Today, Jordan and I performed one of my favorite mitzvot of delivering food to the needy in our community.  14,700 volunteers yearly help JRA deliver food every month to over 3200 families in the Greater Philadelphia region who are food insecure.  Once again, the Jewish Federation is one of the organizations that financially supports them.

We spent the morning at the JRA warehouse packing boxes of food.  The boxes were filled to the brim, with fresh apples, hamentashen, cereal, soup, canned veggies and fruit, tea and coffee, etc.  Then we loaded our car with 13 boxes and delivered them to the Brith Shalom House on Conshohocken Ave in Philly.   Our recipients were every shape, color and religion and they were all elderly.  A few were clearly lonely and just wanted someone to talk to.  All were appreciative of the food.  It was great to do this mitzvah as a team with Jordan and we both felt great when we finished our route.