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

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I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Abraham Azulay (1570-1643) and the Sultan’s Sword in Hebron

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Abulafia (1830-1910) and the Education of the Jews of Damascus

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Alqabets (1500-1580), author of Lekha Dodi

Yosef Bitton - August 12, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas: The First Native-Born U.S. Rabbi

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shimon Duran (1361-1444) and his commentary to Pirqe about

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573) and the Ethiopian Jews

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Tips to avoid a boring Seder

April 10, 2025

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

How many commandments contain the Ten commandments?

May 2, 2013

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew

July 12, 2016

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: Carving images.

July 25, 2013

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 15) Praying for the real Messiah

February 27, 2014

Kavana: Understanding the meaning

April 13, 2010

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 1. God exists

November 2, 2011

Everything you always wanted to know about the Messiah…

August 8, 2022

PRINCIPLE 11: God is just

August 16, 2012

12th PRINCIPLE: Was Yeshu the Messiah?

February 11, 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

Ketuba Nusach Mashad

February 14, 2008

The bridal gown

July 2, 2012

TESHUBA

TESHUBA 5:3. I’m what I do in the next 5 minutes

August 31, 2015

Hilkhot Teshuba 3:1-8 Teshuba and the tipping point

September 1, 2021

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 6) and a Jewish State in 1564

May 16, 2017

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 3). In Constantinople, under the auspices of...

June 26, 2022

ISRAEL

The Pharaoh Of Gaza

December 23, 2023

The New Reality Of The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

May 13, 2021

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Praying Mincha in the Old City

July 14, 2022

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News

June 26, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

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

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

Who Should Say Hello First?

May 23, 2022

PIRQE ABOT: What does it mean?

May 27, 2011