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

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

Yosef Bitton - August 28, 2026

GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

The last words of Isaac de Castro Tartas (1623-1647)

Yosef Bitton - February 10, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Arama (1420-1494) and the Spanish inquisition

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia Yosef and the power of Halakhic leniency

Yosef Bitton - October 10, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Ribbi Abraham Eben Ezra (1089-1164): Tora and Mathematics

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

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

March 5, 2018

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: You shall not invoke His name in vain

July 14, 2016

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: Carving images.

July 25, 2013

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, FIRST BERAKHA: How does God protect Israel?

January 23, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 02) God’s powers and Evolution theory

January 23, 2014

AMIDA, FIFTH BERAKHA: Coming back to You

February 1, 2017

Understanding the Amida (2nd Berakha)

October 12, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The Afterlife

August 22, 2022

THE 13 PRINCIPLES. # 7. Moshe reached the highest level of...

May 17, 2012

The principles of Jewish Faith: # 4 “(Only) God is eternal”...

January 24, 2012

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

January 26, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

Do the bride and groom fast on their wedding day?

August 6, 2012

The Talet under the Hupa

June 19, 2015

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA: The difference between animals and men

August 24, 2015

SELIHOT: The 13 attributes of God’s compassion

August 13, 2010

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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 5) and Yosef Nasi, Lord of Tiberias

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

What did Zekharia see?

April 20, 2023

Understanding the Never-Ending Palestinian Conflict

March 1, 2025

GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

August 17, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

One step down

January 30, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 25, 2017

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

PIRQUE ABOT

How to be poor for the rest of your life?

May 12, 2023

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016