Matam/ Beit Ha’yeladim was an important part of the lives of my three children during their first years and provided them with an excellent value-based educational setting, based on acceptance, and love and giving to others. Matam was not only a kindergarten but a unified community of values that included both the children as well as their families. Until today, years after they moved on to gradeschool, my three children continue to volunteer and take action as they are still deeply affected by the values that they learned at Matam.