Ever since the establishment of
Rishon LeZion the question of education for the children of the village was raised. In 1882, when the village was established,
Aharon Mordehai Freiman invited a
Melamed from
Hebron named
Rappaport Tuvia Haim in which he taught the boys of the village in a tent in his yard. He taught
Torah,
Mishnah and
Talmud while they were sitting on the floor around a low table. Later their place of study was moved to the basements of the founders of the village
Shraga Fayvel and
Dov Fishelzon,
Math. The
French language was also added to the curriculum. In 1901, the principal
Israel Belkind decided to allow the school to teach both boys and girls. In 1920, the school was named "Haviv School", named after
Dov Lubman Haviv, who was the former chairman of the local council of Rishon LeZion. == Notable graduates ==