ועד להכנסת אורחים ברוקלין

Vaad L'Hachnusas Orchim

Under the leadership of the Sanzer Rebbe, Harav Baruch Halberstam shlit"a

A home away from home for every guest who comes to Brooklyn.

For 26 years, since Tammuz 5761 (2001), the Vaad has given guests a warm bed and a hearty meal: families in town for a simcha, patients and their families, meshulachim and travelers. Today that is more than 45 apartments in Boro Park and Williamsburg and over 25,000 nights of lodging a year.

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A guest arriving at an open, lit doorway at night

26years of chesed

45+apartments

25,000nights of lodging a year

2neighborhoods: Boro Park & Williamsburg

Our story

א גאסט אין שטעטל, פארמאטערט און אויסגעמוטשעט – אבער וואו גייט מען?!

A guest in town, tired and worn out. But where does he go?

Most Jews who find themselves far from home aren't here for comfort. They come to collect tzedakah, or for medical care, and their families need a roof over their heads. A bench in the beis medrash is no answer.

26 years ago, in Tammuz 5761, the Sanzer Rebbe, Harav Baruch Halberstam shlit"a, rented an apartment for one Jew who came for medical treatment. From that one case grew a network of chesed in Boro Park and Williamsburg.

Today the Vaad runs about 45 apartments with hundreds of beds. Many are lent by generous people, and the Vaad takes care of the rest: cleaning, linens, maintenance and more, with clear rules set according to da'as Torah.

A bedroom in one of the Vaad's apartments, made up for guests

What we offer

A place to rest, and a Shabbos to remember

Family apartments

Complete apartments for families and women visiting for a simcha, medical care or other needs.

Individual beds

Single rooms for men: roshei yeshiva, meshulachim, and anyone who finds himself without a place for the night.

Medical stays

Lodging for patients and their families during treatment or a hospital stay, so they can stay close to the people they love.

Shabbos & Yom Tov

Meals arranged for our guests so that no one spends Shabbos or Yom Tov alone or without a proper seudah.

Every apartment comes with fresh linens and towels, and the basics to warm food for Shabbos.

Inside our apartments

They come in cold and tired, and leave refreshed

די 25,000 געסט קומען דא אריין קאלט און פארמאטערט, און גייען ארויס פון דא פריש און מינטער און געקרעפטיגט.

“Our 25,000 guests arrive cold and worn out, and leave fresh, lively and strengthened. Here they find warmth and life that carry them through all the troubles of the day.”

Photos of the Vaad's guest apartments.

How it works

Three simple steps

Call or apply

Men looking for a single room can call the office. Families and women fill out a short application with their dates.
We find the right place

Our staff matches you with an apartment or bed that fits your family, your dates, and how close you need to be.
Settle in

We confirm the details before you arrive. The linens are fresh and the Shabbos arrangements are made. Welcome.

For guests

Need a place to stay?

Whether you are coming for a chasunah, a bris, a hospital stay or a short visit, we will do our best to give you a warm, clean place to rest close to where you need to be.

Single rooms (men): call the office at (718) 686-2750 and follow the prompts.
Apartments (families & women): an application is required. Please send it up to four months before your stay.
Urgent need? The office line has an emergency option.

Returning guest? Request a bedStayed with us before? Sign in with Google. No new application.

Office hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 5 pm. Applications by email: vho2750@gmail.com.

Please answer this question to open the request form

מה הערך הגימטרי של: …

Having trouble? Call the office at (718) 686-2750.

Request a place to stay

Who is the stay for?

Family Single guest (shared) Medical visit (patient's family)

The office assigns the apartment or bed.

Family apartment application

You may submit your application up to four months in advance of the required date. Applications will be processed between six to eight weeks before the requested date. For apartments needed less than six weeks, we will B’ezras Hashem, strive to provide a response within 24 to 48 hours of receiving your application.

Please answer every question in this form, including the family questions further down. Questions? Call (718) 686-2750 or email vho2750@gmail.com.

Full name

Phone

Email (optional, recommended: to get a confirmation by email)

Best way to contact you about your request

Text message Phone call Email

We'll use it to tell you if your stay is approved, on the waiting list or declined, and for reminders.

Home address

To which קהילה do you belong? (optional)

Dates of stay · תאריכי השהייה

Shabbos שבתYom Tov יום טובRosh Chodesh ר״ח

Tap the day you arrive.

Arriving · הגעה

Leaving · עזיבה

Type or pick an English date, or choose the Hebrew day, month and year. The other fills in by itself.

Location preferences

Select your preferred area in Brooklyn.

Preferred Avenue (optional)

Preferred Street (optional)

First time staying with the Vaad?

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Adults

Children

Reason for your visit

Anything else we should know?

Your request goes straight to the Vaad office. Questions? Call (718) 686-2750.

From the Sanzer Rebbe shlit"a

A word from the Rebbe

ב"ה מיר האבן שוין די זכי' פאר 26 יאר צו שטיין אין שפיץ פון די הייליגע הכנסת אורחים פראיעקט. עס לאזט זיך נישט זאגן וויפיל מ'הערט צוריק פון אידן וואס די הכנסת אורחים האט ממש געראטעוועט זייער לעבן!

ברוך בן כ"ק מרן אדמו"ר מהר"ן אבד"ק צאנז יצ"ו

“Baruch Hashem, we have had the merit for 26 years to stand at the head of the holy hachnusas orchim project. We cannot begin to say how many Jews tell us that the Vaad truly saved their lives. And those who help, with money or by lending apartments, tell of open, wondrous yeshuos. Practicing chesed brings down chesed and rachamim from Heaven.”

Harav Baruch Halberstam shlit"a, the Sanzer Rebbe

Rays of light

א אורח וואס ברענגט א אור"ך פון הימל

A guest who brings light from Heaven

What Jews have merited through the mitzvah of hachnusas orchim.

After years of waiting, a bris

A Jew who had not been blessed with children for years after his chasunah went in to the Mattersdorfer Rebbe zt"l, who told him clearly: make a hachnusas orchim room and you will be helped. He set to it right away, and the next year celebrated a bris milah, b'siman tov.

Empty houses, no stop orders

Owners who buy old houses to rebuild often leave them empty while plans are drawn, and lend them to the Vaad for guests in the meantime. Several told us that on other projects they had to struggle through violations and permits, but with houses used by the Vaad everything went through smoothly, without a single stop order.

Support the Vaad

Donate

Your support helps us host guests all year.

Credit card, onlinedonary.com/5797

Zelle347-539-7331

Donation line(718) 689-7076

Donate online

Or sponsor a day of hachnusas orchim →

Tax ID 52-2335354. Questions? Call the office at (718) 686-2750.

For the community

Have an apartment?

Much of the Vaad's housing comes from generous people: an apartment between tenants, a house waiting to be rebuilt, a place that sits empty while you're away. There are two ways to help.

Contact

We'd love to hear from you

Call the office (718) 686-2750 Email vho2750@gmail.com Office 1472 52nd Street, Suite 2-B
Brooklyn, NY 11219

Office hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 5 pm.