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

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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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Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Alqabets (1500-1580), author of Lekha Dodi

Yosef Bitton - August 12, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yom Tob Tsahalon, Purim and the First Book Ever Printed In Israel

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

The last words of Isaac de Castro Tartas (1623-1647)

Yosef Bitton - February 10, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 22, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account

July 9, 2019

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

More ideas and educational material for a succesful Seder

April 6, 2017

Tips to avoid a boring Seder

April 10, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

YITRO: Serving God or Using God?

February 8, 2025

The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?

April 25, 2013

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

AMIDA

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

February 8, 2017

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA, NINTH BERAKHA: The Benefits and Risks of Material Abundance

February 9, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 15) Praying for the real Messiah

February 27, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory

August 23, 2021

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

February 7, 2013

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

May 3, 2012

The 13 principles of Judaism. # 12: The Jewish Messiah

January 3, 2013

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

WEDDING CEREMONY

February 25, 2008

The witnesses of the KETUBA

June 25, 2015

TESHUBA

TESHUBA: Being your own judge… and declaring yourself guilty

August 19, 2010

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 3, 2014

VIDEO

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

November 22, 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

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 25, 2022

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

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

BEHAR-BECHUQOTAY: Why Rabbi Teichtal Changed His Mind About Zionism?

May 28, 2024

What did Ezekiel see?

April 25, 2023

The Three Most Frightening Words Of Tehilim

May 14, 2021

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 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

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Who is wise?

May 18, 2017

PIRQE ABOT: Who wants to be a Hasid?

April 27, 2015