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Passover gifts
Searching for Passover gifts ? Celebrate freedom in style.
Within the Canaan-online collection you will find many unique Passover gift ideas. Find Passover Seder plates, Matzah plates, Matzah covers, and Miriam and Elijah cups in tasteful designs.
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Passover Gifts
Judaica
artists have made a great contribution to the wide array of
originally designed Passover gifts. Passover dinner is usually held
with many family members and guests who gather around the table for the
festive re-telling of the story of Exodus and to celebrate the freedom
of the Jewish people. On this most celebrated Jewish holiday, it has
become a popular custom to exchange gifts. Passover gifts are often
both decorative and practical, and that is why it has become a popular
gesture to give them at holidays or as gifts for housewarmings,
anniversaries and other special occasions.
Passover is considered a good occasion to purchase new kitchen wear.
Most Jewish households thoroughly clean their household before Passover
to keep rid of Chametz. According to the Mitzvah, everything made of
bread or flower – Chametz - is removed from the house and bread is
burned just before the holiday comes in. Appropriately, as Passover
arrives, many Jewish people enjoy treating themselves or their families
and hosts with new kitchen wear. Popular Passover gifts include
decorated knives, salt and pepper shakers, plates, Kiddush cups, and
more. If you are invited to a Passover dinner, these items are very
appropriate and will be welcomed as a kind gesture by your hosts.
Every holiday has its own ritual objects that can be a source of great ideas for great gifts.
Passover's traditional foods and ritual objects play an integral part
of retelling the story of Exodus. The most popular item in Passover
gifts is undoubtedly the Seder Plate. The Seder Plate stands at the
center of the table. It is the “star” of the Passover ritual meal.
Seder Plate can be made of a wide range of assorted materials. Passover
Seder plate includes six designated spots for the six ceremonial foods
placed in them.
We eat the six dishes during the Seder while
reading the Hagaddah that explains the significance of each food. Each
dish represents the sufferings of the Hebrew slaves in ancient Egypt.
Besides
these six dishes, the seventh ceremonial food is the matzos. Matzah is
a special kind of flat bread eaten during the eight days of Passover.
The matzos can be placed in a special tray known as Matzah plate. In
similar to Judaica designs of Seder Plate, Matzah plates are often
decorated with traditional Jewish motifs as the seven species, and
inscribed with Hebrew words. It is also very common to find Seder
Plates and Matzah plates in matching designs.
If you are
looking for an original Passover gift, we’ve got some ideas! Matzah
covers, for example, come in unique designs and can add color to the
table. According to the Passover tradition, Matzah is broken into two
pieces. One piece is hidden as part of a game played with the children.
The broken Matzah, the Afikoman, keeps children engaged and interested
in the Seder as they come to expect their “reward” for finding the
Afikoman. Judaica artists have created a wide variety of delightful
Afikoman covers to fit the fun and humorous nature of this special
custom.
Staying in tune with the current styles and emerging
trends, Judaica artists have brought innovative concepts and designs
into the Passover gifts collections. With the influence of the feminist
movement, a new item has been introduced to the Passover table -
Miriam's Cup. This special cup is placed beside the Cup of Elijah to
draw our attention tot the significance of women in the story of
Exodus. Filling this cup with water signifies Miriam's Well which
miraculously turned into an endless source of water for the Israelites
in the Sinai desert.
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