"These too are destined for the World to Come."
Rabbi Beroka went up to them and asked them "What do you do?"
They said to him "We are comedians. We go to cheer up those who are depressed." (Talmud Tractate Taanit 22a)

I became a certified medical clown in Israel in 2012.
I volunteer wherever my services can be helpful.
one of Maimonides’ halakhic rulings:
… For no joy is greater or more glorious than the joy of gladdening the hearts of the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the strangers. Indeed, he who causes the hearts of these unfortunates to rejoice emulates the Divine Presence, of whom Scripture says: “To revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones” (Is. 57:15)...”.53
I volunteer wherever my services can be helpful.
one of Maimonides’ halakhic rulings:
… For no joy is greater or more glorious than the joy of gladdening the hearts of the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the strangers. Indeed, he who causes the hearts of these unfortunates to rejoice emulates the Divine Presence, of whom Scripture says: “To revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones” (Is. 57:15)...”.53
Chanukah Video 2015 honoring volunteers at Alyn Hospital. I am there at 1:50 (Click on Video)
To learn about medical clowns in Israel, watch this short and moving presentation,
click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-XO8UsgtAg
Moshe Kahan at Alyn Hospital (Hebrew)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=565967180139590&set=pb.466549296748046.-2207520000.1386712869.&&theater
And more about medical clowns here:
Shaarei Zedek Hospital Jerusalem
Alex Gruber Medical Clown at the PEF National Dental Conference Jerusalem 2012
Watch one of the great clowns of our generation
Avner the Eccentric
A Clown's Principles click here
And just for laughs, watch these:
Laugh with Donald O'Connor "Make 'Em Laugh"
Laugh with Jerry Lewis "The Typewriter Skit"
To learn about medical clowns in Israel, watch this short and moving presentation,
click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-XO8UsgtAg
Moshe Kahan at Alyn Hospital (Hebrew)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=565967180139590&set=pb.466549296748046.-2207520000.1386712869.&&theater
And more about medical clowns here:
Shaarei Zedek Hospital Jerusalem
Alex Gruber Medical Clown at the PEF National Dental Conference Jerusalem 2012
Watch one of the great clowns of our generation
Avner the Eccentric
A Clown's Principles click here
And just for laughs, watch these:
Laugh with Donald O'Connor "Make 'Em Laugh"
Laugh with Jerry Lewis "The Typewriter Skit"