THE BAIS HAVAAD'S PARSHA PERSPECTIVES Parshas Bamidbar:The Tents of Yaakov, Circa 2010: Respecting Your Neighbor’s Privacy By: Rabbi Baruch Meir Levin

In recent years conservationists, urban planners, and politicians have teamed up to fight a common enemy. They have declared war on urban sprawl, that shopping-mall-producing, gas-guzzling phenomenon in which an urban area spreads outward through the low-density development of rural lands. Decrying the detrimental effects it has on the environment, the economy, and society in general, they have passed zoning laws, imposed fines, and funded projects under the banner of what is dubbed ‘Smart Growth.’