Comments on: Shmura Matzoh Prices Rise Ever So Slowly

By: eyesopen

eyesopen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:53:46 +0000

Many men join a community matzo baking on the motzei shabbosim before Pesach. You pay a flat fee and it comes out very cheap.

By: jason klein

jason klein — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:19:45 +0000

i think that people should think about the owner of the matza bakerys they all so need a parnosa? some of them learn the rest of the year!!!! all so do you know how much workers cost do u know the price of fire wood, coal, gas, ect.?? so how can u talk? with out even knowing the basics!!!!

By: danielb43

danielb43 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:36:22 +0000

Hand Shmurah may be a Hiddur at the Seder, where Lishma is needed. However, for the entire Pesach, machine Shmurah is perfectly acceptable. Even at the Seder, some Poskim prefer machine Shmurah, because the uniform processing makes any possibility of Chametz much more remote than with hand Shmurah. One of my Roshei Yeshiva, a real Brisker (he waits around 120 minutes after Shkiya to do Melacha on Motzei Shabbos), only uses Machine Shmurah for this reason. In Baltimore, machine Shmurah is going for $6.99 a pound. Do the math, and decide if hand Shmurah is worth the price.

By: shimen

shimen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:31:50 +0000

#8 so whats your problem…go ahead and eat mashine matzohs, and if sowhats the complain on the hand shmureh matzoh? #11…hand shmurah is a hiddur so buy machine matzoh as low as $4.00 a lb. can you go to a lexus dealer and complain why he doent charge same as chevy?

By: squeak

squeak — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:19:40 +0000

#8 it is simple. Last year’s yoshon grain was available to bring to market. Therefore, it commanded the market price regardless of the original cost. You bought it as yoshon, but it could have been sold without that tag for the same price. The seller realized a huge profit, but could have realized the same profit by selling it to market. If I bought gold in 2000 and sold it today, I would still get $1000 even though I paid only $400.

This year, you could buy new grain, at the lowered commodity price or you could buy yoshon grain, which was bought by the seller at peak prices a year ago. It is your choice what to buy, but clearly the yoshon seller is not going to take a loss if you choose to buy yoshon.

Next year, if commodity prices are still depressed you should see the reduction. In any year, the price of yoshon will be the maximum of 1) last year’s price plus the cost of storage
and
2)the current market price of the grain.

By: chanie T.

chanie T. — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:18:13 +0000

If You go to K.R.M. you can purchase Chareidim Shmura Matzoh for $34.00 per 2 pound box. The shevorim are cheaper.

By: shimen

shimen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:17:33 +0000

#6…can you name some of these ‘anonymous’ gedolim and where i can see thier psak . all who have this minhuk of kitnious include poiskai hador and holy tzaddikim with us now and privious generations and you little mitget (compared to them) take the achraious to say ‘foolish’?

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:06:54 +0000

I’ve seen the price jump every year by a dollar from $8 to $21 this year.At this rate if Mashiach
doesn’t come we’ll be paying $50 per pound in 30 years.This is not Lechem Oni this is bread of rich people.Do they have a Futures Market for matzah shmura on Wall Street?probably guaranteed to always go up every year!!

By: mortychai

mortychai — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:40:00 +0000

To number 1 and others:

Keep in my mind when you get a “bargain” that you may very well be spending your hard earned cash on matzos that were baked at Chanukah. The bargain fizzles when your mishpacha takes that first long anticipated bite at the seder.

Matzo boxes should be required to state the date of baking.

By: REACTION

REACTION — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:36:20 +0000

ROBBERY!!!