The bread of my affliction

I was glad to find out that machine Shmura Matza in Israel is much cheaper than it is in the US, only about $4 per kg ($2 per lb). Even the Hand Shmura is around $20 per kg ($10 per lb). And if you’re willing to wait to buy it until Erev Pesach then the price drops very significantly. All of this is of course if you go to a supermarket.

However, after talking to some of our friends I found out that instead of buying it from a supermarket, that buy it from Matza dealers and pay double or even triple from what the store price is. Someone told me they paid $40 per kg ($20 per lb) for their matza. When I asked, why, they told me because it tastes better. Or at least that’s what the dealer tells them.

I don’t know about them, but for such a price I am willing to eat the store sold matza which to me tastes just fine. Although they probably like to feel the pain of Mitzrayim while eating it, so they have to remember the piles of money which they spent on the matza just a few days before the seder. And then when they raise and say “This is the bread of affliction…” they really mean it.