PRS is closed for Shabbat, Jewish holidays, and American federal holidays. The full list of school closing dates during the 2023 academic year can be found at the end of this page.
2023 Calendar
Y1 = 2023-2025 COHORT
Y2 = 2022-2024 COHORT
Quarter 1: January 3 – February 28
Y1: Of Prayer and Prayerbooks (Jewish Liturgy I) – Rabbi Josh Cahan
Y1: Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas – Rabbi Jill Levy (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: Derech Shir with Hadassah Wrightman or Modern Hebrew with Danny Mond (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: Practical Rabbinics – Rabbi Noam Raucher
Quarter 2: March 14 – May 16
Y1: Jewish History: The Roots of Modern Jewish Civilization I – Ariel Simon
Y1: Jewish Theology – Rabbi Noam Raucher (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: Giving Meaning to Meaningful Moments (Liturgy II) – Rabbi Josh Cahan
Y2: Pastoral Care through Psalms, Meditation, & Midrash (Pastoral Care II) – Rabbi Fredda Cohen (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Quarter 3: May 30 – July 25
Y1: People of the Book: The Torah – Content and Context; Text and Texture – Danny Mond
Y1: Classical Hebrew – Hadassah Wrightman or Danny Mond (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: Talmud II – Rabbi Eric Wasser
Y2: Homiletics – Rabbi N Siritsky (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Quarter 4: Sept 5 – October 31
Y1: Talmud I – Rabbi Eric Wasser
Y1: Pastoral Care I – Rabbi Fredda Cohen (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: G-d’s Mouth to Our Ears – Torah Interpretation through the Ages – Rabbi Jill Levy (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Y2: Jewish History: The Roots of Modern Jewish Civilization II – Rabbi Sandy Zisser
Mini-mester Learning: November 7 – November 26
ALL COHORTS – Seminary-wide Torah Study with Rabbi Sandy Zisser (Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern)
Take advantage of an opportunity to meet across cohorts and learn with Rabbi Sandy. Students will receive elective credit for this live study.
PRS Closed Dates 2023
January 1-2 – New Year’s Day (observed)
January 16 – Martin Luther King Jr Day
February 20 – President’s Day
March 7 – Purim
April 6-7, 12-13 – Passover
May 26 – Shavuot
May 29 – Memorial Day
June 19 – Juneteenth
July 4 – Independence Day
July 27 – Tisha B’Av
September 4 – Labor Day
September 25 – Yom Kippur
November 23 – 24 – Thanksgiving
December 25 – Christmas (as this is a federal holiday)