20 mindful gift ideas for Pesach
Adi Nissani
Are you looking for timeless, sustainable gift ideas for Passover? From eco-friendly candles that burn clean, to crystals and incense that purify the air, here are my picks of the best gift ideas for this special time, to ensure a mindful, healthy home.
Every year at Pessah, I know I’m going to get a lovely little present from my mother-in-law. Something small but thoughtful, that she’s taken time to pick for me. And even though she always says she doesn’t want presents back, I still want to get her something too. Because it’s so nice to give, isn’t it? I love looking for ideas for the people I love. I try to find something new, something different each time. Basically, here are the questions going through my head at the moment: what should I gift my mother-in-law for Pessah, what would be a good present for our Seder host, should I buy something for the other guests too?
So if you’re also looking for inspiration outside of the traditional fruits and sweets baskets, I’ve put together some great gift ideas to jazz up your Layla Seder.
1. Loft Soy Candle, 250₪, Candleroom
Made in a recycled wine bottle, these candles come in 4 different delicious scents made from essential oils. They are hand-poured in Israel with 100% all-natural soy and finished with a lead-free cotton wick dipped in vegetable wax. There can be no cleaner burn!
2. Minimalist scented candles, 64₪, MOI
These natural soy wax candles are as minimalist as can be, making them a great gift for both men and women. They come in 5 fragrances sure to please your guests, whether they like sweet, spicy, and flowery scents, or prefer the evocative aroma of seas and forests.
3. Porcelain Wall Vases, from 160₪, Maiyan Ben Yona at Saga
Add colour to your decor with these wall hanging porcelain vases. Handmade in Israel, they have a sleek, modern design with a handcrafted feel. With 3 different sizes, the colours and combinations are endless, but they also look stunning as a single piece, making it the perfect colourful gift, big or small.
4. Traditional body soaps, 42₪, Sabon Eden
Make the gift of no-plastic! These gorgeous soaps are made from 100% natural oils, and 0 synthetic additives. They’re bursting with natural goodness from shea butter, jojoba oil, olive oil and more, to moisturise the skin without waste and without chemicals.
5. Curry candles set, 650₪, Adi Nissani x KOAH Candles
You may remember KOAH Candles from my last gift guide. They make the most stunning and deliciously scented pillar candles. This spring, they have partnered with ceramicist Adi Nissani to offer a striking set of 2 candles on their usual concrete base, complete with a handmade ceramic base.
6. Passover plate, Adi Nissani x H&M Home, 349₪ in store or 500₪ on the site
Handmade in black clay, this beautiful Passover plate comes with the traditional 6 dishes decorated with 24k gold. Here’s a set that will bring any festive table to the next level.
7. Weekly planner, 68₪, MOI
Pessah is the time to organise our homes and our thoughts. This weekly planner is a great help to sort out day-to-day duties and keep track of plans, whether managing work projects or family schedules!
8. Soap and notebook, available in store for Pessah only, Papier (Sderot David HaMelech 1, Tel Aviv)
Soaps and notebooks with written words in Rashi from the Torah. On the notebook: “Because man is a tree”, and on the soap: “Creator of smells”.
9. Day cream, 63₪, VOS
Israeli brand VOS is the master of natural cosmetics. Born from personal experience and a wish to improve skin without preservatives and synthetics, their products use the finest raw materials. With this day cream, expect elasticity and glow to return to your skin, bringing a welcome dose of vitality into your life and onto your face.
10. Kit for home purification, 195₪, VOS
A handmade bowl, some coals and dried natural elements make for the most elegant cleansing ceremony. Open the windows, set an intention, and clear out the negative energy from your home. The plants in this kit are known to strengthen self-confidence, relieve stress, and soften the ego, amongst many other balancing properties.
11. Watering can, 205₪, MOI
The ordinary watering can has been elevated from a mere household tool to an eye-catching design piece that deserves to be seen – both practical and functional!
12. Fresh flowers, Aviva Zilberman, 03 641 1682
Do you want to bring beautiful, fragrant blooms? Aviva Zilberman lovingly creates special bouquets with the fresh flowers of the day to warm the heart of your intended recipient.
13. Room spray, 110₪, Sharon Brunsher
Made in Israel from natural ingredients and essential oils and not tested on animals, these home fragrances embody the 4 elements. Air contains deep notes of oriental jasmine, water evokes delicate fruit, Earth exudes essences of wood and forest, and fire has a bold smokey and spicy scent.
14. Crystal candle, 299₪, Craft’s Origin
This black crystal candle is particularly fit for Passover as it is inlaid with fossilized charcoal known to cleanse energy the same way a charcoal filter cleanses water. It is made near Caesaria from natural beeswax, meaning it is 100% free from paraffin and chemicals. Beeswax is also the only wax that does not emit toxins when burning and has the longest burning time of all waxes.
15. Tea tube, 39₪, Naked Market
Naked Market is a Zero Waste store in the heart of Tel Aviv. If you’re also trying to reduce your waste, this is a great way to stop using tea bags. Put loose leaves in this tea tube instead. It’s modern and minimalist and made of glass.
16. Beeswax wraps, 82₪, Asufa
Ditch foil and cling film with this pretty set of reusable beeswax sheets, perfect for wrapping plates, fruit halves and sandwiches. Rinse the cover with cold water and a little soap and air dry between each use, and they will last up to a year. Avoid hot water, microwave or oven but they can go in the freezer.
17. Paper vases, from 125₪, MyKINTA at TEMA Shop
Vases from paper? Yes, recycled paper pulp more precisely, with a recycled plastic container on the inside, to hold the water. Designed in the Netherlands and made by hand in fair-trade family factories in Vietnam, you can find here in Israel at TEMA.
18. Handmade vases, from 150₪, Idana
Handmade in Helsinki by ceramic artist Jatta Lavi, these porcelain vases come in a ton of different colours and perfectly embody Nordic simplicity.
19. Twist Taper candles, 75₪ a pair, Nortli
Another colourful idea with these fun twisted candles. Each one burns for 9 hours so even with the longest seder, they will still burn when you eat dessert!
20. Clean safe, from 5₪, Less Labs
And for the ultimate household cleaning products that don’t harm the planet, who better than Israeli start-up Less Labs? Their concentrated cleaners come in tiny bottles that you mix with water at home, so you can refill and refill and finally ditch single-use plastic bottles and reduce waste!
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