My Temple generously supplies coffee at most events (and I stay awake at most events). When they requested that we bring in reusable mugs instead of wasting paper cups, I searched the Internet for an appopriately-themed one. Nothing seemed quite right for me, so I designed my own.

It was originally just for my own use, but at each of the first few Temple events I brought it to, someone asked how they could buy it! So I added it to the SB Crafts product line.

Possibly the most well-known Jewish blessing is the Kiddush over wine. It ends with the words "Borei P'ri ha'Gafen", which means "Creator of the Fruit of the Vine". In fact, just those three words are often printed on Kiddush cups.

Analagously, the coffee mug says "Borei P'ri ha'Kafeh", which translates to "Creator of the Fruit of the Coffee". This is just a joke, not part of an actual Hebrew blessing. (Though it is tue that coffee beans are the pits of the fruit of the coffee plant.)

The font is in three shades of brown, ranging from the color of black coffee to the color of coffee with lots of cream. The dots that are vowel and dagesh marks are pictures of real coffee beans.

The price of the Hebrew Coffee Mug is $20. Domestic shipping is $9 for one mug. California residents must add sales tax.

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Torah Diet Magnet

Put this magnet on your refrigerator to inspire you to eat more healthily. Visitors often don't even read it because the font fools them into thinking it's written in Hebrew.

Although the quote is really from the Torah, it actually doesn't mean that you shouldn't eat any fat. Healthy fats are of course needed and even meat fats are allowed.
The explanation is that in Biblical Hebrew, there were two words for fat - the kind in muscles and the kind around organs. Only the latter was prohibited in a kosher diet. But the latter word has come to be the only word for fat in modern Hebrew.

The small magnet is 2"x3" and costs $3.99; the large magnet is 4"x6" and costs $7.99. Shipping is $2.

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