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  • #593149
    Miriam
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    Without breaking the bank what is a good Bar Mitzvah gift?

    #711352
    Helpful
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    A set of Mishna Berura.

    #711353
    real-brisker
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    saftala – The title states Bat, and the post says Bar. Which one are you talking about?

    #711354
    Pashuteh Yid
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    Brisker, why are you asking kashas? There is a diffent thread for that.

    #711355
    Mosh3
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    depending on the person, some boys want seforim and some boys want a good novel like feldheim puts out and this way you dont have to spend alot of money

    #711356
    Poster
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    Hey – feldheim has a sale now, buy 2 get one free!!

    #711357
    real-brisker
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    pashuteh yid – Im not sure what youre talking about, this thread is titled “bat”

    #711358
    yeshivaguy1
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    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    #711359
    oomis
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    A baseball set (you did say “Bat” mitzvah, didn’t you?)

    To be serious, though, I think a personal leather bound Tehillim with her name engraved on the cover, is a nice gift, as is some type of not too ornate jewelry (bracelet, pendantm earrings). Mishnah Berurah – IMO, no.

    You need to know the kid, though. Maybe her bank account could use some help, if you are a clsoe relative. Or, barring all of these, a nice gift certificate to either a store she frequents, or to a Judaica store.

    #711360
    WIY
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    Saftala

    Go to the larger Judaica websites (eichlers, nehora…) and see what they have under the Bar/Bat mitzvah gift tab. Can’t go wrong with an inspiring book in my opinion unless the kid is really frum and doesn’t need it in that case ask the kid what they want, if that’s not possible maybe ask the parents of the child, if that’s also not possible just get a gift card to either a Judaica, toy store or clothing store (that the kid would appreciate!).

    #711361
    Miriam
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    Sorry about that guys……..Bar-Mitzvah gifts is the question..but if anyone wants to suggest a Bat Mitzvah gift, that would be great.

    #711362
    apushatayid
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    Bar Mitzvah gift most appreciated by my boys (after money) was gift certificate to any seforim/judaica store.

    Bat Mitzvah gift recently given to a neice by several uncles and aunts who chipped in. A new MP3/4 player loaded with 7 CDs of new music purchased for her and loaded onto the player.

    #711363
    popa_bar_abba
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    Don’t give seforim. I got piles of seforim, but even the ones which we learn in yeshiva, were outdated and worthless (Meaning, old print).

    Give money. Or booze.

    #711364
    real-brisker
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    pba – why not seforim? What are you supposed to learn from?

    #711365
    WIY
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    saftala

    Give a gift card/certificate to a Judaica store. Let him pick the seforim, or music cds he wants. When I was Bar Mitzvad I got seforim and as Popa said many were old prints or seforim I have no real use for. Additionally I got a few doubles and it was just plain annoying.

    #711366
    apushatayid
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    Why not seforim?

    Do you agree you would prefer a nice $70 set of mishne brurah to learn from instead of 3 hard to read $30 sets?

    Nobody is suggesting you buy a gift you can’t afford, but let the boy buy what he wants or needs. My son turned 2 mishne brurahs, 2 pnei yehoshuas a ritva and a ketzos into an esrog box and menorah. Go with the gift certificate.

    #711367
    minyan gal
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    Aren’t you supposed to give cuff links or a fountain pen?? Oops, my mistake – I am thinking of the wrong decade. I doubt that a teenaged boy today would even know what cuff links or a fountain are.

    #711368
    SJSinNYC
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    We got my cousin a digital camera. It was a $150 camera that we bought for $30 (it was a cyber monday deal).

    #711369
    real-brisker
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    apusethyid – The point is give something that is readable, not give nothing!

    #711370
    deiyezooger
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    gift cetificate does sound the best but if you want to get him/her what they want and will appreciate, the best bet is ask them,or better yet take them along to the store they want and tell them before they start looking and things,your price range.

    #711371
    Pashuteh Yid
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    I would not get any music player that has video capabilities. You may be ruining him for life.

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