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Shabbat Table Talk BERESHIT

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

BERESHIT: Cain and the First Therapy Session

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

BERESHIT: Three Things You Didn’t Know About Creation

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants

Rabbis Jacob and Isaac Abendana (17th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 27, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia ben Ya’aqob Yosef z”l, 1920-2013

Yosef Bitton - October 7, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano (d.1611)

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2014

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’akob Hajez (1620-1674)

Yosef Bitton - July 31, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

A journey to the heart of Ribbi Yehuda haLevi (1075-1140)

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Aaaron de Sola (1796-1860)

Yosef Bitton - June 24, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The 3 Most Important Ideas to Discuss at the Seder

March 23, 2018

Egypt and the Zoo. By Shemuel Bitton

January 17, 2019

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

FIRST COMMANDMENT: We, the People?

May 9, 2013

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. Fidelity, and modern society (Part 1).

November 10, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

AMIDA

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

January 23, 2014

AMIDA (berakha 13) Take care of those who take care of...

February 24, 2014

SECOND BERAKHA: God’s Power To Heal

January 24, 2017

AMIDA Elokai Netsor, praying for your own good behavior

April 17, 2023

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

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

January 3, 2013

13 PRINCIPLES: How many idols did Abraham destroy?

November 10, 2015

9th PRINCIPLE: Can the Tora be changed or replaced?

February 1, 2016

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

May 17, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

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

June 18, 2012

The Seven Days of Celebration

June 16, 2011

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:2 When the King repents

August 28, 2013

VIDUY: Becoming aware of our misdeeds

August 25, 2010

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

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

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

ISRAEL

The miracles I saw and lived in israel

August 6, 2015

What Was Iran Trying to Say?

October 2, 2026

החזירו אותם הביתה או שלח את עמי?

August 25, 2025

ISRAEL: Check to Iran

April 15, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 25, 2017

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016

Giving the benefit of the doubt…when we should not

May 1, 2015