For those who celebrate Passover, what would be considered a well thought out passover gift? I am looking to give a coworker a passover gift, she has been very downtrodden lately and I know she is going home to celebrate passover with her family. Would a simple card suffice, or are we talking slaving over Matza ball soup and the whole 9 yards? I work with her daily and we talk a lot so it won’t be surprising to her to recieve a gift…
A “passover gift” strikes me as a peculiar idea - its not really a holiday associated with gifting – but I’ve never seen a box of Jovya Ring-Jells go wrong.
Avoid making food. Depending on how observant a Jew is, your entire kitchen and everything in it may be unclean. We really need to know more about your cow-orker. Would she like a bottle of sickeningly sweet traditional kosher wine ( I love the stuff) or a bottle of actually good kosher wine?
What about going to the supermarket and getting her a box of kosher for passover chocolates?
Kosher chocolates is a great idea. Kosher candy!
It would have to be kosher for Passover though, and may not be suitable as a dessert if it’s dairy, etc.
Really, if foodstuffs have to be taken, a fresh fruit basket might be the best choice. No kashrus issues and with all the matzo, some fresh fruit is a good way to avoid the ill effects.
Are there any non-food based good passover gifts?
I’ve never heard of gifts for Passover.
Instead of having no reason to give her a gift [aside from simply cheering her up], Passover is next week and would make a great reason to give a gift. I think of it like easter - We give gifts for easter - at least to the kids.
Maybe not a “Passover” gift per se, but the OP says she is going home next week to visit her family; you might give someone a little something when she is embarking on a trip – like a package of snacks for the road. The candy or fruit sounds ideal for that, and making sure it’s kosher is the thoughtful thing to do. I don’t agree with the comparison of Passover to Easter – they’re both in the spring, but they’re not analogous.
And if I were going home to visit my folks for a holiday, I might take a hostess gift that would be appropriate for the holiday I was celebrating. Would that make it a “Passover gift” and thereby commercializing the holiday if I gave a seder plate? Not sure. I just think the OP is trying to do a nice thing and the candy or fruit is a very good idea.
Pretty much the only well-thought-out passover gift would be the blood of a spring lamb, I’d think.
“Congratulations on not having your ancestor’s first born slaughtered by the Egyptians. Have some fruit?”
Not feelin’ it.
I think if you absolutely need a reason to give a gift, express it as an “enjoy your trip” offering as someone else has already said.
Well when put so eloquently I see your point. And I don’t want to commercialize anything…
I was only mentioning easter for the seasonal thing, not analogy 
Aren’t all Jewish holidays based on that? 
Maybe a matza patterned apron? Or a pillow for the seder when you lean to the left?
The apron sounds good…I almost bought a set of matza ball salt shakers today. Thats more along the line of what I was thinking.
Not at all. Sometimes it’s the Babylonians or the Persians or the Greeks or the Romans who are slaughtering people.
I think it would be more like giving gifts for Lent. Passover is not like Easter.
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What’s a good Passover gift if you haven’t given one for eight years?
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