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hether you’re bringing a hostess gift to your 
Passover seder or simply want to surround 
yourself with your love for Israel, we’ve 
found pieces that will illuminate your home while 
supporting our brothers and sisters. (Be sure to check 
shipping dates for items needed in time for Passover.)

Complete your home — and seder 
table — with art and Judaica made 
in Israel.

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LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

PASSOVER

Next Year 
 in
 Jerusalem

Husband-and-wife team Tal 
and Roy Yahalomi create 
handcrafted home accesso-
ries and Judaica from their 
studio in Tel Aviv. Listed 
on Etsy as Yaholomis, they 
offer contemporary ceramic 
pieces, like this minimalist 
creamy-white Kiddush Cup 
and Saucer Set, engraved 
with a vine leaf (to sym-
bolize Gefen, “grapevine” 
in Hebrew) and filled with 
24K gold; they also offer a 
similarly designed Mezuzah 
Case, to which a kosher 
scroll can be added, with 
a gold- or silver-filled Shin 
(symbolizing the word “God,” 
or the “Guardian of the 
Jewish doors”). Etsy.com/
shop/Yahalomis.

Upon coming to Israel, Lev Shneiderman — born in the for-
mer Soviet Union and now a survivor of Oct. 7 — “yearned 
to give shape and form to his beliefs and ideals.” From his 
studio in Israel’s Negev Desert, Shneiderman handcrafts 
modern, majestic Judaica from stainless steel and alumi-
num. His work is displayed in several universities in Israel, 
including Hebrew University, medical centers, the Knesset 
and has been presented as gifts by Israeli leaders and dig-
nitaries — Shneiderman himself presented a gift to Prime 
Minister Ariel Sharon. These handmade Art Deco Brass 
Candlesticks are engraved with a sliver of blue peeking 
through. Israeliartnow.org; levshneiderman.com.