hesder yeshiva, the students of Shilo combine intensive studies with service in the IDF. The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Aviv Gamliel, while Rabbi Michael Brom, founding Rosh Yeshiva, serves as president; Rosh Kollel is Rabbi Gavriel Gabbai. Rabbi Aharon (Arele) Harel served as co-Rosh Yeshiva for five years before resigning from this position prior to the start of 5771 (October 2010). Like other Yeshivot, the Yeshiva emphasizes intellectual Torah study centred on Talmud and Halacha. It is, however, atypical in its parallel focus on emunah, internalization and character development, where there are formal study sessions focusing on both Musar literature and Chassidut as part of the daily program. After completing the five-year program, some students opt to further their rabbinic studies in the kollel and pursue semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Students may also certify as teachers with an academic degree (B.Ed.) in the Lifshitz College of Education, with which the yeshiva is affiliated. Many students and teaching staff choose to settle in Shilo permanently. Midreshet Binat in Shvut Rachel, a midrasha headed by Rabbi Ronen Tamir, was established in 2000 as a branch of the yeshiva. Tabernacle synagogue The town's main synagogue is designed as a replica of the Biblical Tabernacle. It contains replicas and tributes to many of the utensils in the original Tabernacle of Shilo. International law The international community considers Israeli settlements to violate the Fourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on the deportation or transfer of parts of an occupying power's own civilian population into occupied territory except in those cases in which the security of the population or imperative military reasons so demand. Israel disputes that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies as the Palestinian territories had not been legally held by a sovereign prior to Israel capturing them. This views have been opposed by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Court of Justice. Notable residents Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham See also Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank References External links Shilo at the Binyamin Regional Council Shilo at the Jewish Virtual Library 1978 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate Community settlements Mateh Binyamin Regional Council Populated places established in 1978 Religious Israeli settlements Israeli settlements in the West Bank