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21 Best Rosh Hashanah Gifts
These picks embrace holiday traditions and motifs, like apples and honey.
Rosh Hashanah is one of the most important occasions on the Jewish calendar: The start of the Jewish new year marks the beginning of the annual High Holy Days (a 10-day period that culminates with the solemn days of penitence, Yom Kippur), and is celebrated with prayer, symbolic meals and foods, blowing the shofar and gathering with loved ones.
In the year of 2023 — or 5784 in the Jewish calendar — Rosh Hashanah begins on the evening of Friday, September 15, and ends on the evening of Sunday, September 17. If you're observing the holiday (or even just attending a celebration at the home of someone who does) check out our guide to the best Rosh Hashanah gifts for anyone on your list.
Our list of gift ideas includes plenty of Judaica for the home, holiday seasonal food gifts, jewelry gifts bearing Jewish symbols and tons of kitchen and entertaining gifts along the theme of apples and honey. (Dipping the fruit symbolizes hope for a sweet year ahead.) And there's something for every price point, including budget-friendly Rosh Hashanah gifts under $10 (Jewish food magnets, anyone?) and splurge-worthy heirlooms they'll cherish for years to come.
This dessert box from NYC’s iconic Carnegie Deli checks all the boxes no matter their tastes. It includes chocolate babka, cinnamon babka, mini cheesecakes, black and white cookies and chocolate-covered cheesecake bites.
Make the dipping even sweeter this Rosh Hashanah with a gift of artisanal honeys in a tasting tower with light and mild to bold and dark flavors. (It comes with a tasting booklet, too.)
You absolutely cannot go wrong with a gift basket as beautiful as this one. Filled with nine apples and clove honey, anyone would be thrilled to receive.
Apples are a part of Jewish many traditions, but especially Rosh Hashanah. These handmade mats are a stunning way to pay homage to that. Made from glass beads, this pair of apple mats makes a stunning statement at the apples-and-honey station.
An adult-sized set of pajamas printed with apples and honey: What could be a more fun and festive (not to mention cozy) Rosh Hashanah gift? There's also kid sizes!
This adorable and budget-friendly set of Jewish food magnets comes with illustrated versions of kugel, rugelach, gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, bagel with lox and dill pickles.
Be the Rosh Hashanh dinner guest with the mostest... and bring the whole meal with you! This complete feast comes with brisket and gravy, matzah ball soup, and other deli classics.
Play on the honey motif with a food gift that's perfect for a holiday snack table. These cashews are covered in a fresh honey-sugar mixture for the ideal sweet and salty balance.
Complete with all the traditional symbols of the holiday, kids can learn all about the New Year through play. It comes with challah, candles, an apple, honey jar, pomegranate and shofar.
This cookbook draws from the author’s Ashkenazi heritage as well as his husband’s Persian-Iraqi traditions to give Jewish food and cooking a distinctly modern take.
This digital picture frame is the perfect gift for any age and any occasion. Pre-program it with a slideshow of cherished photos and keep adding to it for years to come using the app.
Alesandra is a digital travel and lifestyle journalist based in Los Angeles whose work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Prevention, Insider, Glamour, Shondaland, AFAR, Parents, TODAY and countless other online and print outlets. Alesandra has a masters degree in journalism with an emphasis on cultural reporting and criticism from NYU, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. An avid traveler, she trots the globe with her husband and their twins.