הנני  ·  Hollywood, Florida  ·  Boys Ages 5–7
HINEINI
One word. An entire worldview. Here I am.
Authentic Torah enrichment for Orthodox Jewish boys  ·  Launching 5787 / 2026–2027  ·  Monday–Friday
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Hollywood, Florida
In-person · Monday–Friday
Boys ages 5–7
Founding cohort · 5787 / 2026–2027
FES-UA & PEP eligible
What Hineini is
Torah enrichment that home education families cannot easily do alone.
Hineini is an Orthodox Torah enrichment program based in Hollywood, Florida, serving boys registered as home education students. We provide what is hardest to replicate at home: group Torah learning and chavrusa culture, communal davening, hands-on project work, and structured middos programming — all woven together around the Parasha of the week.
Founded 5787

The founding cohort

Hineini opens in 2026–2027 / 5787 with a founding cohort of boys ages 5 through 7. As the program grows year over year, additional age groups will be added. The founding cohort is limited — families are encouraged to express interest early.

Hollywood, Florida

A physical home for Torah learning

Hineini operates exclusively at our physical facility in Hollywood, Florida, Monday through Friday. Every course, every project, every tefilla — in person, together. No virtual component.

Three pillars

Torah, land, and people — integrated

Torat Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and Am Yisrael are not three separate programs. They are one living Torah education. The Parasha shapes the week and everything — learning, building, giving — flows from it.

Home education enrichment

Parents direct. We enrich.

Families retain full direction of their son’s Torah education. Hineini’s courses enhance and deepen what parents are already building at home. Boys must be registered as home education or scholarship students to participate.

Our foundation
Three pillars. One living Torah education.
Like the world itself, Hineini stands on three pillars — not as separate subjects, but as one integrated, breathing Torah life. The Parasha is the thread that ties them all together.
First Pillar
תורת ישראל
Torat Yisrael · The Torah Track
Torah brought to life. Chumash and Rashi through genuine p’shat. Mishna learned by doing — a boy studying the laws of Sukkah builds one. Halacha connected to the zman. Mussar every morning before learning begins. Tefilla that is real, unhurried, and taught with meaning.
Chumash & Rashi Mishna b’asiyah Halacha l’ma’aseh Mussar Chassidus Tefilla
Second Pillar
ארץ ישראל
Eretz Yisrael · The Eretz Track
Real-world skills for Torah Jews. Montessori-inspired and self-paced. Boys grow food, build with wood, write real letters, learn to code, and budget Yom Tov meals. Every project produces something real — to bring home, to donate, or to sell through the Hineini Marketplace.
Agriculture Building & making Literacy Mathematics Science Technology
Third Pillar
עם ישראל
Am Yisrael · The Am Track
Character that comes from the inside out. The JBAM Middos Curriculum structures weekly character work. Boys give tzedaka every morning. They write cards for the sick, deliver mishloach manos by hand, and run quarterly tzedaka campaigns. A Yid does not live for himself alone.
JBAM Middos Daily tzedaka Bikur Cholim Chesed projects
The program day
Monday through Friday. Torah first, always.
No Sunday sessions. The day is structured so Torah learning is primary, project time is deep and uninterrupted, and tefilla and middos have room to breathe. Boys arrive and immediately give tzedaka. They leave on Friday carrying the week’s learning into Shabbos.
Morning
7:45–8:00
ArrivalTzedaka, settle in, middah of the day
8:00–9:00
ShacharitThe most important thing we do each day
9:00–9:20
Mussar SederMiddos, journaling, reflection
Torah Track · 9:20–11:30
Chumash & RashiWeekly Parasha with genuine p’shat
MishnaLearned by doing — build it, taste it, construct it
HalachaPractical, connected to the zman and the Parasha
Tefilla educationEvery word, every brachah, with meaning
Parasha ProjectsFood, craft, and activity shaped by the Parasha
Midday
11:30–11:50
LunchBirchas HaMazon bentched together, every day
11:50–12:10
RecessOutdoor movement and play
Afternoon
12:10–2:30
Eretz TrackProject work, skills, Marketplace
2:30–3:00
Am TrackMiddos, chesed, tzedaka
3:00–3:15
ClosingMincha · dismissal at 3:15
The Parasha spine
Every week organized around the Parasha.
The weekly Parasha is the integrating thread of everything at Hineini. Torah learning, Eretz projects, middos work, food, crafts — all echo and deepen the Parasha of the week. Torah is not a subject. It is the air the program breathes.
How a Parasha week unfolds — Monday through Friday
Monday
Overview — key figures, themes, questions to carry all week
Parasha Journal page; Eretz project theme introduced
Tuesday
Chumash & Rashi — key pesukim and p’shat
Eretz Track: Parasha-connected project begins
Wednesday
Halacha from or connected to the Parasha
Am Track: tzedaka project tied to Parasha theme
Thursday
Mussar & Machshava drawn from the Parasha
Parasha craft or food — experiencing the message
Friday
Chazara & Kabbalat Shabbos preparation
Take-home item or tzedaka prepared for Shabbos
The Am Track · JBAM Middos Curriculum
Character that comes from the inside out.
One middah per week, woven across every track, with a Friday family partnership letter so Shabbos continues the work. Boys don’t learn about middos — they practice them, journal about them, and are caught doing them.
כבוד
Kavod
Respect for people, sefarim, and Hashem’s world
אמת
Emet
A Yid’s word is his bond. Honesty in speech and action
הכרת הטוב
Hakarat HaTov
Gratitude — to Hashem, parents, teachers, friends
שמירת הלשון
Shmirat HaLashon
Guarding speech. Not hurting with words
חסד
Chesed
Loving-kindness — helping without being asked
ענוה
Anavah
Humility — knowing your strengths without needing to display them
סבלנות
Savlanut
Patience with oneself, others, and the pace of growth
אחריות
Achrayut
Responsibility for one’s actions, belongings, and community
Yomim Tovim & Zmanim
Every Yom Tov is a living learning experience.
Boys don’t merely learn about Sukkos — they build the sukkah and learn the sha’alos u’teshuvos of its construction by doing. Every Yom Tov at Hineini is hands-on, integrated, and unforgettable.
Yamim Noraim
Teshuva unit, shofar learning, personal cheshbon hanefesh, Unesaneh Tokef study
Sukkos
Boys build the sukkah and learn its halachos by construction; lulav & esrog inspection; Koheles
Chanukah
Boys craft menorahs; pirsumei nissa projects; the story of the Chashmonaim; dreidel physics
Tu B’Shvat
Planting trees; shivas haminim tasting; brachos on every species
Purim
Megillah study; boys write and perform a Purim shpiel; hand-deliver mishloach manos
Pesach
Each boy writes his own illustrated Haggadah; matzah-baking; bedikas chametz
Shavuos
Age-appropriate Tikkun; Aseres Hadibros deep study; milestone celebrations
Tisha B’Av
Churban history; chesed campaign in memory of what we lost; understanding why we mourn
Our leadership
The people answering the call.
Hineini is led by people who are bnei Torah first — educators and leaders for whom this is not a career but a calling. Together they bring Torah scholarship, educational vision, and organizational depth to building something lasting.
יל
Rabbi Yoel Lax
Menahel

