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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

The Week of Tisha BeAv: Laws and Customs

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852) and the independence of Israel

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Abraham Antebi (1765-1858) and the earthquake that devastated Aleppo

Yosef Bitton - March 14, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia Yosef and the power of Halakhic leniency

Yosef Bitton - October 10, 2013

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Isaac Abendana (1640-1699), professor at Cambridge University

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Caro (1458-1535), from Toledo to Yerushalayim

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 10, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

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

March 5, 2018

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew

July 12, 2016

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: Thou shalt not misrepresent Me

July 13, 2016

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

August 29, 2016

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

July 14, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 08) HaShem is the ultimate Healer

February 10, 2014

AMIDA, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

AMIDA, NINTH BERAKHA: The Benefits and Risks of Material Abundance

February 9, 2017

Understanding the 1st berakha of the Amida

October 5, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: # 8: The divine origin of the Tora

June 28, 2012

4th Principle: God is Eternal

January 11, 2016

The 13 Principles: # 3 God does not have a body...

January 9, 2012

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

January 24, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

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

October 17, 2022

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

The ancient origins of the Jewish wedding ceremony

June 15, 2015

The ring

June 18, 2015

TESHUBA

Teshuba and blame displacement

September 4, 2012

Free Will and Evolution Theory

August 26, 2015

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 24, 2022

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 5) and Yosef Nasi, Lord of Tiberias

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

THE BEST RESPONSE TO THE TERROR KITES

June 6, 2018

Great News About Hamas!

February 24, 2025

YOM HAATZMAUT: What did Isaiah see?

April 24, 2025

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Western Wall and Aladdin’s Lamp Syndrome

June 30, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

How to be poor for the rest of your life?

May 12, 2023

PIRQE ABOT, Rabbi Eliezer on character assassination

May 13, 2014