Comments on Brianna's Blog: Pesach Price Gouging

it's interesting that you should post about the "i...

2009-07-12T10:05:11.857-04:00

it's interesting that you should post about the "insane" prices of keeping the holidays just one post after you write about buying a 345$ watch.
as a (long time) bt, let me throw in my two cents. there is no way that in i would ever spend 345 on a watch not in this life and not in my past one. on the other hand, giving maaser, buying extra nice holiday stuff, cooking/baking/cleaning up for shabbos and holidays is money/time i love spending...
i'm not judging how you spend your money, but can it be that perhaps different people just have different priorities/preferences on how to spend their cash?

See "Relief in Sight for Pesach Consumers" (Mishpa...

2009-03-29T11:53:00.000-04:00

See "Relief in Sight for Pesach Consumers" (Mishpacha, Issue 252, 25-MAR-2009). "To help consumers 'make it through' the holiday, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has appealed to kosher manufacturers, distributors, and retailors to maintain their regular prices as Pesach approaches...So far, initial reaction to the plan has been favorable. Several leading kosher food and dairy manufacturers have signed on, and each day the Assemblyman's office receives acceptance letters from new companies. The second step in the plan calls for the savings to be passed on [to] the stores, who will then sell these Pesach products at their regular, year-round prices, or as close to that as possible. The last step will see a list printed up by Mr. Hikind's office that will specify the names and addresses of those stores whose prices reflect the change, encouraging constituents to shop there for Pesach."

depends what kind of pasach you keep. if you don't...

2009-03-25T11:12:00.000-04:00

depends what kind of pasach you keep. if you don't assur gebrochts (eating which is halachicaly the ikkar opinion) then you really have to problems. . .

actualy pasach is a nice time at that point.

and honestly people usualy drive themselves more crazy with cleaning than they needed to.