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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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shemuel de Medina, head of the Yeshiba of Salonica (1505-1589)

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh mi-Modena (Venice 1571–1648)

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878) and Modern Zionism

Yosef Bitton - April 24, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

Emmanuel Hai Ricci (1688-1743)

Yosef Bitton - June 13, 2012

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

Tips to avoid a boring Seder

April 10, 2025

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: What Is The Opposite Of Envy?

December 14, 2016

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: The difference between honoring and respecting parents

August 22, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, EIGHTH BERAKHA: A Prayer for Good Health and Healing

February 8, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 04), the miracle of intelligent life

January 30, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 6: the mission of...

February 28, 2012

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

PRINCIPLE 12: When will the Messiah come, according to Maimonides?

January 31, 2013

The 13 Principles of Judaism: # 10. God knows everything.

October 18, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

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

October 17, 2022

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

The ring

June 18, 2015

CHUPA: The wedding ring

May 21, 2012

TESHUBA

Rosh Chodesh Elul

August 31, 2011

TESHUBA: What’s in a word?

August 16, 2010

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 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 (Part 4) and the Jewish Boycott against Ancona, Italy

June 27, 2022

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

Understanding the Never-Ending Palestinian Conflict

March 1, 2025

CLASS: Identifying God in times of war

December 26, 2023

YOM HAATZMAUT: What did Isaiah see?

April 24, 2025

UNRWA: What sets Palestinian refugees apart from all other refugees in...

February 8, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

One step down

January 30, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

5. Tisha beAb and the Great Rebellion of 66 (CE)

July 25, 2017

PIRQUE ABOT

How to be poor for the rest of your life?

May 12, 2023

PIRQE ABOT: Rabbi Yaaqob and the game of the three lives

May 17, 2015