After 2000 years, Am Yisrael, the Jewish People, have returned home and the time has come to revivify Jewish practice--as it was practiced in Erets Yisrael. Simply put we need to "renew our days as the days of old" (hadeish yameinu kekedem). http://machonshilo.org 2008-07-04T20:28:12+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-07-01T16:57:56+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/95/29/ Is fasting during Shiva Asar B'Tammuz still appropriate in an age in which a Jewish State exists? Rav Bar-Hayim discusses this and other issues in newly uploaded audio-shiurim. As Rosh Hodesh Tammuz approaches this is an opportune time to hear HaRav David Bar-Hayim's shiurim on The Four Fasts .  Listen to... text/html 2008-06-08T09:23:15+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/94/2/ Israel is lost and directionless. Its political leaders lack vision and aspire to nothing. Judaism is lost and directionless. Its rabbinical leaders lack vision and aspire to nothing. Revisionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky once illustrated his criticism of mainstream Zionism with the following analogy: “I see a man limping down... text/html 2007-08-15T15:30:43+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/84/29/ The Origins of the Siddur 2,500 years ago, after having been driven into exile by the Babylonian emperor Nevukhadnessar, the Jewish people were given leave by the Persian emperor Koresh to return to their homeland. The returnees were headed by three prophets, Zekharyah, Hagai and Malakhi,... text/html 2007-05-15T02:50:48+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/81/2/ Support Machon Shilo's unique Torath Erets Yisrael and our work in disseminating the hidden light of the Talmudh HaYerushalmi . Your donation will support our free shiurim throughout the Greater Jerusalem area, our online Torah library, insightful halachic research into customs and halacha of Erets Yisrael, work on a Nusah... text/html 2007-04-22T11:42:53+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/80/2/ This text should be added to the Amidah and Birkat HaMazon of the Yom Ha’assmauth and Yom Yerushalayim. The addition of Al HaNissim in our prayers is Halachically unassailable. The Tur writes that one may add a supplication or words of praise in the Modim section of the Amidah...