Simon Rocker

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Opinion

They don't call it the bread of affliction for nothing

November 24, 2016 22:50
1 min read

Economists may have been suprised by the rise of the cost of food,  but Pesach shoppers certainly won't. According to the Jewish Tribune, the price of one brand of American hand-baked shemura matzah on sale here has risen from £10 per lb last year to £12.75 now. And another popular shemurah brand has gone up from £16 per two lb to £23. Matzah is traditonally called lechem oni, the bread of the poor. For how much longer?