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Ten Traits of a Truly Happy Person

Yosef Bitton - August 3, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM Don’t fall in love with a picture

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Maran Rabbi Yosef Caro (1488-1575)

Yosef Bitton - October 2, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 2, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Hayim Benveniste (1603-1674) and the false Messiah Shabbetai Zevi

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo ibn Verga (ca. 1460-1540) and “La vara de Yehuda”

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shemuel Laniado (1530-1610) and the pearls beneath the fish

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

The Importance of Haroset for Maimonides

April 5, 2020

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

10 COMMANDMENTS

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

TENTH COMMANDMENT: What Is The Opposite Of Envy?

December 14, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: You Shall Not Covet

December 5, 2016

The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?

April 25, 2013

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

SECOND BERAKHA: God’s Power To Heal

January 24, 2017

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

10th PRINCIPLE: Living under His sight

February 2, 2016

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: # 13: Tehiyat hametim, just for the...

February 7, 2013

9th PRINCIPLE: Can the Tora be changed or replaced?

February 1, 2016

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

February 14, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

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

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

The day of the Wedding: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

June 30, 2015

The First Mitzvah of the Torah

June 17, 2011

TESHUBA

TESHUBA: What do people think before dying?

September 2, 2015

HILKHOT TESHUBA: 1:1. The ultimate regret

August 21, 2012

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 26, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA (Part 4) and the Jewish Boycott against Ancona, Italy

June 27, 2022

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

June 25, 2022

ISRAEL

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

Who doesn’t want a ceasefire in Gaza?

November 5, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

A PERSONALITY TEST, by KING SOLOMON

May 5, 2022

Who Should Say Hello First?

May 23, 2022