The soup kitchen and food pantry Masbia plans to hand out food to 20,000 families for Passover.
-- Nonprofits have kicked it into high gear to make sure those in need have meals this holiday season.The nonprofit soup kitchen and food pantry Masbia plans to hand out food to 20,000 families for. Its executive director, Alexander Rapaport, said the largest families in the network will get their items delivered.
"Matzah, grape juice, potatoes already left, but what you see here, the people in line in this location, these are Dashers," Rapaport said. DoorDash is donating thousand of deliveries for free to get the items to the families in need. Boxes of grape juice were loaded into cars and strapped onto motorcycles.
But the food isn't just going to people who celebrate the Jewish holiday. It is given to anyone who asks for assistance. "There's a passage that says everyone in need should come and eat. And what that passage means to say is we should have taken care of all the poor before we start the Seder," Rapaport said.."Ramadan is the month of sharing, so we accommodate anybody that comes whether you're Muslim or not," said Alhaji Lukmon Kalejaiye, the center's associate imam."The effect of Sandy is around here and the pandemic makes it worse.
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