Who we are
Our Vision
We believe that every person is brought to life to fulfill their unique purpose.
"You shall see your world through your life" (Bavli Brachos daf 17)
This belief brought us to create a space for children and youth to actualize themselves while they are still young and forming.
Our Vision is to create such spaces everywhere for young children and youth. All over Israel and then all over the world.
We want children to have a warm, safe, comfortable space where they feel enveloped by their surroundings to explore and discover themselves in their unique way, safely and freely.
We encourage the kids to take initiatives, to express themselves and explore their potential.
We believe each soul is unique and holds infinite potential.
We invite you to partner with our Vision to reshape the educational system for a better, more appropriate future for our children.
About Etz Haim
Etz Haim is an empowerment and Entrepreneurship program for children and youth.
We work on developing the children's inner world through their interests and ideas.
We founded Etz Haim in order to provide a safe space for children to develop their inner- emotional world alongside their dreams and desires.
We all have an innate need that starts from childhood to explore, evolve, experiment and discover who we really are. We want to know what makes us special and what gifts we have to share with the world.
In Etz Haim we empower children through the fruition of their ideas and initiatives they choose to explore.
We believe in the potential their soul has and want to help them reach that potential.
Our story
We are Hillel and Chen Klein. We are married and we are parents to five wonderful children.
Our story began long before we met and had our children. Hillel was a man of the desert. He lived in the desert guiding tourists and taming camels. After a few years of traveling and working in Israel and the world, he got into the business of heights.
Chen studied acting for many years. After the army Chen flew to Australia to study that further in one of the top schools there. She ended up presenting on TV and she also go into private real-estate investments.
We were at the height of our carriers, and yet we weren't fulfilled.
We were missing a sense of purpose and meaning, beyond the banal.
After we married, we continued our quest to discover the essence of life, through deep discussions and studying kabbalah together. Our will to fulfill ourselves and change the world around us was growing.
Having our first born daughter, Priya, pushed us to delve into the different educational methods out there. We wanted to find which method suited our family best.
Then our son was born and that pushed us further to create our own space. We founded a school based on the idea of allowing free reigns to the students.
We put all our effort into creating this school, but unfortunately, the initiative fell through. We found ourselves once again 'schoolless'.
But we didn't give up!
After having another baby boy,we pivoted, and in 2017 we built The Etz Haim Center. To empower children and youth towards entrepreneurship.
In Etz Haim the children grow to listen to themselves, to explore and discover their inner world. They find out what interests them. We support them to further their ideas through to fruition. We joyfully expose them to different life skills and nurture their deepest thoughts and wants.
We curated this belief from Jewish materials, kabbalah and chasidus, based on Rav Yehuda Ashlag's, The Baal Hasulam, teachings. Also, Rav Kook, Rabbi Kalman Klonimus, The Admor of Piascecna and more.
We believe the role education has in a child's life is to give the child the tools to discover and fulfill who they really are while they are still children.
If you are like minded, and seek change in your children's education,then we invite you to join us in reforming the educational system.
Sincerely yours,
Chen and Hillel Klein.
Our vision is to build in every region of Israel and the world a space that is an enveloping and family environment for children and youth, which gives them freedom and confidence to explore and discover themselves in their own unique way, encourages personal initiative, the ability to express and self-fulfillment, with full trust in the human soul and the infinite potential that exists in each and every one.
