A Gift Guide for Every
Life-Cycle Occasion
Selah Maya Zighelboim | JE Staff
T here’s no shortage of B’nai Mitzvah gift guides out there in the world,
but the average Jewish person will go through a whole spectrum of
life-cycle events beyond the coming-of-age ceremony.

So you may one day find yourself wondering, “What kind of gift are
you supposed to give for an upsherin?”
Here, the Jewish Exponent presents your one-stop shop for gifts for
every life-cycle event (or at least, for a bunch of them).

BRIT/SIMCHAT BAT
“Laila Tov” Elephant Blanket
Amazon $22
A typical baby gift will work well for either
a Brit — short for Brit Milah, an 8-day-old
baby boy’s ritual circumcision — or a Simchat
Bat — a baby-naming ceremony held for a
girl. This example is a baby blanket and a
stuffed animal in one, plus it includes the
Hebrew phrase, “Laila tov,” — “Good night.”
Diaper Cake
Bed Bath & Beyond
Starts at $39.99
Newborns go through an average of
10 diapers a day, so there’s never too few
diapers when it comes to an 8-day-old
infant. Looking past the rather unap-
petizing name, a diaper cake is basical-
ly just a nicely packaged gift of diapers.

At Bed Bath & Beyond, they also come
in different designs — rose blossom,
teal tribal and panda pattern.

UPSHERIN Aleph Bet Look & See Puzzle
Amazon $22.99
An upsherin is a ceremony in which a 3-year-old boy gets his first
haircut. It also marks the time when a boy starts wearing a kippah and
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