Gift Shop

 JUDAICA SHOPPORTUNITIES

We’re open Sundays 9:30 am to 12:00 pm, during special events, and by appointment by calling Robin (847-287-1233) or Joan (847-602-2257).

 

Chanukah shopping has begun with only a few weeks to get it all done.  Come see our windows brimming with all types of Chanukah items: menorahs, candles, toys, books, and games.  Bonus:  10% off all Chanukah items now until winter break.

Happy Chanukah chair covers for the kids and the kid in you!  $5.00
Light up the night adult Chanukah socks.  $6.50
Infant Chanukah socks with menorahs and dreidels.  $4.50
Kids socks, very colorful with a menorah and presents adorning them.  $5.50
Dreidel squad adult socks, dark blue with dreidels.  $6.50

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Please join us this coming Sunday, November 24th at Sisterhood’s Holiday Boutique.  We’ll be featuring our New Kotel Menorah with Israel Soldiers in Arms and our new Chanukah candles.  Come see all our menorahs and Chanukah items at the Boutique and in our gift shop from now until Chanukah.
 
 
Premium multicolored Chanukah candles handcrafted with swirls.  These multicolored classic candles feature a handcrafted blue overlay and create a memorable menorah lighting “ceremony.”  Our price $12.50
 
New: The Kotel Menorah with Israeli Soldiers in Arms, a very beautiful and meaningful menorah.  See  the exciting detailed design with “Am Yisroel Chai” in both Hebrew and English.  Notice the bird of peace to the right of the soldiers.   Our price $78.00

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The BHBE Judaica Gift Shop is gearing up for both Thanksgiving and Chanukah by bringing back by popular demand our chocolate pizzas, a holiday favorite. They will be featured at our Sisterhood’s Holiday Boutique on Sunday, November 24. Three flavors to choose from including gluten free! All pizzas are nut free and certified kosher – and all come in their own pizza box!

6″ Sea salt caramel pizza

The chocolate popcorn lace crust is topped with gourmet  popcorn and drizzled in sea salt caramel chocolate.  A terrific treat perfect for a Thanksgiving dinner gift or a dessert treat and a great gift for Chanukah.  $18.50
6″ Gluten-free pizza with smiley faces
Pizza crust of popcorn lace, popcorn, dark milk drizzle, and smiley faces!  These pizzas cry “Happy holidays!”  $18.50
 

6″ Gluten-free gourmet chocolate pizza and pretzels

Pizza crust of popcorn lace, popcorn, gluten-free pretzels, and drizzled dark milk chocolate. DEE-LICIOUS!  $18.50

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In less than a month, we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday that specifies unity among people in the U.S.  This holiday is based on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the Wampanong peoples and the Pilgrims – the English colonists who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Let’s hope this year will be celebrated with unity and good food!  The Judaica Gift Shop has a variety of serving items to help make your table festive but functional.  Each of our items described below is elegant and unique.

Glass gravy boat, great for your delicious gravies and sauces.  $20

Beautiful, functional porcelain tray, 7″ x 11″.  Great for pickles, olives, cut up veggies.  $34.00

A terrific porcelain bowl, truly elegant, 11″ x 9″.  Great for veggies or potatoes, but not limited to those items!  $44.00

Pampa Bay Salerno Platinum spoon rest, 9.5″L  x 4″W; porcelain and titanium (white and silver).  $20.00

All of the Pampa Bay items (excluding the glass gravy boat) are very functional.  Every product complements your existing tableware and makes entertaining fun and creative.  These products are food safe, dishwasher safe, tarnish safe, stain resistant, scratch resistant, and oven safe!

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Fall has arrived, and so has our collection of beautiful scarves.  These scarves offer warmth and sophistication with a distinctive, artistic, and elegant flair.  The combination of style and elegance is available in a spectrum of designs and colors.

Here we display two different beautifully colored scarves.  They are handmade by artisans, thus unique.  These scarves are 50% silk, 50% viscose and are made in India and Nepal.  $45

These scarves are wrapped around our unique “musical” wine bottle holder.  $36

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The New Year’s holidays are coming to a close, but the BHBE Judaica Gift Shop is now gearing up for the next round of activities including the Holiday Boutique and Chanukah.  We are excited about our new shipment of furry stuffed animals that tell stories or sing – great gifts for littles!

