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Discovering the Present in the Past The Foundation for Historical and Archeological Education
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Matmonei Eretz is a unique association that promotes and integrates the study of archaeology and history within the religious sector in Israel. The association views these subjects as integral to students' acquisition of a sophisticated worldview, understanding, and appreciation of our nation's magnificent history and culture, and as vital tools for enriching Jewish and Torah education.

Matmonei Eretz, or Treasures of the Earth, views its activities and programs as unparalleled contributions to religious education, a breath of fresh air that will benefit students by granting them an appreciation and keen insight into our nation's extraordinary legacy, with lasting effects on the heart and mind. These positive results include the development of a rich Jewish identity and conscience; increased exposure to Jewish culture and tradition; a deepened connection-and thus obligation-to Israel; and the internalization of educational material and lessons studied in the Written and Oral Torah.

The Association's wealth of activities and projects include the following:

1. The development and integration of modern educational programs into school curricula, enhanced by field trips to historical sites in Israel.

2. The establishment of a Talmudic Museum in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

3. Negotiations with the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority to designate Tourist and Antiquities Sites in Israel that will offer special educational tours designed specifically for the religious sector.

4. The restoration of the ancient Jewish settlement in Beit She'arim and establishment of an on-site educational center.

5. Training programs for religious tour-guides who will deliver educational tours of historical sites in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism.

Matmonei Eretz Board Members include a well-regarded group of Talmudic scholars, historians, authors, archaeologists and educators, under the direction of our venerable Chairman Rabbi Berel Wein, shlita.

The Association is closely affiliated with Israel's Moreshet Program, created by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser.

We appeal to you to join Matmonei Eretz in its goal of enriching Jewish education in Israel. Our efforts will inspire Jewish students, broaden their horizons, and afford them unique opportunities to experience learning in a deeper, more profound way. This will hopefully grant them emotional and spiritual fortitude and equip them with the tools to continue learning, advancing, and attaining greater accomplishments. This, in turn, should impact society and enrich the Jewish world at large.

We would be most appreciative if you would contact us to obtain further information about Matmonei Eretz and its unique activities on behalf of the Jewish nation and homeland.

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A few words about the conference held on at 28 Augusta 2011:

The conference wes about the connection of History & archeology with the Torah world.

Our message is : that the knowledge of history and archeology are an integral part of the Torah, in all her levels as below:

1. It helps to understand the Written and the Oral Law. A famous example for theta is one of the great Jewish scalars, the NACHMANEDIS.

2. It connects every Jew and especially children, to the authentic Jewish values.

3. it varieties the established learning, and strengthens the motivation to Torah studies, to all kinds of kids.

Wet are we wanted to achieve with the confidence?

To be finally released from the fear of "archeology science". We are not afraid from the truth! And the truth is on the Torah side!

1. To gather all who deals with religious archeology and help each other to expend the influence of archeology on the Torah world.

2. To increase numeric the engaging Jewish religious archeology.

3. To assist Torah institutions to adopt the archeology for Torah study.

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In the heart of ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem two weeks ago, an unwritten taboo was shattered in broad daylight: The first Haredi conference on "Torah archaeology" - having been boldly advertised in the Haredi daily Hamodia, and approved by several leading rabbis - drew a packed audience.

The opening speaker, Chabad Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch, brought several ancient coins to the conference, held in the Beit Bracha hall near Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood. Deutsch, who flew in from Brooklyn for the event, runs a museum that displays artifacts he acquired on the private market from the time of the Mishna. Also among the artifacts, he displayed an intact scale that he said had been recovered several weeks earlier from a sunken ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

The scale, he said, settled once and for all a dispute that has raged among Torah scholars for centuries: How much did the litra, a Talmudic measure, actually weigh? The answer: 354 grams, just as the 11th-century commentator Rashi claimed, and contrary to the opinion of other great medieval commentators such as the Rambam.

This, as all the speakers agreed, is the purpose of Haredi archaeology: using ancient artifacts to shed light on religious texts - as long as they don't undermine the traditional reading of the texts, of course. Thus, when Deutsch showed the scale to Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, leader of the Lithuanian (non-Hasidic ) Haredim, Elyashiv "said it was really a wonder of wonders," Deutsch related.

Speakers also included distinguished archaeologists such as Prof. Benjamin Z. Kedar, a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, who chairs the Israel Antiquities Authority's board. Kedar concurred that archaeology at times intersects with traditional Jewish texts, as "each sheds light on the other."

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This new attitude toward archaeology is already having a practical impact: While extremist Haredi groups like Atra Kadisha have often demonstrated violently against archaeological digs in the past, today these groups are holding ongoing talks with the antiquities authority.

The new approach also has implications for the Haredi outlook on secular knowledge. As one of the conference organizers, Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveitchik, said, "We're all Haredim who are guided by the fear of heaven, but that's not a reason to be afraid of science. The Haredi fear of science is gradually dissipating."

Soloveitchik - who helped found Matmonei Eretz, an organization that promotes Haredi study of archaeology and history - said several years ago that his group's goals extend beyond the field of archaeology. "Archaeology is just one of 20 fields where we need to enrich the Haredi education system," he said. "We also want to introduce the study of chemistry."

"We aren't coming in a spirit of revolution or change," Soloveitchik said. "We see enough strength in the Haredi world today that we can embrace the entire world."

Asked what he and his colleagues would do with findings that appear to contradict the Torah, Soloveitchik said, "If there are findings that contradict my fundamental beliefs, we'll let the experts resolve it." Evolution, for instance, "isn't the issue," he said. "The message is that we aren't afraid of science and can digest it."

"There's an outcry for change from within," Soloveitchik added, noting that more Haredi men are leaving yeshiva for the work world due to financial pressure.

Haredim "grew accustomed to fearing" secular education over the last 250 years, he said. But now, he said, the Haredi world is strong enough that "we no longer need to be fanatics."

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