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

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia Yosef and the power of Halakhic leniency

Yosef Bitton - October 10, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca (1867-1937) And The Hebron Massacre Of 1929

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Tam ibn Yahia (1475-1542) and the fire in Constantinopla

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh mi-Modena (Venice 1571–1648)

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan (1846-1908) and the Role of Secular Studies

Yosef Bitton - January 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Hayyat (d. 1510), and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

More ideas and educational material for a succesful Seder

April 6, 2017

For the merit of virtuous women the children of Israel were...

March 5, 2018

The 3 Most Important Ideas to Discuss at the Seder

March 23, 2018

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: Carving images.

July 25, 2013

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

August 29, 2016

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?

February 5, 2020

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, THIRD BERAKHA: How Much Can We Know About God?

January 26, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

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

February 2, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The Tenth Principle: God knows everything.

August 9, 2012

13 PRINCIPLES: How many idols did Abraham destroy?

November 10, 2015

8th PRINCIPLE: The journey from the Written Tora to the halakhic...

January 27, 2016

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

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

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

When should the Sheba Berakhot be recited?

December 19, 2020

The bridal gown

July 2, 2012

TESHUBA

Teshuba and blame displacement

September 4, 2012

The original sin and blame displacement

September 8, 2011

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 25, 2022

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

June 27, 2022

ISRAEL

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Israel’s Treasures Under The Sea

July 15, 2024

NITSABIM: How do You Say “ZIONISM” in Biblical Hebrew?

April 15, 2022

החזירו אותם הביתה או שלח את עמי?

August 25, 2025

BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

May 29, 2025

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016

PIRQE ABOT: Giving the benefit of the doubt, unlimited

April 30, 2015