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

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THE AMIDA: Introduction

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

CHAYE SARA: Promised Land, but Paid in Full

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

SUMMARY OF CHAYE SARA

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Delouya (d.ca. 1572), the first Sephardic rabbi in Morocco

Yosef Bitton - August 15, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shelomo Oliveyra (1635-1708) and the importance of learning Hebrew

Yosef Bitton - March 9, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbenu Bahiya Ibn Paquda (1045-1120) and the duties of the heart

Yosef Bitton - June 16, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

RABBI OBADIA YOSEF z”l: Five of His Main Contributions to Am Israel

Yosef Bitton - October 16, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim haCohen (1585-1655) and the pirates who stole books

Yosef Bitton - April 25, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Serilio (ca. 1485-1555) and the Talmud of Jerusalem

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Ben Attar (1696- 1743) and the power of the Grandparents

Yosef Bitton - January 27, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 22, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711

Yosef Bitton - October 17, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

Why Four Cups?

March 30, 2024

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: A Mitsva or a preamble?

June 29, 2016

TENTH COMMANDMENT: Envy and its Three Levels

December 6, 2016

YITRO: Serving God or Using God?

February 8, 2025

NINTH COMMANDMENT: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”

November 28, 2016

AMIDA

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

February 8, 2017

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

AMIDA, FIRST BERAKHA: How does God protect Israel?

January 23, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: The journey from the Written Tora to the halakhic...

January 27, 2016

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

May 3, 2012

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 4 God is eternal...

January 17, 2012

12th PRINCIPLE : what do we know about the messianic times?

February 15, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

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

October 17, 2022

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

The day of the Wedding: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

June 30, 2015

WEDDING CEREMONY

February 25, 2008

TESHUBA

Perfect vs. Imperfect Teshuba

September 17, 2019

Hakarat haChet and the Jewish version of the ‘original’ sin.

August 17, 2010

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

IF YOU LOVE ME READ MY MIND West Deal Syn. June...

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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 2) and the Spanish Bible of Ferrara

June 25, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

ISRAEL

Flydubai plane, Ben Gurion Airport

How Was Israel’s 9/11 Averted?

October 5, 2026

Historic Speech by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

May 10, 2024

Great News About Hamas!

February 24, 2025

ISRAEL 2023: Where can you find God?

June 23, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: The ideal Jew

May 2, 2016

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016