The University of Miami Hospital, part of the University of Miami Health System, has opened a bikur cholim room — a room for Jewish family and friends visiting patients — according to a Yeshiva World News report.
Bikur cholim means "visiting the sick" in Hebrew, and the room includes a kitchen for kosher food, a living room and a small library. The room also provides Jewish visitors a space to observe the Sabbath.
Miami-area Rabbis Yehuda Kaploun and Yochanan Klein worked with hospital administration to help them better understand and engage the Jewish community, according to the report. The rabbis will also be on call to assist visitors.
The new room is part of a larger effort by UHealth to be more culturally inclusive, according to the report.
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Bikur cholim means "visiting the sick" in Hebrew, and the room includes a kitchen for kosher food, a living room and a small library. The room also provides Jewish visitors a space to observe the Sabbath.
Miami-area Rabbis Yehuda Kaploun and Yochanan Klein worked with hospital administration to help them better understand and engage the Jewish community, according to the report. The rabbis will also be on call to assist visitors.
The new room is part of a larger effort by UHealth to be more culturally inclusive, according to the report.
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