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NITSABIM: How do You Say “Zionism” in Biblical Hebrew?

Yosef Bitton - August 28, 2026

GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732) and the book that changed the Sephardic communities

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menashe Setton (ca. 1810-1876)

Yosef Bitton - July 2, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

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

March 5, 2018

Egypt and the Zoo. By Shemuel Bitton

January 17, 2019

SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt

January 1, 2026

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: One God vs. Moral relativism

June 20, 2013

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Boundaries in Relating to the Opposite Sex

November 15, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: Envy and its Three Levels

December 6, 2016

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: Shabbat, what I want vs. what I need.

July 18, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA: God, open my lips….

January 20, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

AMIDA, SEVENTH BERAKHA: Goel, our next of kin

February 6, 2017

AMIDA, TENTH BERAKHA: Jewish People or Jewish Religion?

February 13, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

12th PRINCIPLE: When is the Messiah supposed to come?

February 16, 2016

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

January 24, 2012

4th Principle: God is Eternal

January 11, 2016

8th PRINCIPLE: Understanding Rabbinical Laws

January 28, 2016

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

MISHPATIM: The Rights Of A Jewish Wife

February 15, 2025

THE RING: Why plain, why gold, and why no stones?

June 18, 2012

TESHUBA

Teshuba and Jiminy the cricket

September 22, 2013

Perfect vs. Imperfect Teshuba

September 17, 2019

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

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

June 24, 2022

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

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?

July 7, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Praying Mincha in the Old City

July 14, 2022

KING DAVID’S JERUSALEM

January 23, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

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

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

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

July 25, 2017

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016

PIRQE ABOT 1:7, tell me who your friends are…

April 30, 2014