Mitzvahs are the best recipe for aid during crisis

Eight leaders from different faiths joined forces via Zoom to cook for the vulnerable and launch the Every Mitzvah Matters volunteering scheme.

Designed as a means to maintain the good deeds promoted by Mitzvah Day during the pandemic, it will facilitate regular online social action projects for people of all faiths and none to help those in need.

For the cookery event, hosted by Mitzvah Day founder Laura Marks, the leaders took part from their own kitchens, chatting about the dishes they were preparing, the significance of food in their religions and the beneficiaries of their culinary efforts.

In most cases, the food was delivered to nearby vulnerable or elderly people who are not able to get to the shops.