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

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Fasting, not fasting, and how to eat when you cannot fast

Yosef Bitton - September 16, 2026

THE FAST OF GEDALIA: Why do we fast today?

Yosef Bitton - September 12, 2026

ROSH HASHANA: The Game of the Palace

Yosef Bitton - September 11, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbis Jacob and Isaac Abendana (17th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 27, 2011

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Castro (1525-1612) and the Jewish community of Egypt

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Aaaron de Sola (1796-1860)

Yosef Bitton - June 24, 2011

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Saba (1440-1508) and the Island of Alligators

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Sasportas (1610-1698)

Yosef Bitton - January 1, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Berab (1474-1546) and the renewal of Rabbinic ordination

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

FIRST COMMANDMENT: We, the People?

May 9, 2013

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”

July 5, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA: The basic 3.6.6.1.3 structure

January 14, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 08) HaShem is the ultimate Healer

February 10, 2014

AMIDA, SEVENTH BERAKHA: Goel, our next of kin

February 6, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE 6: The prophets of Israel were true (1 of 3)

February 14, 2012

The 13 principles of Judaism: #5. Praying to God, the right...

February 9, 2012

PRINCIPLE 6: The Prophets of Israel (2 of 3)

February 21, 2012

The Afterlife

August 22, 2022

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 First Mitzvah of the Torah

June 17, 2011

The witnesses of the KETUBA

June 25, 2015

TESHUBA

Urgent vs. Important

August 18, 2015

Admitting that we don’t know…

September 12, 2022

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 25, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

May 16, 2017

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

BEHAR-BECHUQOTAY: Why Rabbi Teichtal Changed His Mind About Zionism?

May 28, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Embracing Jerusalem’s Chaos

January 23, 2026

Understanding the Never-Ending Palestinian Conflict

March 1, 2025

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

July 10, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

4. The beginning of the rebellion against Rome (44-60 CE)

July 29, 2022

PIRQUE ABOT

Pirqe Abot, 2:8: Rabbi Magriso on overeating

May 14, 2014

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016