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Ten Traits of a Truly Happy Person

Yosef Bitton - August 3, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

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

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shemuel de Medina, head of the Yeshiba of Salonica (1505-1589)

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Maran Rabbi Yosef Caro (1488-1575)

Yosef Bitton - October 2, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - February 18, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbis Jacob and Isaac Abendana (17th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 27, 2011

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

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

March 5, 2018

10 COMMANDMENTS

Third Commandment: You shall not “carry” the name of God in...

October 3, 2013

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents

August 23, 2016

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

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

August 29, 2016

AMIDA

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

February 25, 2014

AMIDA: The basic 3.6.6.1.3 structure

January 14, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 11) All you need is love

February 20, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

10th PRINCIPLE: Living under His sight

February 2, 2016

The 13 principles of Judaism: 3. God does not have a...

December 7, 2011

PRINCIPLE 12: When will the Messiah come, according to Maimonides?

January 31, 2013

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 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

The ring

June 18, 2015

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

TESHUBA

Rosh HaShanah and the Original Sin

September 17, 2024

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 3, 2014

VIDEO

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

November 22, 2017

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 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

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

THE BEST RESPONSE TO THE TERROR KITES

June 6, 2018

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

July 10, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

SHIDUKHIM

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

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

July 25, 2017

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Giving the benefit of the doubt, unlimited

April 30, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016