Rabbi Lax serves as Menahel of Hineini, providing Torah leadership and setting the spiritual tone of the entire program. He oversees the integrity of the limudei kodesh curriculum, mentors the rebbeim, and ensures that every boy who walks through the doors feels the presence of a makom Torah. His vision shapes what Hineini is and who it is building.

בב
Dr. Batsheva Blaustein
Dean of Students

Dr. Blaustein serves as Dean of Students, the heart of Hineini’s pastoral care. She oversees the wellbeing of every boy in the program, partners with families, ensures that the Am Track and middos programming are deeply embedded in daily life, and advocates for each student as an individual. Her door is always open — to boys, to parents, and to the community.

דו
Rabbi David Weinschneider
Chief Executive Officer

Rabbi Weinschneider serves as CEO of Hineini, providing the organizational leadership and strategic vision that makes the program possible. He oversees operations, partnerships, scholarship eligibility, enrollment, and the long-term growth of Hineini as a program and a community institution. His commitment is to ensure that Hineini is here — hineini — for every family that needs it.

Who we welcome
Every committed Orthodox family.
Hineini is built for the full breadth of the Orthodox world here in South Florida and beyond. What unites our families is a shared commitment to authentic Torah Judaism, mesorah, and raising bnei Torah. We don’t ask where you daven — we ask whether Torah is the center of your home.
Yeshivish
Heimish
Chassidish
Sephardic / Mizrachi
Yeshivish-Modern Orthodox
Litvish
Ashkenaz
All nusachim welcome

Boys in the Hollywood, Florida area

Hineini is based in Hollywood, Florida, and primarily serves South Florida Orthodox families. Boys must be ages 5–7 at the start of the 5787 / 2026–2027 program year.

The name behind everything
When Hashem called to Avraham Avinu at the Akeidah, he answered with a single word.
Hineini.
Here I am. Present. Ready. Willing. This is the spirit we are building in every boy who comes through our doors — and the call we are answering in Hollywood, Florida.
Bereishit 22:1 · The Akeidah · The name of our program
הנני
Is your son ready to answer the call?
The founding cohort for 5787 / 2026–2027 is forming now in Hollywood, Florida. Boys ages 5–7. Monday through Friday. A true and authentic Torah education that enriches everything you are already building at home.
Express Enrollment Interest Scholarship Information
Location
Hollywood, Florida
Program Year
5787 / 2026–2027
Ages
Boys 5–7
Days
Monday – Friday
Setting
In-person only