Back by popular demand!  Storytime with Mother Goose  Her head and beak move as she reads nursery rhymes, including Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet, and This Little Piggy.  She’s dressed in reading glasses, a blue bonnet and holds a yellow storybook.  Operates on three AAA batteries, included.   $42.00

New!  Ring O Round Eli  Cute elephant who wiggles his ears and sways his head to the song “The More We Play Together.”  Comes with three colorful plush rings that are great for sensory play.  Place rings on his nose for additional fun.  Operates on three AA batteries.  $34.00

Back by popular demand!  School Bus  Adorable yellow school bus that lights up and sings “Wheels on the Bus.”  Operates on three AAA batteries, included.  $25.00

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Simchat Torah, which follows the holiday of Sukkot, offers services unlike any other day.  Sure, there are Torahs and Hebrew prayers, but there’s also dancing, singing, and snacking.  Unique Simchat Torah services, celebrating the completion of the yearly Torah reading cycles, are held at night and then during the next day.

Sammy Spider’s First Simchat Torah  Sammy joins the Simchat Torah parade, dances with the Torah, and learns about this very special holiday in the Jewish new year.  Ages 3-8, $9.00

Jewish Holidays Revealed through Art and Poetry – a great book for the whole family.  $16.00

The Jewish Puzzle Book – for the entire family.  $14.00

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Sukkot, one of the three major festivals in Judaism, is both an agricultural festival of Thanksgiving and a commemoration of the 40 years that the Israelites spent in the desert after leaving Egypt.


The Stars Will Be My Nightlight: A Sukkot Story. A boy asks his mother if they can sleep in the sukkah but she worries that it will be dark, cold and could rain.  “But the stars will be my nightlight,” the boy exclaims and so his mom agrees.  Ages 4-9, $9.00.

Etrog box to hold and protect the etrog during Sukkot.  The etrog is a yellow or lime-colored citrus fruit used during Sukkot; also known as a citron.  This box can also be used for storage or a display case.  $48.00.

The best Sukkot pumpkin ever – it’s almost Sukkot! Will Micah use the best pumpkin ever to decorate his family’s sukkah, or will he let the pumpkin go to a soup kitchen to feed people who need a good meal?  Ages 4-9, $8.00.

Plush lulav and etrog play set; comes in a clear plastic case and makes a fun gift for Sukkot.  The etrog is attached to the lulav with a velcro fastener.  Great for kids!  $18.00

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Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year.  Following tradition, it provides an opportunity to express humility and gratitude for God’s mercy.  On Yom Kippur, we recite yizkor, the memorial prayers for our deceased relatives as well as for the martyrs of the Jewish people.This week, the BHBE gift shop is highlighting our beautiful electric yahrzeit “lamps.” The gift shop will be open Sunday, October 6, 9:30 am to noon.See our peace dove electric flameless yahrzeit candle with the gold dove set against a subtle rainbow of pastel colors.  The Judaica design is 4.5″w x 5″ h on a fused glass plaque that says “in loving memory” includes a cord, online switch and a low voltage light bulb.  $58Metal Jewish star with eternal flame electric memorial lamp with “in loving memory” emblazoned on the lamp.  Includes a cord, online switch, and low voltage light bulb.  $50The Hardest Word (a Yom Kippur Story) for ages 3-8.  The very complicated Lessons of atonement and forgiveness on Yom Kippur are introduced to children in a warm and humorous story.  On Sunday,  October 6, the book will be given to the first customer who makes a minimum $10 gift shop purchase.

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Show that you are part of the suffering of Israel with this meaningful “dog tag” shaped necklace in tribute to the soldiers and hostages.  It declares in Hebrew, “my heart is imprisoned” with the infamous date 7.10.2023 (October 7, 2023) and in bold English words, “Bring them home.”

These tags can be purchased in the BHBE Judaica gift shop for $18  (chai/life).
Rosh Hashanah items are also available.  L’shana tova!
The gift shop will be open Sunday 9 am to noon and Tuesday 3-6 pm.

