The reason I suggested a menorah or mezzuzah comes from personal experience. When my daughter had her Bat Mitzvah over 30 years ago, it was fashionable to use a gift registry at one particular gift shop. She chose, in my opinion, a bunch of chazereih. I gently suggested that perhaps she should also select a couple of more “mature” items and she grudgingly agreed. She received most of what she chose and number of pieces of gold jewellery – nothing expensive – a lot of fine gold chains – necklaces and bracelets. Eventually all of the jewellery broke and was lost and she lost interest in the teen-aged selections. However, when she married and left home she did take with her the lovely Chanukiyah she received and a collection of Boda glass animal figurines that she chose. From all of those gifts, the only ones that survived were the ones she could and does appreciate as an adult.
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