Build the Community Daycare

When the children are safe, the parents can build. This simple truth is at the heart of every pioneering community, and it is the driving force behind the Ohr Chabad daycare campaign. Without reliable, local childcare, young families are stretched to their limits — unable to work, unable to contribute fully to community life, and unable to reach the potential that brought them to the Negev in the first place.

In a settlement community like Ohr Chabad, both parents must play an active role in establishing the yishuv. There are homes to build, gardens to plant, classes to teach, and a thousand daily tasks that transform bare hilltops into a living, breathing community. But none of that is possible if a mother or father must stay home every day because there is simply nowhere safe and nurturing to leave their toddlers.

“Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

— Proverbs 22:6

A community daycare is not a luxury — it is essential infrastructure. It gives young parents the freedom to find their maximum potential in work, in community involvement, and in family life. When parents know their children are in a warm, safe, and stimulating environment just minutes from home, they can dedicate themselves fully to building the future of Ohr Chabad.

Your donation will fund the construction of a small, purpose-built daycare facility, along with everything needed inside: age-appropriate toys and learning materials, indoor and outdoor play areas, a kitchen for preparing healthy meals and snacks, and all the safety and hygiene equipment required to care for the community's youngest members. These funds will also help secure trained childcare staff who can provide the loving, attentive care that every child deserves.

By investing in the Ohr Chabad daycare, you are investing in the families who are pioneering Jewish life in the Yatir Forest. You are giving parents the ability to work and grow, and you are giving children a joyful, secure start in a community built on Chassidic wisdom and warmth.

What Your Donation Provides

• Safe and welcoming daycare facility
• Age-appropriate toys and learning materials
• Indoor and outdoor play areas
• Kitchen and feeding supplies
• Trained childcare staff
• Safety and hygiene equipment

Every young family that joins Ohr Chabad will benefit from this daycare — and every child who grows up here will carry the warmth of this community forward. Help us build the place where it all begins.