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A Message to Friends of Machon Shilo

  Dear friend of Machon Shilo, As many of you are aware Machon Shilo is a special organization which advances a message and a halakhic approach which are vital to am yisrael. As a result...

Some Post Purim Musings

PURIM AND THE NEW REFORM JUDAISM by Asher Keren I really do not like what Purim has become, pagan mask parties, people getting drunk to no end and my ear drums exploding every time the evil Haman...

פדיון שבויים בימינו: הלכות שבויים והלכות מדינה

פדיון שבויים בימינו: הלכות שבויים והלכות מדינה מדינאות יהודית ותורת ארץ ישראל הרב דוד בר-חיים, ראש מכון...

The Shalit Deal and the Dati Leumi World

By Menachem Ben-Mordechai   In  his  perush  on  Tehillim  12:2,  Rav  Samson  Raphael  Hirsch  zt"l  refers  to "the  most indispensable  instrument  in  all  human...

The Gilad Shalit Deal - Part 3

Learning from Avraham Avinu - It is difficult to know whether to laugh or cry at this misreading of the Tora text and recent events, for in fact our forefather’s behaviour illustrates...

The Gilad Shalit Deal - Part 2

The Gilad Shalit Deal - Part 1

On Rambamism: A Word to the Wise

The Three Weeks, Tisha B'Av and the Four Fasts

Jewish Civilisation vs. Islamic Civilisation

Rav Kook: Kohen or Shophet?

Updating Prayer and Piyutt Composed in Galuth-Exile

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Machon Shilo on your Iphone, Cellphone, or WAP device

The Machon Shilo Toolbar

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Enunciating Words During T’phila and Other B'rakhoth

Enunciating Words During T’phila and Other B'rakhoth Yom 5, 27-11-65 —27 Sh'vatt 5773 — 07-02-2013 Question Shalom, Rav When...

Birth Control

Birth Control Question Rav Bar-Hayim, I have family members with young children 2 or 3 below the age of 4 each.   The have been told...

Car Accident – HaGomel?

Car Accident – HaGomel?   Yom 5, 22-12-65 — 22 Kislew 5773 — 06-12-2012   Question Shalom Mori Yesterday I was involved in a car...

Homosexuality and the Tora

Homosexuality Yom 5, 22-12-65 — 22 Kislew 5773 — 06-12-2012 Question Shalom Rav Bar-Hayim, I have a question based on this...

Bread from a Non-Jewish Store

Bread from a Non-Jewish Store Yom 5, 09-08-65 — 09 MarHeshwan 5773 — 25-10-2012 Question Is bread from a non-Jewish store (without...

Baking Bread in "Fleischig" Oven

Birkath HaL’vana: When and Why

Fasting on 10th Av (Tish’a b’Av deferred) while in Flight

A B’rakha on the Venus Transit?

When Is P'lagh HaMinha

What B'rakha on Massa?

Truth, Authenticity, Tradition and Reason: Who Wrote the Zohar?

Shaving with an Electric Shaver

Did R. Shimon Bar Yohai Write the Zohar?

Romaine Lettuce is No Joke

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משנה תורה לרמב"ם

הלכות קריאת שמע שיעור 1 - פרק א, הלכה א - ו

Emerging from the Halakhic Ice Age: Bracha for Rain in Israel

EMERGING FROM THE HALAKHIC ICE AGE- THE REALITY OF ERETZ YISRAEL A Shiur given in Ramat Beit Shemesh regarding the berakhah for rain in Israel.  Wed. (31/10/12, 17 Heshwan) at Mosdot HaRav Aharon Soloveichik...

Talmudh - Brakhoth (updated 20th of Sivan)

Here's an opportunity to learn Talmudh according to the unique approach of HaRav Bar Hayyim. For the Latest Shiurim click here Download part 1 Download part 2 Download part 3 Download part...

Blessing of the Sun (Birkath Hama)

HaRav David Bar-Hayim gives a shiur on the Birkath Hama or blessing on the sun. Download Part 1 of Birkath Hama here

The Eress Yisrael Roots of Ashkenazi Judaism

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ארבעת הצומות ומעמדם ההלכתי בימינו

The Authenticity of the Zohar — Update 01

Freeing Terrorists for Israeli Soldiers: Why It's Wrong

The Commandment to Live in Israel

The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av - the new humroth

Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks

Jewish Settlement and Habitation in the Land of Israel

Psahim Bavli

Talmud Yerushalmi - Taaniyoth (updated 1 Sivan)

S'phirath Ha'Omer - How Did the Students of Rabbi Aqiva Die?

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Hallel On Yom Yerushalayim: To Say Or Not To Say?

Hallel On Yom Yerushalayim: To Say Or Not To Say? Read the article by Rav Bar-Hayim published in...