Practice what you teach
This story is depressing on so many levels.
A Brooklyn yeshiva is under fire for planning to boot two dozen families – including many elderly and disabled Russian immigrants – from a rent-subsidized apartment building in Brighton Beach.
Now while the Yeshiva’s desire for more space is understandable, doesn’t evicting those who are really less fortunate go against what serves as the basis for education in Yeshiva? (That is to say, the teachings of the Torah and the Sages)
What would the great Rabbis have done in this kind of scenario? The least they could do is assist in relocating the displaced tenants.