Get ready for the holidays with the best products available

The best shopping recommendations for religious Israelis.

  (photo credit: CHAIM YOSSEF)
(photo credit: CHAIM YOSSEF)

Gourmet Gift Baskets for Rosh Hashanah with the Best Olive Oil in Israel - Ptora Family Boutique

When it comes to Rosh Hashanah gifts, there is no substitute for a gourmet gift basket that brings together the finest products from Ptora and Southern agriculture, with a focus on sustainable processes and natural cultivation.

Ptora's flagship product has always been and remains high-quality extra virgin olive oil, which earned Ptora the title of "Best Olive Oil Brand in Israel," unforgettable raw honey, Israeli boutique wines, natural jams and spreads, pure paleo spices, and many more delicious surprises.

All products are made from the finest, most up-to-date, and tastiest raw materials, available in a rich variety of combinations and prices.

This year, in light of the situation, the company has combined a series of "North-South" gift baskets in collaboration with manufacturers from the North and South. All baskets are carefully designed, emphasizing small details that create a luxurious and impressive gift experience.

Ptora Family Boutique has worked for many years with major companies and is committed to providing excellent service. Whether it's a gift for family, friends, employees, or business clients, Ptora's gift baskets are a quality choice, full of tradition and unforgettable flavors. Everyone will be delighted to receive them.

For details and purchase >> Ptora Gift Baskets

  (credit: CHAIM YOSSEF)
(credit: CHAIM YOSSEF)

Café Biga Launches Classic Apple Honey Cake for Rosh Hashanah – Gluten-Free

In honor of Rosh Hashanah and the Tishrei holidays, Café Biga is launching a classic gluten-free apple honey cake, designed for health enthusiasts, gluten-free food lovers, and those with celiac disease.

Biga's new cake is round, baked in a traditional "Wonder Pot" style, rich and dense, with hints of spices including cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. The cake is festive, tall, airy, and beautiful, rich in flavor, soft, and melts in your mouth. It is dairy-free and suitable as a holiday dessert and a sweet treat for anyone who loves honey and apple cake with a nostalgic taste.


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The new apple honey cake joins Biga's special Rosh Hashanah cake collection, which includes a variety of honey-based cakes. Among the cakes available are: honey mousse cake with caramelized apples (gluten-free), classic honey cake, honey nut cake, and more.

Kosher: Dairy for strict observers, Beit Yosef Consumer price for apple honey cake: NIS 49 Available at Café Biga locations across the country Café Biga Website

  (credit: ASSAF LEVY)
(credit: ASSAF LEVY)

Personalized Gifts with Engraving Make Every Gift More Special!

At Kesem Design, you’ll find many holiday gifts with engraving options, such as a special Rosh Hashanah blessing plate with the family name displayed, napkin ring sets, candle holders, and various other unique products everyone will be happy to receive.

Visit the website and see for yourself: Kesem Design

  (credit: Courtesy of Kesem Design)
(credit: Courtesy of Kesem Design)

Cotton Club Offers a Variety of Linen Tablecloths for the Holidays

In celebration of the holidays, the Cotton Club brand offers a range of linen tablecloths with various prints to instantly enhance the look of your holiday table. The tablecloths are made of 100% linen and are available at a special price with a 20% discount for the holidays.

Available on the brand's website at Cotton Club or at the factory store in Kibbutz Mishmarot.

  (credit: Bar Sharir)
(credit: Bar Sharir)

The Leading Cookware Brand "Soltam" Expands Its Smart Start Series

The leading cookware and bakeware brand "Soltam" is expanding its Smart Start series of technological cookware, which includes an advanced thermal mechanism to help time the start of cooking accurately, with new frying pans, sauté pans, pots, and sets.

The series features an advanced thermal mechanism located in the center of the cooking surface, allowing precise timing for reaching the ideal temperature to start cooking. The cookware is made of high-quality aluminum using advanced FORGED technology, providing strength and durability for years of use.

The interiors are coated with NON-STICK FOOD SAFE coating, which prevents food from sticking to the sides, allows for time and energy savings, and promotes healthier cooking with reduced oil usage. Another advantage of the thermal mechanism is maintaining the coating by preventing overheating.

The second part of the series includes new frying pans in various sizes and types, including a 22 cm frying pan, a 28 cm grill pan, a 26 cm crepe and pancake pan, a 2.2-liter pot, a 3.8-liter pot, a 6.6-liter pot, and a 5.4-liter sauté pan. Additionally, the cookware is available in various sets, including a frying pan set (24 and 28 cm), a three-piece set (frying pan and 20 cm pot), and a five-piece set (24 cm frying pan, 20 cm pot, and 24 cm pot).

