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Our flagship program. Hebrew, Aleph-Beis, Chumash, Mishna, Gemara — alongside math, science, English, and history — taught by 600+ rebbeim and morahs to children whose parents are not yet shomer Torah u'mitzvos.
For 73 years, our schools have made one promise to every Israeli family who walks through the door: your child will learn Torah from a Rebbi who loves them, in a classroom that feels like home, with the same secular education they'd get anywhere else in the country.
No shortcuts. No half-measures. No "kiruv-lite." When a child enters a Chinuch Atzmai school, they enter the same Torah u'mada world as the Rebbi's own grandchildren. That is the only way this works — and it's the only way it has ever worked.
Half the day is Limmud HaKodesh; half is the standard Israeli secular curriculum. Children leave with both — fluent in Gemara and ready for any path their family chooses.
Younger children: davening with their kitah. Older children: a 20-minute Daf shiur from their Rebbi.
Two hours of focused Chumash with Rashi, plus Mishna by age — Berachos in 4th grade, Sukka in 5th, Bava Kama in 6th.
Begins in 5th grade. By 8th, our students have learned six masechtos in depth and are ready for any mainstream yeshiva.
Mincha b'tzibbur, then a hot, mehadrin, full meal. More on the lunch program →
The full Israeli matriculation curriculum, taught by certified secular teachers in the same building.
Specialized teachers, accredited certificates, and full preparation for any post-secondary path.
Maariv b'tzibbur, then a closing shiur from the menahel — usually a Hashkafa story or a Halacha point of the week.
Berachos, Sukka, Beitza, Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Sanhedrin — all learned with Rashi, Tosafos, and acharonim.
Full Israeli matriculation in math, English, science, and history — the same standards as any secular school.
Our class sizes are 22–28. Every child has a Rebbi who knows their parents, their struggles, and their middos. This is not a number. This is the program.
When Liran's mother first called Chinuch Atzmai, she didn't know if her son would survive the year. Three years later, he opens the Gemara every morning before dawn.
Last year he was learning the Mah Nishtana for the first time. This year he led the whole Haggadah for parents who hadn't opened a Siddur in 30 years.
A story about the kids the system gave up on — and what happens when someone refuses to give up.
$30 covers one child's tuition, hot lunch, transportation, and a Rebbi's salary share for one full month — about 75% of the real per-child cost. The remaining 25% comes from major gifts, foundations, and the Israeli government's partial subsidy.
The school is the heart, but it doesn't run alone. Each of our other seven programs exists because we asked: "Without this, what stops the child from staying?"