Since 2023, we have run a dedicated Shabbos & Yom Tov program — a non-Jewish unit for tasks halacha doesn't permit our regular members to do, plus our usual 24/7 emergency response by our own volunteers wherever halacha permits action. Rabbinically approved. Free, always.
If the task is halachically permissible for our volunteer members on Shabbos or Yom Tov, our regular Chavivim units handle it — same dispatch, same response, same number. If it isn't, we send our dedicated Shabbos goy unit instead. The community calls dispatch; we route the right team.
Our dispatch line is staffed every hour, every day, including Shabbos and Yom Tov.
Dispatch decides whether the task is one our volunteer members can take on, or one for the goy unit — based on rabbinic guidance the program is built on.
Same Chavivim, same standards of training and conduct — whichever team responds.
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Every task in our Shabbos & Yom Tov program — and the dispatch process behind it — was reviewed and approved by Chavivim's Rabbinical Board before launch in 2023, and is reviewed on an ongoing basis. We ask members of the community to consult their own posek for guidance in each specific situation, even when the task is performed by our non-Jewish unit.
Read the original 2023 launch announcementOur dispatch is staffed every hour of every day, including Shabbos and Yom Tov. Tap the number — a volunteer will answer.
(845) 444-2200 Tap to call dispatch · 24/7