Additional Resources

Transportation Chesed car service Williamsburg 718-218-9000 Chesed 24/7 car service Monsey 845-304 1072 Resources for Williamsburg bus schedule 718-387-0546 Jewish Patients Boro Park bus schedule 718-854-5900 & V i s i t o r s

Accommodations Families needing to be in walking distance on or Yom-Tov may contact Ezras Cholim *** (Mrs. Fekete) 718-387-5354. We deeply appreciate the opportunity to enhance the resources we provide to patients & visitors. UJA-Federation J11 Information & Referral Call 212-980-1000 or [email protected] Donations of any amount are tax-deductible and can be mailed to the address below with “Jewish Chevra Kadisha (Sacred Burial) Association Resources” in the memo, or online at: Call 718-847-6280 or visit PeacefulReturn.com www.mountsinai.org/spiritualcare

Halachic Organ Donor Society (HODS) Thank you! Call 212-213-5087 or visit Hods.org

Mikvah Men’s Mikvah: Ohel Moshe, 303 W 91st Street, 212-362-1091 (within Manhattan ) Women’s Mikvah: The Jacques and Hanna

Schwalbe Mikvah, of the Upper East Side, 419 East 77th Street, 212-359-2020

Spiritual Care Department

Mount Sinai Hospital

One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1036 New York, NY 10029 [email protected] 212-241-7262

Shabbat at Mount Sinai Hospital Shalom! Kosher Food: Mount Sinai’s kosher kitchen The Mount Sinai Hospital (est. 1852) has a long elevators stop automatically at each floor, is supervised by the OU (mashgiach temidi). tradition of serving the Jewish community. We and are available in all buildings on Shabbat and All dairy is Cholov Yisrael and all meat used in hope that your visit will bring healing of body, holidays. In buildings with babies and children, the kitchen is supplied by Meal Mart & is Glatt mind, and spirit. staircases are locked and alarmed at all times. The only Kosher with chassidishe shechita. access is via Sabbath elevators. The Center for Spirituality and Health is You may request Kosher pre-packaged food dedicated to meeting the spiritual and religious All hospital buildings are in an Eruv. All buildings can that comes primarily from Meal Mart by needs of all our patients and their families. be accessed from the MC level. The Manhattan Eruv is contacting food services at 212-241-6963. If supervised by the Machon L’hoyroa in Monsey. Our board certified chaplains & trainees you are on a unit where menus are distribut- specialize in compassionate and non-judgmental For details/map see: ed, write "packaged food" on the menu. listening to help you find meaning, hope, and https://www.jewishcenter.org/manhattan-eruv.html comfort. Candles: Safety is our highest priority. No fire is To connect with a Chaplain, call 212-241-7262. The Chesed Room is located next to the Peck permitted in Mount Sinai Hospital at any time, for any Jewish Chapel. Sima Bachrach of Chesed reason. Any electric light may serve in place of Shabbat 24/7 can be reached at 347-984-3612. candles. The Peck Jewish Chapel The Peck Jewish Chapel is open 24/7 Shabbat candles are installed into the wall next to and is located in the Guggenheim Pavilion, patient beds in several of our pavilions. 2nd floor, West (GP2W). To request LED Shabbat candles, contact the Spiritual

Care Department at 212-241-7262. Services Every Monday through Thursday Mincha at 1:45 PM Mount Sinai Jewish Chaplains Friday Mincha 10 minutes after candle-lighting Saturday Shacharit 8:30 AM, Mincha 6 PM, and Maariv 60 minutes after sundown The Peck Jewish Chapel Guggenheim Pavilion West, 2nd Floor

The closest minyan for Shacharis and Maariv is at Congregation Orach Chaim at 1459 Lexington Ave between 94th & 95th. (212) 722-6566 or www.orachchaim.org