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

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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

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Forgotten Giants

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Rabbi Hayim Carigal (1732-1777) and Yale University

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 8, 2018

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - April 25, 2025

Forgotten Giants

Aharon Mendel HaCohen (1866-1927), The Ashkenazi Rabbi Of Cairo, Egypt

Yosef Bitton - January 13, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Najara (1555-1625) and the Jobar Synagogue

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano (d.1611)

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Portaleone And The Four-Hours A Day Tora Curriculum

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2022

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Aaaron de Sola (1796-1860)

Yosef Bitton - June 24, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menashe Setton (ca. 1810-1876)

Yosef Bitton - July 2, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yishma’el haCohen (1723-1811)

Yosef Bitton - July 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

RABBI OBADIA YOSEF z”l: Five of His Main Contributions to Am Israel

Yosef Bitton - October 16, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135-1204), Sultan Saladin’s Personal Physician

Yosef Bitton - June 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

The Importance of Haroset for Maimonides

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: A Mitsva or a preamble?

June 29, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: The two aspects of Shabbat.

July 20, 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, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

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

February 25, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 6: the mission of...

February 28, 2012

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

January 26, 2016

Practical Monotheism

November 29, 2011

The Afterlife

August 22, 2022

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 30, 2021

KETUBA (Part 1): What is the Ketuba and what does it...

June 20, 2015

TESHUBA

SELIHOT and the secret of the Mezuza

September 6, 2016

HILKHOT TESHUBA 5:3: Free will and human progress

August 25, 2015

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

IF YOU LOVE ME READ MY MIND West Deal Syn. June...

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 5) and Yosef Nasi, Lord of Tiberias

May 16, 2017

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

June 27, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

ISRAEL

THE CASE FOR ISRAEL. Class # 1

March 18, 2020

VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL: What is the world waiting for?

May 7, 2021

איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?

July 7, 2024

CLASS: Identifying God in times of war

December 26, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Giving the benefit of the doubt, unlimited

April 30, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015