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Rosh Hashanah is coming in just a few weeks.  Visit the BHBE Judaica gift shop to purchase last minute items such as honey dishes, challah trays, challah covers, kiddish cups, candlesticks, candles, and items for the kiddies!  Come see our holiday books and shofars for the kids!  We’ll be open during the Sisterhood opening dinner and on Sundays 9am to noon.

Rosh Hashanah is coming!

“Crack the eggs.  Hear the sound.  Make this  braided challah round.  Rosh Hashanah is  coming.”  This sweet board book celebrates the  Jewish new year with its bouncy verse.  Ages 0-4 (pre-k) $9.00
Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Silent Shofar by Judy Press.
Pinky Bloom’s on the case!  She wants to help her dad who’s supposed to blow shofar at Rosh Hashanah services, but his shofar suddenly won’t make a sound!  With the High Holidays only days away, she has to figure out what’s behind the shofar’s   silence.  Ages 8-12 (grades 3-6) $9.00
Red shofar (also in blue and purple) $4.00
Beige and brown shofar $6.50

Beige shofar $6.50

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This week the BHBE gift shop is featuring shofars.  Its most important uses, as described in the Bible, were “to intimidate the enemy, to declare war, and to call the populace to assembly.”  

(top) Our very large shofar makes a great gift.  $150.
This shofar is encased in a Jerusalem stone shofar holder.  $50

(left) Brown and beige shofar  $65
This shofar is sitting atop a black Jerusalem shofar holder.  $45

(right) Dark brown shofar, approximately the same size as shofar to the left.  $70
This shofar is sitting on a “reversible table” shofar holder.  $32

All shofars are made in Israel.  The shofar holders can be used with any of the smaller shofars.

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Tikun olam is the mitzvah of repairing the world – and you can help with a tzedakah box, the perfect way to collect funds for charity.  It makes a great engagement or wedding gift!  Come into the judaica gift shop to
see our array of tzedakah boxes.

(center) Tree of Life by Michael Aram.

Featuring a golden tree of life in the center, this tree of life is known as “etz
chaim” and is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis. It’s associated with wisdom, making it both beautiful and meaningful.  Made of stainless steel, brass, and granite.
4″l x 3″w x5.5″ h price: $108.

(left) Twelve Tribes by Tamara Baskin.

Composed of art glass on ceramic.  3″l x 3″{w x 6″ h price $78.

(right) Glass with tube for wedding shards by Sara Beames.

This beautiful tzedakah box has the popular saying, “I am my beloved’s
and my beloved is mine” and makes a beautiful engagement or wedding gift.
4″w x 6″h x 3″d price $100

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For celebrating Shabbat in the home or for special occasions,
come see the Judaica Shop’s kiddush cups and wine fountain.

 
 
 
 
 
Classic candlestick set in anodized metal – high polish with a hammered finish.
These artistic candlesticks have a turquoise “ball” dividing the cup from its base.
Fits perfectly in any Jewish setting.  Only $60.00.
 
 
Kiddish cup wine fountain set – hammered metal with enamel detailing.
A large goblet sits on top with eight (8) matching shot cups for Shabbat and Yom Tov.
Shot cups are fashioned with four(4) different color accents on both the base and the inner cup.
Great for a family Shabbat!  Only $125.00.
 
 
*Both items are shown resting on a beautiful marble board
perched upon a charcoal wood stand.  A versatile item!  Only $40.00.
 
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Just think…You and your kids can be prepared
to help our Chicago Bears during their
training camp seaon this summer.  Come check
out the BHBE Judaica Gift Shop for these “Bear”
supplies.
 
The Gift Shop is usually open before Sisterhood
and Congregation Board Meetings during the summer.
*LEFT TO RIGHT:
 *BEARS DOODLE PLAYBOOK:
Fun Book for the kiddies and maybe they
    can come up with some good strategies!
    Cost:                                   Only      $7.00**
 
  *LARGE STUFFED BEARS BALL:
Great for Hugging!               Only     $27.00
 
  *BEARS MEZUZZAH:  “A LITTLE ASSISTANCE
   FROM ABOVE” CAN ONLY HELP!
    Great for your kid’s bedroom door.  $39.00
 
   *BEARS 101 BOOK: A wonderful
    book for the youngest future Bear’s
    fan. Start learning at an early age.
                                                   $10.00**  
 
     **REMEMBER:  10% OFF ON BOOKS!