Passover
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West Bloomfield, $10.95.
0 A Reggae Passover. Get in the mood
with a tape of traditional Passover songs
arranged by Alan Eder and friends to
reggae music. At Spitzer's, S 16.95/CD;
510.95/cassette.
Bedikat Chametz kit, com-
plete with feather, candle and
ceramic
dustpan. This will help with
your pre-Pesach
chametz search-and-
destroy mission. At
Tradition! Tradition!
in Southfield, 520. By
appointment, (248)
557-0109.

t he Passover
holiday. The season of
the Earth's renewal
coincides with the
celebration of the
birth of the Jewish
people, their trans-
formation from freed
slaves into an eternal
nation.
It has long been
traditional to buy new
FOR THE SEDER
clothes for the holiday,
Every year brings new
to clean house in the
designs in matzah covers and
search for chametz
seder plates. This year's stand-
(leaven) and to other-
outs:
wise bring a sense of
* Silk Matzah Cover
freshness to Pesach
A Passover finger puppet glove. and Afikomen Bag set,
preparations. In that
At Temple Israel.
handmade by Israeli artist
spirit, here's a look at
Ronit Gur. At
what's new in local
Borenstein's,
Jewish book and gift shops to help you
$69.99.
celebrate the holiday and enhance your
0 Jeweled
seder table.
Crystal Seder
Plate by
BEFORE PASSOVER
Passover Seder
Robin's Gems
* The Halachos of Preparing for
Hinged Box
of Israel. At
Pesach, a new book by Oak Park's own
Esther's
Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis. It's a good guide
Judaica &
for those who don't know where to
Gift World,
start, and very accessible. At Spitzer's
6239
Hebrew Book & Gift Center, 21790 W.
Orchard
11 Mile Rd., Southfield and
Lake Rd.,
Borenstein's Book & Music Store,
West
25242 Greenfield Rd., in Oak Park,
Bloomfield,
512.95.
S95.
x:x Create Your Own Passover Plate
* Lenox Seder
kit, for ages 4 and up. This molded
Plate, a new pat-
Lucite seder plate with paints will bring
tern to this cream-
creativity to the center of your Pesach
colored classic, with a flo-
table. By Rite Lite Judaica. At Spitzer's
ral border and gold-lettered
and Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake,

PAIN .
ESACH

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Borenstein s, 512.99.
* Barkan Wine, a new
brand from Israel, Kosher
for Passover, of course.
Chardonnay (S 16.95)
and Merlot (520.95). "It's
a higher end wine and
very good," says Avrohom
Plotnik of Spitzer's.
names of the seder foods. At Temple
x:x New and Improved Plagues Bag.
Israel, 5152.50.
Likewise, there's always a new crop of
The interactive Pesach props (Box of
Plagues, Bag of Plagues) are back again.
Haoaadot (books narrating the Passover
In stores this year is a velvet drawstring
seder service). Among this year's hot
bag packed with four stuffed animals
debuts at local Jewish bookstores:
(frog, cow, locust, and something
* The Shlomo Carlebach
else — a louse, maybe?).
Haggadah.. Features com-
Pull the strings and
mentary from the
they vibrate! By
famous Chasidic
Copa Collection.
folksinger.
At Adat Shalom
Urim Press,
Synagogue,
525.
29901
* The
Middlebelt, in
Rosh
Farmington Hills
Yeshiva
and Tradition!
Haggadah,
Tradition! S12.
Volume III.
0 Passover Seder
Commentary
Hinged Box. Similar to
culled from dif-
the popular Limoges boxes,
ferent Torah leaders
this porcelain seder table
than previous volumes.
ArtScroll Publishing,
A jeweled crystal seder miniature opens to find a
tiny matzah inside. By Aviv
$29.99.
plate. At Esthers.
Imports. "It makes a great
My First Haggadah. A
hostess gift," says Jane
clever interactive cloth
Anchill of Adat Shalom's gift shop, $18.
book for children. "The pieces are all
attached, so they won't get lost,"
notes Alicia Nelson of Tradition!
JUST FOR KIDS
x:x On Passover, by Cathy Goldberg
Tradition! "It's not only a halachi-
Fishman ($5.99 paperback). This book,
cally correct Haggadah, but it's
for ages 5 and up, "has beautiful pictures
parentally correct, too!" Shemen
that look like Chagall," says Helen
Tov Publishing, $39.95.
Youngwirth of Esther's.
To further enrich your seder:
* The. Passover Press, a newspaper-for-
x:x The Urchatz Towel, special
mat activity book (for example, Weather:
for the Haggadah's handwashing
Frogs), for ages 8-10. By Star Bright
ritual. Made in Israel by
Publications. At Esther's, $4.99.
Keter Quality
Matzah Man, a stuffed "beanie"-
Judaica, it's white
type creature, in a matzah-print fabric.
with silver and
By Shulsinger. At Esther's, $5.99.
blue metallic
* Passover Finger Puppets. A brightly
embroidery. At
colored glove with Moses, Aaron,
Miriam, Pharoah and daughter Batya on
This Passover
the fingers — for dramatizina the story
Seder Hinged
of the Exodus at the seder or during the
Box is available
week of Passover. By Ktav Holiday
at Adat Shalom.
Products. At Temple Israel, 56.

New books, traditional seder fare
and gifis available at local stores.

SUSAN TAWIL
Special to the Jewish News

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At left: Among the books
at local bookstores and gift
shops. My First Hagoadah
photo courtesy of
Tradition! Trac ition!

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