our mission
Misaskim alleviates tragedy with compassion, coordinates crisis with expertise, and provides a multi-faceted array of services for the bereaved.
Misaskim’s mission is to provide support and assistance to individuals experiencing crisis or tragedy by providing them with vital bereavement services, all-the-while safeguarding the dignity of the deceased. Misaskim’s wide array of services for the bereaved include physical and moral support that assist the grief-stricken with their many challenges during crisis or loss.
Throughout life's darkest moments, Misaskim is a source of compassion, encouragement, light, warmth and direction.
Services
Mourners' Needs
Essential Shiva Furniture | Aveilim Listings | Sefer Torah & Sefarim Gmach
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After the death of an immediate family member, Misaskim provides items needed for observing the customs of shiva, the week of mourning. Misaskim’s mourners’ services ensure that the week of shiva (mourning) is a little bit more comforting and comfortable by providing aveilim (mourners) with various necessities, including low chairs, siddurim (prayer books), Torah scrolls, folding chairs and other portable furniture, a guide to the customs of shiva, and many other items of need. They deliver these items free of charge, to over 8,000 mourners, annually, using a fleet of 16 vehicles operating out of 9 warehouses.
Care for the Deceased
Prevention of Autopsies/Cremation | Emergency Funeral Equipment | Burials for the Indigent
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Misaskim safeguards the dignity of the deceased by advocating for prevention of autopsies and/or cremation, and educating government officials, medical examiners and coroners regarding mandated respect to the Jewish departed. Misaskim assists other Hebrew burial societies, providing sound systems, generator-powered lights for nighttime burials and solving many logistical problems in order to arrange a funeral in a timely manner.
Emergency Disaster/Recovery
Expediting Funerals | Emergency Transports | Ritual Cleansing at Accident Scenes
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During major catastrophes or accidents with Jewish casualties, Misaskim dispatches a team of volunteers to any location in the United States on a moment’s notice. These angels of compassion operate swiftly and with utmost sensitivity, always providing – selflessly – for the needs of our community. Trained volunteers clear accident and crime scenes upon request by local law enforcement.
burial arrangements
Meis Mitzvah | Miscarriage/Stillborn Interment | Funeral Coordination
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Misaskim provides burial plots and arranges for funerals for the indigent and other family-less deceased, trained volunteers are dispatched to hospitals to retrieve the remains of stillborn and miscarried fetuses and arranges for reduced rate burials, thus easing the pain of the parents at this trying time.
ASSISTANCE TO ORPHANS AND WIDOWS
Age-appropriate Gifts | Holiday Trips | Crisis Management
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Misaskim’s Project Yedid program reaches out to the orphans and surviving spouse of the recently deceased with a plethora of age-appropriate services, holiday trips, gifts, and, when necessary, crisis intervention and guidance counseling.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS
Safety Awareness | Educating Law Enforcement | Working with Medical Examiners
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The laws and customs of Jewish burial are foreign to most law enforcement agencies. Misaskim educates and advocates to the appropriate legal departments, medical examiners, coroners, and other such agencies that may interact with Jewish families upon the death of a loved one. Misaskim also takes a lead in safety awareness directly to the Jewish community in order to, hopefully, alleviate the need for Misaskim’s emergency services.
Mourners' Needs
Essential Shiva Furniture | Aveilim Listings | Sefer Torah & Sefarim Gmach
Read More
After the death of an immediate family member, Misaskim provides items needed for observing the customs of shiva, the week of mourning. Misaskim’s mourners’ services ensure that the week of shiva (mourning) is a little bit more comforting and comfortable by providing aveilim (mourners) with various necessities, including low chairs, siddurim (prayer books), Torah scrolls, folding chairs and other portable furniture, a guide to the customs of shiva, and many other items of need. They deliver these items free of charge, to over 8,000 mourners, annually, using a fleet of 16 vehicles operating out of 9 warehouses.
Care for the Deceased
Prevention of Autopsies/Cremation | Emergency Funeral Equipment | Burials for the Indigent
Read More
Misaskim safeguards the dignity of the deceased by advocating for prevention of autopsies and/or cremation, and educating government officials, medical examiners and coroners regarding mandated respect to the Jewish departed. Misaskim assists other Hebrew burial societies, providing sound systems, generator-powered lights for nighttime burials and solving many logistical problems in order to arrange a funeral in a timely manner.
Emergency Disaster/Recovery
Expediting Funerals | Emergency Transports | Ritual Cleansing at Accident Scenes
Read More
During major catastrophes or accidents with Jewish casualties, Misaskim dispatches a team of volunteers to any location in the United States on a moment’s notice. These angels of compassion operate swiftly and with utmost sensitivity, always providing – selflessly – for the needs of our community. Trained volunteers clear accident and crime scenes upon request by local law enforcement.
burial arrangements
Meis Mitzvah | Miscarriage/Stillborn Interment | Funeral Coordination
Read More
Misaskim provides burial plots and arranges for funerals for the indigent and other family-less deceased, trained volunteers are dispatched to hospitals to retrieve the remains of stillborn and miscarried fetuses and arranges for reduced rate burials, thus easing the pain of the parents at this trying time.
ASSISTANCE TO ORPHANS AND WIDOWS
Age-appropriate Gifts | Holiday Trips | Crisis Management
Read More
Misaskim’s Project Yedid program reaches out to the orphans and surviving spouse of the recently deceased with a plethora of age-appropriate services, holiday trips, gifts, and, when necessary, crisis intervention and guidance counseling.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS
Safety Awareness | Educating Law Enforcement | Working with Medical Examiners
Read More
The laws and customs of Jewish burial are foreign to most law enforcement agencies. Misaskim educates and advocates to the appropriate legal departments, medical examiners, coroners, and other such agencies that may interact with Jewish families upon the death of a loved one. Misaskim also takes a lead in safety awareness directly to the Jewish community in order to, hopefully, alleviate the need for Misaskim’s emergency services.
shiva house deliveries this past year
Aveilim serviced this past year
mesei Mitzvah buried this past year
miscarriage/ nefalim burials this past year
Yesomim and almanos outreach/ support
autopsies/ cremations prevented this past year
Get In Touch
branches
Baltimore, Maryland
- 443-265-2300
Deerfield Beach, FL
- 954-571-3904
- 516-965-7008
Greater Washington
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Main
301-249-3400 -
24 Line
301-246-2132
Los Angeles, CA
- 855-444-BCLA(2252)
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
- 647-862-8501
Manchester, UK
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International
011-44-161-660-4446 -
Local
0161-660-4446
NW London UK
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International
011-44-300-111-0333 -
Local
0300-111-0333
usa warehouses
- Boro Park, NY
- Williamsburg, NY
- Monsey/New Square, NY
- Kiryas Yoel, NY
- Catskills, NY
- Staten Island, NY
- Lakewood, NJ
- Deal, NJ
- Philadelphia, PA
- Washington Heights, NY
