The Jewish Community of Moscow has undertaken to bake Matzoth for the Passover consumption of the Jewish population of Soviet Russia which desires matzoth and is in a position to pay for it, according to a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Albert Fuchs, recognized as the head of the Jewish Community.
No Jewish Community exists officially, but Mr. Fuchs is the chairman of the synagogue and the Jewish Cemetery and as such is regarded as the head of the Jewish Community.
Neither individual bakers nor government cooperatives will undertake to bake matzoth this year as few desire to be identified with religious matters.
The Moscow Kehillah has therefore set up a matzoth bakery, with the necessary machinery, in a Jewish cemetery, fifteen kilometres from Moscow.
The matzoth problem however is not solved by this arrangement, owing to the high cost of flour and of production. Each person desiring matzoth will have to supply his own flour, buying it in the open market, where the prices are most high or securing it from the Torgsin stores, paying with foreign currency. In addition they will have to arrange for its transport to the bakery.
As a result, it seems likely that only those will have matzoth who are able to procure flour from the Torgsin with the assistance of relatives or organizations abroad.
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