The cookware is user-friendly, environmentally friendly, and free from PFOA, cadmium, or lead. Suitable for hand washing and all types of stovetops, including induction. Not oven-safe. Price range: NIS 114.5 - 315.5 per item (instead of NIS 229-629 per item)

Available at "Soltam" stores, selected home and kitchen stores, and on the website: Soltam

  (credit: GIL AVIRAM)
(credit: GIL AVIRAM)

The Beauty Brand MILUCCA Introduces a New Look and Language

The beauty brand MILUCCA, now one of the favorite beauty brands in Israel, is making a change and launching a new look and language with a new collection of over 100 products in makeup, skincare, and beauty accessories designed in gray, white, and silver.

The silver color is prominent in MILUCCA's new product range, including lipsticks, mascaras, makeup bags, and more.

MILUCCA is a dynamic and evolving brand that keeps up with changes and trends in the beauty world and offers consumers everything they are looking for, accompanying them throughout the day – from morning foundation with protection, through the afternoon lipstick touch-up, to evening preparations.

Shiran Elitzur, Brand Development and Import Manager at Super-Pharm: “MILUCCA offers the customer everything she is looking for and wants in her bag. It is intended to be an integral part of the daily lives of Israeli consumers, from the morning makeup ritual to nighttime skincare. The precise combination of a wide range of products, affordable prices, and high quality is what makes MILUCCA a beloved brand among Israeli women.”

Among the products available are: foundations and concealers, powders and blushes, sticks – blush, bronzer, highlighter, lip makeup, mascaras, and more.

Available at Super-Pharm branches and on their website: MILUCCA at Super-Pharm

  (credit: Tamuz Rakhman)
(credit: Tamuz Rakhman)

Premium Hair Care Brand HASK Launches a New Series for Curly Hair

The premium hair care brand HASK from the USA, renowned among Hollywood hair stylists, is launching for the first time a dedicated series for curly hair: HASK CURL CARE, suitable for all types of curls.

The curly hair series from HASK is enriched with coconut oil, argan oil, and vitamin E. Free from sulfates, phthalates, parabens, silicones, gluten, drying alcohol, and artificial colors.

The series includes 5 products providing a comprehensive solution for curly hair care, from washing to styling: shampoo, conditioner, mask, 5-in-1 spray, and curl-defining cream.

Price range: NIS 32.90 - NIS 34.90

Available exclusively at Super-Pharm.

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(credit: PR)

The Careline Brand Launches a New Series of Deodorants: BIO Acai

The Careline brand introduces a new series of deodorants: BIO Acai deodorant, enriched with acai and plant-based ingredients to soothe the skin and provide 48-hour protection.

The series will be available in three fragrances, each sold in both roll-on (75 ml) and spray (150 ml) formats: White Flower, Soft Peony, and Fresh Cucumber.

Price for roll-on/spray: NIS 13.90

Available at all leading pharmacy and retail chains.

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(credit: Tal Azulay)

New Perfumes for the Holidays:

The international designer brand Yves Saint Laurent is launching two new perfumes for men and women.

For women: LIBRE FLOWERS & FLAMES. This new perfume, crafted by Ann Flippo and Carlos Ben-Naim, is a fresh, anti-conformist floral burst showcasing a Desert Lily Accord, created exclusively for Yves Saint Laurent’s beauty division. It's a fiery and bold tribute to Yves Saint Laurent's flower.

The Desert Lily Accord, highlighted by its white floral siblings—tuberose and orange blossom—makes Libre Flowers & Flames the most radiant feminine interpretation of Yves Saint Laurent’s iconic aromatic-floral fragrances.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 509 for 100 ml.

Available at: Super-Pharm chains, Hamashbir Lazarchan, BE, April, and select perfumeries.

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(credit: PR abroad)

For men: The radical new icon from Yves Saint Laurent: MYSLF LE PARFUM.

This new perfume is radically bold, inherently contradictory, and unapologetic about its nuances. It is a new floral-woody statement born from the unexpected meeting of sophisticated floral notes and intense woods, enhanced by a velvety vanilla infusion for a new sensual amber trail. Alive and intense, the fragrance opens with a bite of black pepper—spicy, "wild and primal," in Daniela Andrier’s words.

