When Ada Yonath was an elementary school student, she did not expect to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
When Ehud Saturn went up to first grade, he did not think that a day would come and hundreds of millions would use the Waze app he invented every day.
When the water engineer Simcha Blass played during the break, he did not believe that the whole world would water with the help of drips and shower with the help of solar water heaters - two inventions registered in his name.
And when Artium Dolgofiat and Linoy Ashram were sitting in a classroom at school, they did not know that a day would come and they would win gold medals at the Olympics.
Without knowing them intimately, I am sure what they have in common is that they all had one teacher or parent or one significant adult who believed in them.
Not every student who believes in him will reach a gold medal at the Olympics or change the world of transportation, but every student who believes in him will be able to reach a better place, learn and succeed.
More than two million children will return to schools today.
Each and every one of our students can be part of this honorable list in the future.
Even in an age where almost all knowledge is accessible to every finger on a smartphone, the vitality of the school has not ceased.
It instills values and knowledge, assimilates new skills and brings us together with friends, friends, teachers and teachers, who are inspiring and exemplary.
But above all, the school must re-develop the dream muscle, the power to dream, in the male and female students.
Dreams build man and the world.
A dreaming child is a child who may one day realize the dream.
A child who does not dream will have difficulty realizing his potential.
President Herzog as a child,
"If you will, this is not a legend," said state contract Benjamin Zeev Herzl, the greatest dreamer of our generation.
"When the Lord returned the return of Zion we were like dreamers," said a psalmist.
Without the dream, we would not be here in the State of Israel today.
Without the dream, the State of Israel would not have come into being.
Were it not for the dream, our students in the science, math, physics and chemistry teams would not have achieved great results this past summer.
Without the dreams we would not have listened excitedly to the anthem of the State of Israel playing in the competition halls in Tokyo.
Each and every one of our champions and champions had a dream, and each and every one of our champions and champions had an adult who believed that dreaming was allowed, that one should dream and that one must try to fulfill the dream.
Dear students - do not give up.
Keep dreaming.
Believe in yourself.
Give teachers the power to believe in you, to hold hands with you.
And a final word to you students, parents, teachers and teachers, on the eve of the opening of the school year 2002. The corona epidemic is still with us. Even before we all sat in the class on the test. In this test we must not all fail, because in our soul it is.
From the President's House, I send greetings for a fruitful school year to all students in Israel.
A year of meeting, a year of friendship, a year of joy and health.
* Brought to print: Yuri Yalon