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Hostess Gifts, Delivered in Israel

Thank the family who hosted you for Shabbos or a chag — flowers, dessert or a meal sent to their house afterwards.

About Hostess Gifts, Delivered in Israel

In Israel the hostess gift often arrives after the fact rather than in your hand at the door, and it is usually better that way: the host is not juggling it while serving, and it lands on a Sunday when the house is quiet and the washing up is done.

Flowers, chocolate and dessert are the standards. The more generous version, if they fed you for a whole Shabbos or a whole chag, is to send them a Friday meal so that one week they are not cooking. Choose the delivery date at checkout and check the store's kashrut against what they keep — you have eaten in their house, so you already know.

What people usually send

  • Flowers sent the day after Shabbos
  • A dessert or chocolate box for the family
  • A Friday meal so they get a week off cooking
  • A cake or platter if it was a chag and a crowd