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21 Best Rosh Hashanah Gifts

These picks embrace holiday traditions and motifs, like apples and honey.

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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 top Rosh Hashanah gifts in 2023

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.

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.

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Rite Lite My First Rosh Hashanah Food Set

My First Rosh Hashanah Food Set

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.

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Beaded Apple Mats

Beaded Apple Mats

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.

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Fruit Basket

Fruit Basket
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They can display their apples in a unique way at the table with this pretty basket. Not only is it cute, but it actually folds for easy storage.

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Rosh Hashanah Stickers

Rosh Hashanah Stickers

Hand out one of these stickers after playing a game or as a party favor for the kids. There are 12 sheets in different shapes and sizes.

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.

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Honey Roasted Cashews

Honey Roasted Cashews
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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.

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Art of Tea Manifest Blend

Art of Tea Manifest Blend

This blend of organic sage, lavender, peppermint and spearmint makes a warm gift on the theme of manifesting dreams and goals in a new year.

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Terracotta Dried Floral Arrangement

Terracotta Dried Floral Arrangement

This chic dried bouquet bursts with copper pampas and terracotta wheat in warm fall hues to welcome the season.

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Treasures of the Orchard Chocolate Fruit Gift Box

Treasures of the Orchard Chocolate Fruit Gift Box
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This lavish candy box is filled with chocolate-dipped California-grown fruits such as dates, apricots, peaches, pears, pineapples, and more.

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Bee Inspired Goods Honey Tasting Tower

Honey Tasting Tower
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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.)

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Porcelain Honey Pot

Porcelain Honey Pot
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This pretty porcelain honey pot is a gift they'll use year after year for their Rosh Hashanah traditions. It even comes with the dipper!

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Carnegie Deli Dessert Gift Box

Dessert Gift Box
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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.

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Star of David Necklace

Star of David Necklace

This timeless star of David pendant and chain comes in gold vermeil or sterling silver, and makes a gorgeous gift for a hostess or any loved one.

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Digital Picture Frame

Digital Picture Frame

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.

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Shana Tova Server

Shana Tova Server

For just a little something, this server takes the cake (get it?). Written on it is the Hebrew phrase to have a good (and sweet) new year.

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Michael Aram Pomegranate Catchall

Michael Aram Pomegranate Catchall

This pomegranate-motif catchall in oxidized natural bronze makes a standout gift they'll use for years on the holiday table, bedside stand and beyond.

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Apple Pie

Apple Pie
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This dense sweet-tart apple pie is so packed with apples and gooey goodness that even a small slice is filling — and beyond delicious.

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Jewish Food Magnets

Jewish Food Magnets
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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.

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Rosh Hashanah Pajamas

Rosh Hashanah Pajamas

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!

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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.

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