Seminary

Pninim Seminary

Har Nof, Jerusalem

The stone walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
Old City walls, Jerusalem. Photo: Lukas, Unsplash License, via Unsplash

About the program

The site calls Pninim a "Bais Yaakov styled seminary" and says students come from in-town and out-of-town communities across the United States, Canada, Europe and elsewhere.

A small seminary on the Neve campus in Har Nof. Classes are mostly discussion-based, without grades, and center on hashkafa and machshava through Chumash, Navi, Megillos, Tehillim, Pirkei Avos and Tefillah. The year includes guest lectures, yemei iyun, the Aish HaTorah Discovery program, tiyulim, Shabbatonim, a weekly chesed program and a school production.

The facts

Type
Seminary
Location
1 Rechov Beit Yitzchak, Har Nof, Jerusalem
Principals
Rabbi B. D. Simon; Mrs. B. Lehman
Number of students
Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
Tuition
Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
College credit
Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
Housing and meals
Dorm setting on the campus in Har Nof with two Aim HaBayits; three meals a day, Shabbos and Yom Tov included.
Tracks and options
  • Weekly chesed program
  • Aish HaTorah Discovery program
  • School production

Daily life in Jerusalem

From Jerusalem Local, a city guide by the same publisher.

Where this information comes from

Everything on this page was taken from the program's own website and last checked on October 29, 2026. Details change, so confirm with the program before you rely on them. The photo shows Old City walls, Jerusalem, not the program or its campus.

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