Pninim
Har Nof (Neve Yerushalayim campus), Jerusalem · Year after high school
We haven't found a video by the school or an openly licensed photo of it. Their own photos are linked further down the page.
A small seminary that calls itself Bais Yaakov styled, built around hashkafa-based, mostly discussion-style classes without grades, personal mentoring and a full extracurricular program. It says its aim is personal growth rather than teacher training.
At a glance
- Outlook, in its words
- "Bais Yaakov styled" Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Program
- Year after high school Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Har Nof (Neve Yerushalayim campus), Jerusalem Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Housing
- Dorm setting with house mothers; three meals a day provided, including Shabbos and Yom Tov. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Not on their website when we checked: founding year, class size.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Hashkafa, Machshava, Chumash, Navi, Tefillah, Pirkei Avos, Discussion-based classes, No grades
- Who runs it
- Rabbi B. D. Simon and Mrs. B. Lehman, Principals
- Also on their site
- Weekly chesed program
- Poland trip
- Annual Aish HaTorah Discovery seminar
- School production
- Individual mentorship
- Price
- No price is published on their website. Ask the school, and ask what's included.
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Their website doesn't say. How credit works
Photos and videos
We don't copy pictures from the school's website, so their own galleries and social pages are linked instead.
Where it is
Address on their website: 1 Beit Yitzchak Street, Har Nof, Jerusalem (Neve Yerushalayim campus)
See it on the map
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Mount Herzl2.0 km · 1.2 mi
- Central Bus Station and Yitzhak Navon train station2.6 km · 1.6 mi
- Hebrew University, Givat Ram2.8 km · 1.7 mi
- Sacher Park3.2 km · 2.0 mi
- Israel Museum3.3 km · 2.0 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport36.6 km · 22.7 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- Dates
- Only a 2022-23 calendar is posted on their site, so ask the school for current dates.
- A typical day
- The site says classes are primarily discussion based and ungraded, and the 2022-23 calendar implies both morning and afternoon classes.
- Shabbat
- Seminary shabbatonim take place in communities around Israel; themed programs run on 'In Shabbosos' during the year, attended by staff and their families. Pninim provides three meals a day including Shabbos and Yom Tov; when there is no scheduled program or in-house meal, a student can arrange her own meals or ask the school to arrange them.
- Trips
- Guided tours, hikes and overnight trips in the north and the south; an annual Lag Ba'omer trip; visits to kivrei tzaddikim. A Poland trip is led by Rabbi M. Y. Turner. An annual Aish HaTorah Discovery Program is also listed.
- Chesed and volunteering
- Weekly chesed program with a choice of options, including helping families with Shabbos preparations, packaging food for Yad Eliezer, and helping special needs children at Siach Sod.
- Campus and housing
- Located on the Neve campus in Har Nof with gardens and views of Jerusalem; dormitory with Aim Bayit staff; three meals a day plus hot drinks, snacks and fruit. Extracurriculars listed include basketball, gym nights, swimming and bowling nights.
- After the year
- The 2022-23 calendar shows a Shana Bet group. The home page counts 1,300+ alumnae.
- Staff named on their site
- Mrs. B. Lehman - Principal
- Mrs. M. Dunner - Aim Bayit, Administrator
- Mrs. M. Sklar - Morning Aim Bayit
- Mrs. M. Friedman - Certified tour guide and extracurricular supervisor
- Rabbi M. Y. Turner - Teacher; leads the Poland trip
