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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 David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953)

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 8, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim haCohen (1585-1655) and the pirates who stole books

Yosef Bitton - April 25, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas vs. the reform movement (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Abraham Antebi (1765-1858) and the earthquake that devastated Aleppo

Yosef Bitton - March 14, 2017

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) builds a Bet haMiqdash

Yosef Bitton - February 18, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Benveniste (1603-1674) and the false Messiah Shabbetai Zevi

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825–1882) the Sephardic pioneer of Tora UMada.

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Vital (1543-1620) and the Dilemma of the True Cabalists

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Menashe ben Israel (1604-1657) the most famous Jew in the world

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account

July 9, 2019

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

TENTH COMMANDMENT: Envy and its Three Levels

December 6, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Killing vs Mudering

June 25, 2014

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: What Is The Opposite Of Envy?

December 14, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, EIGHTH BERAKHA: A Prayer for Good Health and Healing

February 8, 2017

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA, SIXTH BERAKHA: How Many Times Will God Forgive Me?

February 2, 2017

Understanding the 1st berakha of the Amida

October 5, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory

August 23, 2021

11th PRINCIPLE: Divine Justice: who, when, where and how?

February 4, 2016

The Afterlife

August 22, 2022

12th PRINCIPLE: When is the Messiah supposed to come?

February 16, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

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

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

The First Mitzvah of the Torah

June 17, 2011

TESHUBA

SELICHOT: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

August 12, 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 (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

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

June 25, 2022

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

June 26, 2022

ISRAEL

My opinion on Israel and the end of democracy

March 13, 2023

Who Is the Partner of Israel’s Finance Minister?

October 7, 2026

CHAYE SARA: Promised Land, but Paid in Full

November 6, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM Don’t fall in love with a picture

July 29, 2026

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 25, 2017

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

Giving the benefit of the doubt…when we should not

May 1, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: The ideal Jew

May 2, 2016