A multi-faceted cocktail of spices—sweet cinnamon warmth, black pepper’s bite, green spicy cardamom—reinforces the green bergamot associated with Myslf.

This sparkling quality of bergamot, influential and striking, is crafted to capture the vitality of the fruit at harvest time.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 549 for 100 ml.

Available at: Super-Pharm chains, Hamashbir Latzarchan, BE, April, and select perfumeries.

  (credit: PR abroad)
(credit: PR abroad)

The Parisian brand Floraïku presents a new creation with a sophisticated composition of woody citrus notes that are boundary-free and break conventions. The 'Rebirth of Youth' scent creates a classic trail enriched with a unique style. "Boyish, the vegetal notes don a new guise with the power of wood.

Deep-textured woody notes and smoky earthy hues from the essence of Tibetan root envelop the floral heart, giving the composition a new woody identity." The denim-colored bandana with its iconic droplet motif adorns the bottleneck—a timeless fashion item beloved by men and women worldwide.

The youthful fragrance, an accessory to the bandana and denim, leads beauty to new places and boasts flowers that play on duality. The playful citrus fruit hides woody elegance. Its name, a nod to fashion shows, leads us to the golden runway light.

The composition, driven by its couture nature, steps outside the gender box, revealing bold top notes of bergamot essence, an elegant powdery iris heart, and a trail of glowing, spiced vetiver.

Price: NIS 1180 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum + 10 ml

Available at: BEYONDSKIN boutiques at the Ramat Aviv Mall (second floor) and the Golden Mall, Rishon Lezion (ground floor, Youth Avenue), and select stores.

Website: beyondskin.co.il

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(credit: PR abroad)

The prestigious Italian fashion and fragrance house TRUSSARDI is now launching its new creation for men: TRUSSARDI PRIMO. This new men’s fragrance is an unexpected Fougere with lasting sillage notes derived from a blend of bergamot, geranium, musk, lavender, vetiver, and tonka beans.

The perfume contains organic ingredients from Italy, produced using unique technological processes that honor the characteristics of raw materials to capture every olfactory nuance.

The glass bottle, with a significant and compact feel, conveys a sense of power and solidity as a tangible sign of the wearer’s inner resolve. Like lava flowing down the volcano and carving the landscape, the glass becomes an elegant and sculptural whirlpool, capturing the essence of primordial fire.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 499 for 100 ml.

Available at: Leading pharmacies, selected perfumeries, and luxury perfume boutiques BEYONDSKIN.

Online: Lilit Cosmetics

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(credit: PR)

New Wines Released for the Holidays:

Petit UF 2021 from Segal Winery is a complex and elegant wine. It is characterized by the aroma of fresh red fruits, such as red plums and cherries. Additional layers of Mediterranean herbs and sweet spices from barrel roasting emerge after a second swirl of the glass.

The wine has soft and silky tannins, a full and concentrated body, and a fruity and spicy finish. It is a perfectly balanced wine that is enjoyable now but will age well under proper storage conditions.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 110

Available at: Selected wine stores

Kosher for Passover under the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

  (credit: Segal Winery)
(credit: Segal Winery)

Barkan Winery introduces two new wines in its Gold series:

Chardonnay Gold 2022 for a perfect and festive holiday table. The Gold Edition of Barkan Winery is a special edition of exceptional wines with a unique character. The GOLD series includes four wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Gewürztraminer, and Rosé.

The vines, vineyards, and oak barrels are carefully selected by the winery's winemakers. This year, for the holiday season, Chardonnay joins the Gold series. Made from Chardonnay grapes harvested in the Be'er Sheva region, known as one of the best growing areas in the country, this wine features a yellowish color with fruity aromas of citrus, pear, and tropical fruits, combined with a hint of vanilla and nut. It has a full, rich body and a fresh, long finish.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 39

Available at: Supermarkets and wine stores

Kosher for Passover under the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

  (credit: BARKAN WINERY)
(credit: BARKAN WINERY)

Another wine from the Gold series is Cabernet Sauvignon. Made from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes harvested in the Ben Zimra vineyard and the Alma moshav, a top growing region in the country, this wine features aromas of ripe plum and sweet spices, balanced tannins, and a long, fruity finish.

It has a deep, powerful red color, and fruity aromas of raspberries and plums combined with sweet spices and noble oak. The wine has a rich, round body with soft, delicate tannins and a smooth finish.

Recommended Retail Price: NIS 39

Available at: Supermarkets and wine stores

Kosher for Passover under the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

  (credit: BARKAN WINERY)
(credit: BARKAN WINERY)