Yom Tov Essentials – Holiday Support in the Hospital
Ensuring that every Jewish patient and family can experience the beauty and dignity of Yom Tov—even in the hospital.
What Are Yom Tov Essentials?
Yom Tov Essentials is a Chesed 24/7 program that provides Jewish patients and families in hospitals with the mitzvah items they need to observe Yom Tov properly. Whether it’s Rosh Hashanah simanim, a Chanukah menorah, or shemurah matzah for Pesach, the program delivers holiday-specific items to meet Yom Tov needs.
How to Request Yom Tov Essentials
Contact Chesed 24/7 as early as possible before Yom Tov:
📞 Phone: 845-354-3233
Why Yom Tov Essentials Matter
Being in the hospital during Yom Tov is painful and isolating
Patients and their families often feel heartbreak when they must spend Yom Tov away from home, community, and their regular minhagim.
Families still want to observe Yom Tov properly
Even during illness, Yidden make sure to keep mitzvos properly. Without outside support, they would lack the basics needed for halachic observance.
Hospitals cannot provide Jewish holiday needs
Hospitals are not equipped to provide Jewish holiday essentials. Without access to Yom Tov basics, patients and families may be unable to properly observe Yom Tov during a hospital stay.
A Yom Tov kit brings holiness, comfort, and strength
A simple set of holiday items can completely transform the hospital experience, reminding patients that Hashem is with them, and Klal Yisroel has not forgotten them.
What’s Included in a Yom Tov Essentials Kit?
Each Yom Tov has its own set of needs. Kits are customized but typically include:
- Rosh Hashanah – Complete Yom Tov meals with honey, apples, and simanim
- Yom Kippur – Pre-fast meals and break-fast packages
- Sukkos – Meals plus access to sukkahs on hospital grounds where available
- Chanukah – electric Menorahs, candles, and donuts
- Purim – Mishloach manos and festive treats
- Pesach – Complete Seder supplies, shmurah matzah, and kosher-for-Pesach meals
- Shavuos – Dairy meals and cheesecake
Chesed 24/7 makes sure that patients receive the essential mitzvah items whenever halachically and medically appropriate.
Donation Impact: Bring Simcha & Kedusha to the Hospital
Yom Tov Essentials require purchasing, assembling, packaging, and hospital-coordinated delivery. Costs increase significantly before each Yom Tov.
Your donation helps:
- Provide kosher Yom Tov items
- Allow families to perform mitzvos they would otherwise miss
- Support patients spiritually and emotionally
- Expand our reach every year
Donation Levels
- $36 – Basic Yom Tov items for one patient
- $72 – Two patients or one enhanced kit
- $180 – Supplies for a small hospital unit
- $540 – Multiple kits across multiple hospitals
- $1,800 – Sponsor Yom Tov in a hospital for an entire Yom Tov
Share the light of the chag with those who need it most.
Bring the Chag Into the Hospital Room
Your donation places honey and simanim on a Rosh Hashanah tray, grape juice for Kiddush, and the feeling of Yom Tov where it is needed most. No patient should watch the chag pass by from a hospital bed.
Who Benefits from Yom Tov Essentials?
Patients spending Yom Tov in the hospital
Family members staying at the bedside over Yom Tov
Parents of children hospitalized during the chagim
Elderly patients away from home for Yom Tov
Anyone who needs the taste of Yom Tov in a hospital room
Support the Yom Tov Essentials Program
Bring simcha, connection, and kedusha into the hospital during Yom Tov.
Where Yom Tov Essentials Are Available
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
The Bronx
Long Island
Rockland County
Northern New Jersey (Bergen & Passaic)
Orange County
Frequently Asked Questions
Chesed 24/7 keeps enough kits on hand to meet the needs of patients arriving unexpectedly, so no one is ever left without. Requests in advance are still appreciated, as they help us ensure the best experience for everyone.
Yes — Chesed 24/7 prepares enough kits and supplies to meet the needs of hundreds of patients across our network of 28 hospitals, with volunteers ready to distribute them as needed. Availability depends on inventory and volunteer coverage, but we plan carefully to ensure no patient is left without.
Yes—many supporters sponsor kits l’iluy nishmas, l’refuah sheleima, or in honor of a simcha.
Yes. 100% donor funded.
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