Halakha of the Day | Halakha and Jewish history accessible to all – By Rabbi Yosef Bitton

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GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

SHOFETIM: The Dreamer of Dreams who Once Visited My Community

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yishma’el haCohen (1723-1811)

Yosef Bitton - July 12, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) and his translation of Tehilim

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Arama (1420-1494) and the Spanish inquisition

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Ben Attar (1696- 1743) and the power of the Grandparents

Yosef Bitton - January 27, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia ben Ya’aqob Yosef z”l, 1920-2013

Yosef Bitton - October 7, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Abraham Azulay (1570-1643) and the Sultan’s Sword in Hebron

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yom Tob Tsahalon, Purim and the First Book Ever Printed In Israel

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Berab (1474-1546) and the renewal of Rabbinic ordination

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Caro (1458-1535), from Toledo to Yerushalayim

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 16, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852) and the independence of Israel

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo ibn Verga (ca. 1460-1540) and “La vara de Yehuda”

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

TENTH COMMANDMENT: What Is The Opposite Of Envy?

December 14, 2016

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

February 11, 2020

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Boundaries in Relating to the Opposite Sex

November 15, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, SEVENTH BERAKHA: Goel, our next of kin

February 6, 2017

AMIDA: The basic 3.6.6.1.3 structure

January 14, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 15) Praying for the real Messiah

February 27, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 2. God is...

November 10, 2011

8th PRINCIPLE: Presentation of the book Mate Dan, by rabbi David...

January 26, 2016

8th PRINCIPLE: Understanding Rabbinical Laws

January 28, 2016

10th PRINCIPLE: Living under His sight

February 2, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

The age of the Earth, according to the book of Job

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

Ketuba Nusach Mashad

February 14, 2008

What is the Ketuba?

June 20, 2015

TESHUBA

Hakarat haChet and the Jewish version of the ‘original’ sin.

August 17, 2010

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 2, 2015

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 3). In Constantinople, under the auspices of...

June 26, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 27, 2022

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL: What is the world waiting for?

May 7, 2021

The Marseille Synagogue that is becoming a Mosque

May 12, 2016

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

THE BEST RESPONSE TO THE TERROR KITES

June 6, 2018

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016

PIRQE ABOT, Rabbi Eliezer on character assassination

May 13, 2014