An educational organization · Coming soon

הִנֵּנִי Hineini is a way of living.

It means “Here I am” — the answer a person gives before they know what is being asked. We build the appetite that makes a child answer that way.

A child says it

A child says it when the sefer is left open on the table, when a friend is standing alone, when the mitzvah is small and no one is watching, and when it would be easier to say nothing.

Hineini.

The program

Just Be a Mensch

JBAM is our curriculum — a groundbreaking, practical way to grow an appetite for Torah, mitzvos, and middos in children. Not a values poster on a wall. A daily practice that children carry into the hallway, the kitchen, and the street.

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What we grow

An appetite, not an assignment.

Children keep what they want. Every part of JBAM is built to make these three feel worth wanting.

Torah

Learning that a child reaches for on his own, because he has tasted what is inside it.

Mitzvos

Doing, not knowing about doing — mitzvos practiced until they become the natural first move.

Middos

Character built in the small moments, where it is actually decided.

Who it's for

Built to be used by the people already raising these children.

Families

Something real to do at home — around the table, on the way to shul, at bedtime — without needing to be a mechanech.

Shuls

Material for youth groups, Shabbos programs, and Pirchei that holds a child's attention and leaves something behind.

Schools

A middos curriculum that fits alongside your existing limudim instead of competing with them.

To be clear

We are not a school.

Hineini is an educational organization. We do not enroll children, and we are not a home education program. We build curriculum and put it in the hands of the families, shuls, and schools who use it.

Led by

Rabbi Yoel Lax

Founder and Director

Coming soon

Want it first?

Tell us whether you're a parent, a shul, or a school, and we'll reach out before JBAM opens.

info@hineini.me