Rabbi Simeon Schreiber is the founder, director, and lead chaplain of Visiting Chaplain Services, Inc., a not-for-profit agency providing comfort and support to anyone in spiritual or emotional distress. He currently serves as Senior Staff Chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida, and is the first (ever) chaplain of the Bal Harbour Police Department. He has written and lectured extensively on the guidelines and protocols for those who are sitting Shiva. He is also the author of A Caring Presence, which contains an in-depth guide to the etiquette of Bikur Cholim visitation. Rabbi Schreiber is a respected and highly regarded Rabbi and Board Certified Chaplain. He was awarded his Chaplaincy degree from The Health Care Chaplaincy Institute and his board certification from the National Association of Jewish Chaplains. Rabbi Schreiber is a graduate of Yeshiva College and received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He and his wife, Rose, reside in Bal Harbour, Florida. They have five children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.