passover
any time. We try to keep our costs as low
as possible despite infl ation.”
‘Salaries not rising with food cost’
Liza Wiemer of Wisconsin has seen the
impact of the higher prices as she’s
started preparing for the holiday.

“I spent $1,000 at Jewel-Osco —
almost all of it for Pesach — and that was
keeping in mind that only our eldest son,
his wife and their newborn baby would
be joining us,” she said. “It’s a lot of
money, but I’m resigned to the fact that
this is what it costs.”
While she found some of the needed
items on sale, “there were certain items
I didn’t purchase because it seemed too
extravagant,” she said. “Pesach or not,
there is no doubt a lot of the staples I use
rose in price.”
For those already struggling to meet
the general increase in food prices this
year, holiday costs, which are always
higher, create an even greater challenge.

Rachel Krich, executive director of
Project Ezrah, an organization in north-
ern New Jersey that helps families in
Alexander Rapaport, executive director of Masbia, shows off some of the
chickens procured for Passover.

crisis, has already received requests for
help with buying items for the holiday.

“There’s a lot of general anxiety going
into Pesach this year,” Krich said. “People
are saying they are in serious fi nancial
situations, and their regular food budget
simply will not cut it. If you budget X
for your regular food budget, Pesach
is 2 times X. It just knocks people out
because salaries are not rising with the
increasing food costs.”
Project Ezrah provided 25 families
with funds last year to help them with
Passover food costs. This year, the
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costs of basic staples at a time of infl a-
tion in the United States.

According to the February Consumer
Price Index, food prices rose 0.4% last
month and 9.5% from the year before.

Passover staples like potatoes and
eggs are also markedly higher this year
than last. The CPI found that potato costs
were averaging 13.5% higher than in
February 2022, while the price of eggs
remains extremely high — more than
55% higher this year to date — although
the price is down somewhat from
January when the actual costs were, in
some cases, $6 a dozen. Chicken and
meat costs are also up nearly 4%.

“The direct consumer impact is highest
on foods that most people are buying
for Pesach; for example, eggs are up,
depending on where you live, 50-70%,
and that’s a pretty important Pesach
staple,” Greenfi eld said.

Those costs are being felt by manufac-
turers as well. As Shani Seidman, chief
marketing officer at Manischewitz
explained, “Infl ation impacts all food
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