The Moment: Issue 1086

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Open for Business

At the headquarters of Masbia, the Brooklyn-based charity dedicated to feeding the needy, the past few weeks have taken on the intense pace usually reserved only for the days before Pesach. With the federal government’s SNAP program temporarily halted, private organizations like Masbia have had to elevate their operations to full holiday-preparation mode.

“The only difference,” noted Reb Sender Rapaport, Masbia’s executive director, “is that this time we’re distributing chometz.”

Masbia’s longstanding collaboration with the delivery platform DoorDash has proven invaluable during this period. As a token of friendship, DoorDash committed to completing 11,000 deliveries on Masbia’s behalf — free of charge — for the month of November. In just the first week following the SNAP pause, Masbia had already sent out 6,000 deliveries, and they have no plans to slow down until the federal assistance resumes.

Because government halls may close, but the Jewish heart remains forever open.

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