chair.

The season's

Free 'Brit Kit'
Offered To Parents

hottest styles

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR

Magnificent
Microfibers

he contents of this
UPS package were
anything but common.
No business reports.
No checks to Joe in college.
No last-minute passport
photos.
What it contained was a
brit kit.
Hilda Borenstein had just
returned from Israel, where
she purchased the kit, when
the request came from New
York. The caller asked Mrs.
Borenstein, of Oak Park, to
send the kit immediately.
The brit was just around the
corner.
It was the first of a number
of such requests. Mrs.
Borenstein is glad to oblige.
She bought the kit, compris-
ing a pillow on which the
baby can lie, along with a
decorative cover for Elijah's
chair, specifically to lend to
new parents.
Calling it her "tzedakah
project," Mrs. Borenstein
will loan the kit to anyone.
There is no charge, though
Mrs. Borenstein is asking
borrowers to make a dona-
tion to an Israeli kollel (rab-
binical college) in return.
The kit also includes a

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We are pleased to announce
our association with Martin
Malter, formerly of Molter Furs.
Mr. Molter is looking forward
to serving his customers at
Ceresnie & Offen.

All furs labeled to show
country of origin.

Financing Available.

baby-sized kippah and the
Artscroll book Bris Milah,
which Mrs. Borenstein read
while riding to her grand-I
son's brit in New York. "It'
gave so much more meanin g
to the ceremony," she said. I
Mrs. Borenstein found th e
kit last summer while in
Meah Shearim. She wanted
it the moment she saw it.'
Both the pillow and chair,
cover are white with lace)
trim and extensive gold,
green, violet and red erz=
broidery.
In Europe, Mrs. Borens
tein says, the brit ceremony
often featured an ornate]
chair for Elijah, which waSi
topped by an elegant cover,
much as the one in the brit
kit. In modern ceremonies, I
the satzdek (godfather)'
usually sits in the seat.
The kit, which Mrs.
Borenstein hand-washe'l
after each use, is available to
couples observing the brit
both in Detroit and out
town — "as long as it comes
back."
To borrow the kit, contact
Mrs. Borenstein at 642-42606
or Avrum Borenstein at
Borenstein's Hebrew Books I
and Gifts, 967-3920.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Because of postal and printing schedules, The Jewish
News, will have early deadlines for the issues of Nov. 27
and Dec. 4.

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