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THE AMIDA: Introduction

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

CHAYE SARA: Promised Land, but Paid in Full

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

SUMMARY OF CHAYE SARA

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon and the Ashkenazi community of Cairo

Yosef Bitton - May 23, 2018

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Abendana (1640-1699), professor at Cambridge University

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shelomo Oliveyra (1635-1708) and the importance of learning Hebrew

Yosef Bitton - March 9, 2016

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732) and the book that changed the Sephardic communities

Yosef Bitton - October 24, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Eliyahu Benamozegh (1822-1900) and Conversion to Judaism

Yosef Bitton - January 8, 2018

Rabbi Emanuel Abohab (1555-1628) and the Jewish “Mental Law”

Yosef Bitton - November 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Abohab (Spain, 14th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano (d.1611)

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Castro (1525-1612) and the Jewish community of Egypt

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Why Four Cups?

March 30, 2024

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

Tips to avoid a boring Seder

April 10, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not kill or You Shall not murder?

August 29, 2016

The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?

April 25, 2013

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: Shabbat, what I want vs. what I need.

July 18, 2016

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

February 11, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA, FOURTEENTH BERAKHA: Jerusalem, a city and its soul

February 22, 2017

AMIDA: God, open my lips….

January 20, 2014

AMIDA, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

AMIDA (berakha 14), Yerushalayim, a city and its soul

February 25, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

PRINCIPLE 11: God is just

August 16, 2012

6th PRINCIPLE: God communicates with prophets

January 16, 2016

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: # 8: The divine origin of the Tora

June 28, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

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

October 17, 2022

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

Guidelines for wedding Ceremony

March 10, 2008

The ring

June 18, 2015

TESHUBA

SELICHOT: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

August 12, 2010

The original sin and blame displacement

September 8, 2011

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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 1): Rescuing Jewish refugees from Spain and...

June 24, 2022

Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 2) and the Spanish Bible of Ferrara

June 25, 2022

ISRAEL

MATTOT – MAS’E: Tora and Human Sacrifices

July 25, 2025

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Divine Presence, back in the Israeli Army

July 10, 2024

Illustration: an armored vehicle at night in front of a house with a lit doorway, and three figures walking toward it

SIPUR GEBURA: Elhanan, the Hero Who Came Down from the Mountains

October 5, 2026

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

SHIDUKHIM

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

One step down

January 30, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

5. Tisha beAb and the Great Rebellion of 66 (CE)

July 25, 2017

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

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

April 30, 2014

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016