Today, you can get a gallon of regular milk for 3.59 Cholov yisroel costs about 5.59 for 2 half-gals. Many people cannot afford the extra 2 dollars. The gemara has a number of cases where the amoraim threatened that if the merchants didn’t lower prices, they would pasken the most lenient shita so people could buy elsewhere. (Hadasim for lulav, certain dishes for pesach.) That very well could apply here. Why does having a Jew on premises add 50% to the price? Please explain.
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