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What’s your favorite mishloach manos?

Anything Reisman’s! I love their whole line. Everything from their brownie bars, jumbo sprinkle cookies, rainbow cake, and black-and-whites, to their chocolate and cinnamon sliced babka is just perfect. I  love that, unlike other bakeries, they make hamantashen all year round. OMG, the raspberry flavor! 

 Devorie Gerber  

Presidor wafer rolls. It’s an item that I only eat on Purim. Even though it’s available all year round,  I don’t purchase it because then I would gain tons of weight, so it’s my special Purim treat. 

Chava G.

I can tell you what I DON’T like: anything homemade. I’m sorry to say, but it goes straight into the trash. I feel bad because I can tell a lot of thought and time went into making these custom and sometimes theme-centered pastries, but the fact is, I don’t know people’s levels of kashrus, standards of cleanliness, or who is sick in their house.  

B.R.

I love the miniature Kedem grape juice that comes in those greenish tinted glass bottles.  They taste especially delicious when chilled. I only seem to find them this time of year. They are so cute, and I feel so fancy drinking out of them. 

Menachem Oppenheimer

I like getting the unconventional stuff.  We all get plenty of sweets, but when someone gives me something unique, that always intrigues me. One year I got a hot pastrami sandwich. That was awesome because it made for a very filling lunch. Another year, someone gave me a can of tuna – strange, but useful. 

Alex P.

Jelly rings. Those things are so addictive. They are like Pringles: once you pop, you just can’t stop. 

Meir Fromer

A can of soda. My mother doesn’t allow soda in the house, but on Purim she can’t say anything because it’s a mitzvah to enjoy the mishloach manos. 

Yossi Weiss (6 years old) 

I don’t really care about the contents of the mishloach manos since I don’t eat most of the junk food, but I do appreciate the packaging. It’s cute when people are really invested in their theme. Sometimes the containers are so elegant that I use them for display all year round. One year, I received an impressive gold and white ceramic dish. I use it as a potpourri holder on my foyer table. 

Raizy Glickman