▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁R ation ing ▁and ▁Supp ly ▁( , ▁Mis rad ▁Ha K itz uv ▁Ve Ha A sp aka ), ▁head ed ▁by ▁D ov ▁Y ose f . ▁ ▁At ▁first ▁this ▁r ation ing ▁was ▁set ▁for ▁st ap le ▁food s ▁alone — o il , ▁sugar ▁and ▁marg ar ine , ▁for ▁instance — but ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁expanded ▁to ▁furn iture ▁and ▁foot we ar . ▁Each ▁month , ▁each ▁citiz en ▁would ▁get ▁food ▁coup ons ▁worth ▁ 6 ▁Isra eli ▁pounds , ▁and ▁each ▁family ▁was ▁all otted ▁a ▁given ▁amount ▁of ▁food st uff s . ▁The ▁di et ▁chosen , ▁fashion ed ▁after ▁that ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁allowed ▁a ▁me ager ▁ 1 , 6 0 0 ▁cal ories ▁a ▁day ▁for ▁Isra eli ▁citizens , ▁with ▁additional ▁cal ories ▁for ▁children , ▁the ▁elder ly , ▁and ▁pre gn ant ▁women . ▁ ▁The ▁enfor cement ▁of ▁a uster ity ▁required ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁b ureau c racy ▁of ▁quite ▁some ▁proport ions , ▁which ▁non eth eless ▁proved ▁in effect ive ▁in ▁prevent ing ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁a ▁black ▁market ▁in ▁which ▁r ation ed ▁products — o ften ▁sm ugg led ▁from ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide — w ere ▁sold ▁at ▁higher ▁prices . ▁To ▁counter ▁this , ▁the ▁government ▁established ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁the ▁Office ▁for ▁Fight ing ▁the ▁Black ▁Market ▁( ,