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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

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825–1882) the Sephardic pioneer of Tora UMada.

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 10, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Hayyat (d. 1510), and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Arama (1420-1494) and the Spanish inquisition

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852) and the independence of Israel

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt

January 1, 2026

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

How many commandments contain the Ten commandments?

May 2, 2013

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Yihud, protecting conjugal fidelity

November 9, 2016

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: What is the First Commandment really saying?

June 30, 2016

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 09) , “Make us rich… but save us...

February 13, 2014

AMIDA, ELEVENTH BERAKHA: The End of a Broken Judicial System

February 14, 2017

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 02) God’s powers and Evolution theory

January 23, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE 11: God is just

August 16, 2012

THE 13 PRINCIPLES. # 7. Moshe reached the highest level of...

May 17, 2012

The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith: # 5: Praying directly and...

January 31, 2012

13 PRINCIPLES: Monotheism vs. Syncrethysm

November 3, 2015

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

Guidelines for wedding Ceremony

March 10, 2008

TESHUBA

Hilkhot Teshuba 3:1-8 Teshuba and the tipping point

September 1, 2021

HILKHOT TESHUBA 2:10. Why should we forgive? (part 7)

September 22, 2016

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

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

June 27, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

“Maimonides and the Hostages Deal”, Miami FL, Jan 23, 2025

February 4, 2025

VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL: What is the world waiting for?

May 7, 2021

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

May 28, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

4. The beginning of the rebellion against Rome (44-60 CE)

July 29, 2022

PIRQUE ABOT

Giving the benefit of the doubt…when we should not

May 1, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016