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SEDER-SAVVY SHOPPING

Matzah covers, matzah cookbooks and matzah print oven mitts grace local gifi shops.

Above from left.
Pop-up Haggadah.
At Spitzer's

Matzah print oven mitts.
At Spitzer's

Matzah cookbook.
At Esther's

Glass goblet.
At Tradition! Tradition!

Below from
Family Passover book.
At Borensteins

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SUSAN TAWIL
Special to the Jewish News

BILL HANSEN
Photographer

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Tanning for Passover or invited
to a seder at friends or relatives?
If you're seeking more insight
on the holiday or not quite sure
what gift to bring your hosts, help is avail-
able.
A browse through local Judaica shops as
• well as Jewish.com , an Internet site affiliat-
ed with the Jewish News, turns up many
Passover essentials and gift ideas.
Synagogue gift shops offer even more
ideas.

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To refresh yourself on the basics of
the holiday, see Pesach Made Easy by
renowned Torah law adjudicator Rav
Mordechai Tendler ($10 at Borenstein's
in Oak Park). This book, mercifully
slim to allow more time for Pesach
cleaning, includes "at-a-glance" charts
and common sense guidance to holiday
preparations and observance. The kids
will love this tip:. "You have an obliga-
tion to distribute candy to the children
during the seder."
For music to keep you humming
while you dust, try Pesach with Rebbi
Alter (his song about "Pharoah in paja-
mas in the middle of the night" is a real
kicker), A Singable Seder or Journey
Through the Seder. The late opera star

and cantor Jan Peerce sings The Seder
Service (tapes $10-12 at Spitzer's in
Southfield).

Kitchen Talk

Holiday cooking is aided by the New
York Times Passover Cookbook ($25 at
Spitzer's), featuring delectables such as
Chef Wolfgang Puck's potato onion
latkes and Mimi Sheraton's matzah brei.
Or, for some really creative fare, try
Matza 101 ($18 at Esther's in West
Bloomfield), with 101 recipes for trans-
forming the Pesach staple into every-
thing from matzah gefilte fish enchi-
ladas to matzah baklava.
Accessories like Matzah print
potholders and oven mitts really take

Formal seder plate.
At Tradition! Tradition!

Matzah cover.
At _Esthers.

I6ddush fountain.
At Borensteins