The Intown Chabad · Dallas
Foundations
A Masterclass in Judaism
Don't be a guest in your own tradition.
Four topics. Four teachers. Twenty people. Built on real texts, and taught by some of the most respected teachers in Dallas.
No background assumed. No Hebrew required. Nothing watered down.
Walk in curious. Walk out a knowledgeable Jew.
- 1
Jewish Philosophy
19 Oct – 9 Nov 2026
- 2
Jewish History
30 Nov – 21 Dec 2026
- 3
Talmud
11 Jan – 1 Feb 2027
- 4
Jewish Law
22 Feb – 8 Mar 2027
- When
- Mondays7:30–8:45 PM · 75 minutes
- Length
- Four parts19 Oct 2026 – 15 Mar 2027
- Cohort
- 20 seatsThat's the whole class
- Teachers
- Rabbi Zvi Drizin
Rabbi Mendy Kesselman
Rabbi Eli Block
Rabbi Moshe Kalmanson
How to join
Twenty seats, and we mean twenty.
A room of twenty can argue. A room of eighty can only listen. Admission is by short application, reviewed as they come in.
- STEP 01
Apply
A few questions, about five minutes. Tell us who you are and why now.
- STEP 02
Hear back
Within a week. If the cohort fills, you go on the list for the next one.
- STEP 03
You're in
Block off the dates and get ready to own your Judaism. First class is 19 October 2026.
Look at the dates before you apply. Twenty people learning together only works if the room is actually full each week, so check the calendar against your own and make sure you can be there for nearly all of it. More than two or three missed nights and you lose the thread. Emergencies happen — that's understood.
Every class is recorded. If you do have to miss one, the recording is yours to catch up on before the next session.
- The whole program
- $275All four parts, all materials, four of Dallas's top teachers, and the graduation certificate
- Early bird · first ten seats
- $175Early rate — half the cohort, then it closes
Cost is never the reason someone doesn't learn — need-based support is available, confidentially.
The calendar
Sixteen Monday nights.
Part one
Jewish Philosophy
- Mon 19 Oct 2026Launch night
- Mon 26 Oct 2026Class 2
- Mon 2 Nov 2026Class 3
- Mon 9 Nov 2026Class 4
Part two
Jewish History
- Mon 30 Nov 2026Class 5
- Mon 7 Dec 2026Class 6
- Mon 14 Dec 2026Class 7
- Mon 21 Dec 2026Class 8
Part three
Talmud
- Mon 11 Jan 2027Class 9
- Mon 18 Jan 2027Class 10
- Mon 25 Jan 2027Class 11
- Mon 1 Feb 2027Class 12
Part four
Jewish Law
- Mon 22 Feb 2027Class 13
- Mon 1 Mar 2027Class 14
- Mon 8 Mar 2027Class 15
Graduation · Monday 15 March 2027
Certificates presented to the cohort
The teachers
Four of Dallas's most respected teachers.
Each is a respected, knowledgeable rabbi and a seasoned teacher, and each leads the cohort through one subject from start to finish.
Jewish Philosophy
Rabbi Zvi Drizin
Founder of The Intown Chabad and Chabad at SMU, and a longtime teacher of Jewish thought.
Part one · Oct–Nov 2026
Jewish History
Rabbi Mendy Kesselman
Director of Chabad of Frisco, and a teacher of Jewish history for more than a decade.
Part two · Nov–Dec 2026
Talmud
Rabbi Eli Block
Of Chabad of Legacy West, and a published author and writer on Jewish subjects.
Part three · Jan–Feb 2027
Jewish Law
Rabbi Moshe Kalmanson
Director of Chabad of Rockwall, and a teacher of practical Jewish law.
Part four · Feb–Mar 2027