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 2008-11-22T07:16:01+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-10-15T08:03:51+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/102/2/lang,english/ Should we wait until December?  Both the Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud say no, yet we eschew their logic in favor of minhagh.  Other examples of how Jews sacrifice truth for custom and convenience.  Hear the Shiur by clicking here (component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,75/Itemid,64/lang,english/) text/html 2007-10-22T02:36:08+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/88/2/lang,english/ Do you know which blessing for rain to say for Erets Yisrael? The Talmud HaBavli lists three possibilities while the Talmud HaYerushalmi only one. What explains the difference? Geography. The halacha varies with location. There are different attitudes toward rain in Israel, Iraq, and England. Listen... text/html 2007-05-15T02:50:48+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/81/2/lang,english/ 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 2007-03-06T13:11:09+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/65/2/lang,english/ Add an RSS feed from Machon Shilo so you can be automatically be notified of new content and Divrei Torah on our web site. To use our RSS feed, you will need a feed reader or aggregator. Supported readers include: RssReader (www.rssreader.com) , Google Reader... text/html 2007-02-14T06:29:00+01:00 http://machonshilo.org http://machonshilo.org/content/view/60/29/lang,english/ Do you know the song Am Yisrael Hai ? Of course you do. We have all sung it many times. Nevertheless, it does not describe our true reality. To my chagrin, I still need to be convinced that Am Yisrael truly exists at present. We are, unfortunately, not...