Satmar Bikur Cholim, also known as Bikur Cholim D'Satmar or Ladies Bikur Cholim D'Satmar, is a New York-based

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

which aids Jewish people in New York hospitals. According to its website, it delivers 2,000 meals to hospital patients every week.

Overview

History

Satmar Bikur Cholum was founded in 1956 by the Satmar Rebbetzin

Faige Teitelbaum Alta Faige Teitelbaum (; born Alta Fajge Szapiro; April 16, 1912 – June 2, 2001), known as the Satmar Rebbetzin, was a Polish-born American Hasidic community leader. Teitelbaum's status as Rebbetzin was gained through her marriage to the first ...

, wife of Rabbi

Yoel Teitelbaum Joel Teitelbaum (, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty. The Satmar Rebbe is also known as the Krula Rav. A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a stric ...

of Satmar, together with Gitel Kahn, in

Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. It was an independe ...

. Food was prepared in Kahn's kitchen and delivered to hospitalized Jews in the area. The organization has gained a reputation of helping all Jews, regardless of their backgrounds or affiliations. In 2018,

NYU Langone Medical Center NYU Langone Health is an integrated Health system, academic health system located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NY ...

expelled SBC after 30 years of cooperation, shocking the Orthodox Jewish community.

Services

Currently, the organization runs "Bikur Cholim rooms" – rooms in hospitals that supply kosher food, including

chalav yisrael ''Chalav Yisrael'' (), also pronounced ''cholov Yisroel'',The opposite of "Chalav Nochri" (milk milked by a non-Jew) refers to kosher milk whose milking was observed by an observant Jew. The ''takkanah'' of ''chalav Yisrael'', which originates in ...

milk, to patients, and owns apartments located near hospitals for family members of patients to stay in. They also shuttle volunteers, visitors, and patients on a private bus line between Williamsburg and hospitals throughout New York City.

References

{{Satmar (Hasidic dynasty) Charities based in New York City Jewish charities based in the United States Jewish charities Satmar (Hasidic dynasty) 1956 establishments in New York City Jewish organizations established in 1956