Gift Guide

Great Jewish Gifts
For Children Of All Ages

BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM

PHOTOGRAPHY:1W GLENN TRIEST

Soon after you receive tl-k-:'happy news, your searcit begins.
,has just had a baby. Of cow 1-ou want to get a preset'
something original,
something fun or meanin
-isomething Jewish. Does such a gift exist?
Or maybe yci:
iend'i daughter i&celgbrating a birthday, and you
have the saixriptrations--,4---' and your goaI seems, equalli-demanding.
In fact, int4re
'sting treasures- are out there. All yon-IT:e4I to know is
the age you're shopping for and where to look.

Oh, You Beautiful Baby: Many families have a mezuzah on their
front door, but we are obligated to have one on each door within our
home (except bathrooms and the garage). What more loving and thoughtful
way to welcome a new baby than with a mezuzah. You might want to buy
both the hand-written scroll and the case; local Jewish stores, as well as synagogue
and temple gift shops, offer a beautiful collection of mezuzah cases, including
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