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Shabbat Table Talk BERESHIT

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

BERESHIT: Cain and the First Therapy Session

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

BERESHIT: Three Things You Didn’t Know About Creation

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), first rabbi of the Americas

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas: The First Native-Born U.S. Rabbi

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbenu Bahiya Ibn Paquda (1045-1120) and the duties of the heart

Yosef Bitton - June 16, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Saba (1440-1508) and the Island of Alligators

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Abraham Cuenca (1867-1937)

Yosef Bitton - June 12, 2013

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

Singing the Hallel in Yerushalayim

March 9, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: Positive envy

December 12, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Socialization or strategic planning?

November 14, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA: God, open my lips….

January 20, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 09) , “Make us rich… but save us...

February 13, 2014

AMIDA, FIFTH BERAKHA: Coming back to You

February 1, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles: # 12: The prerequisites for the Jewish Messiah

November 8, 2012

13 PRINCIPLES: How many idols did Abraham destroy?

November 10, 2015

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 1. God exists

November 2, 2011

13 PRINCIPLES: Monotheism vs. Syncrethysm

November 3, 2015

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

The Seven Days of Celebration

June 16, 2011

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

TESHUBA

Rosh Chodesh Elul

August 31, 2011

HILKHOT TESHUBA 2:1: Forgiveness and quality of life

August 21, 2013

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 1): Rescuing Jewish refugees from Spain and...

June 24, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA (Part 4) and the Jewish Boycott against Ancona, Italy

June 27, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 6) and a Jewish State in 1564

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Embracing Jerusalem’s Chaos

January 23, 2026

Flydubai plane, Ben Gurion Airport

How Was Israel’s 9/11 Averted?

October 5, 2026

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

Israel’s Supreme Court and the Upcoming Judicial Reform

January 17, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

A PERSONALITY TEST, by KING SOLOMON

May 5, 2022

PIRQE ABOT 1:7, tell me who your friends are…

April 30, 2014