Lucite Honey Dish with Silver Accent for Rosh Hashanah

Silver detailing on clear lucite — the cooler of the two accented honey dishes, and the one that lines up with a silver becher, silver leichter and a silver challah knife rather than fighting them. Silver on clear stays subtle: it outlines the shape and catches light at the edges without warming the table the way gold does.

The dish holds honey for the apple on Rosh Hashanah and for the challah through the days that follow. It is light in the hand, which matters when it is being passed the length of a table, and it washes without special handling. Unlike an actual silver dish, it does not have to be dug out of a drawer and polished ahead of every Yom Tov.

Most homes have their metal tone settled long before they are buying a honey dish, and this is the version for the silver houses. It also works as a small gift on its own — sent before Rosh Hashanah, it is the kind of thing that gets used that same week rather than put away for later.

• Material: Lucite, Silver

Sold by Judaica Square, Lakewood NJ. Free shipping on orders over $75. Returns within 15 days.