At a special ceremony on the fifth floor admission area of the hospital, the CEO of Sydney’s The Jewish House Rabbi Mendel Kastel attached the Mezuzah to the wall at the entry.
Assisting him were the hospital’s Chief of Staff Professor Graham Newstead and General Manager Deborah Latta. Rabbi Kastel has also introduced to the hospital special battery driven Shabbat candles. Latta said: “We checked regulations and there is no way we can have naked flames in the hospital so Rabbi Kastel has found a suitable alternative.
She told the meeting that the hospital has a large turnover of Jewish patients and visitors. The Royal Hospital for Women, part of the POW complex is the birthplace of many members of the Jewish community at which recently ten Jewish babies were born in one week.
Rabbi Kastel is one of the hospital’s chaplains and has been responsible for many of the medical unit’s initiatives includingfull Kosher menus and Kosher snacks in the vending machines. Jewish House offers its counseling services any patients in need of advice or help.
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to number 5!!!! if you were so machmir in halacha maybe you should write to mendel kastel and exaplin to him what he has done WRONG according to you!!!! are you a rav? are such a masmid that you know every halacha and can pasken a shayla????? the answer is NOOOOO!!! you just some one that finds anythhing to write on a website bashing a shliachs work…. do you think Rabbi Kastel never knew of the halacha????? keep your immature and closed minded comments to YOURSELF!!! write something to the effect of – well done R kastel, may you continue… Read more »
Rabbi Kastel – Michayil El Choyil.
One should never know the feeling of alienation and loneliness being in hospital
Thankyou rabbi Kastel for organizing the mezuzah , shabbos candles , challah and grape juice for shabbos , may you continue with your on going peulas and great work!
Esp number 5 , you’re above source is 100% incorrect , the Halacha says that if you rent / sell a house to an ” Ives kochovim” you need to remove mezuzah b/c they might cause bizayon to the mezuzah. This is a hospital that is full of Jewish patients and doctor who rent rooms , the situation is very diff to you’re above quoted Halacha …
Did anyone check Shulchan Aruch?
This is against Shulchan Aruch Y”D 291:2.
While its nice to have a mezzuzah there, a hospital is the last place for touching or kissing one. The spread of infection at a hospital is a very real problem. Give it an air kiss, not an actual one.
Rebbe Yehuda Hanossi sent a Mezuza to that non Jewish king, our Rebbe speaks about it in several Sichos
on a non jewish establishment
is the mezuzah on the door post or on the wall in the middle of the room?!