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 Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), first rabbi of the Americas

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Aaaron de Sola (1796-1860)

Yosef Bitton - June 24, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Benzion Frizzi (1756-1844) And How Do You Say In Talmudic Hebrew “Bacteria”?

Yosef Bitton - May 2, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Abulafia (1660-1744), founder of modern Tiberias

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Ya’aqob Sasportas (1610-1698)

Yosef Bitton - January 1, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - March 14, 2017

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

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

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt

January 1, 2026

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Yihud, protecting conjugal fidelity

November 9, 2016

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and homicide

August 30, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 07), HaShem, our next of kin

February 7, 2014

AMIDA (berakha 10), Jewish Religion or Jewish people?

February 18, 2014

AMIDA, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

AMIDA, TENTH BERAKHA: Jewish People or Jewish Religion?

February 13, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

THE 13 Principles: # 12: Messianic times.

January 17, 2013

13 PRINCIPLES: Science, creation, Creator

October 27, 2015

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

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

Gold, silver, and stones

June 18, 2012

The ring

June 18, 2015

TESHUBA

Rosh HaShanah and the Original Sin

September 17, 2024

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:1-2. Obstacles in the way of Teshuba

August 27, 2013

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

June 25, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva

April 23, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court and the Upcoming Judicial Reform

January 17, 2023

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

One step down

January 30, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Who is wise?

May 18, 2017

Who Should Say Hello First?

May 23, 2022