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

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GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

SHOFETIM: The Dreamer of Dreams who Once Visited My Community

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

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

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Vital (1543-1620) and the Dilemma of the True Cabalists

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135-1204), Sultan Saladin’s Personal Physician

Yosef Bitton - June 29, 2020

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - March 9, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 27, 2017

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account

July 9, 2019

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

November 10, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and genetic diseases

August 31, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

What Is The First Commandment Teaching Us?

May 22, 2019

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

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

February 14, 2017

AMIDA (berakha 16) Please, listen (or ignore) my prayer

February 27, 2014

Understanding the 1st berakha of the Amida

October 5, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: The Divine origin of the Oral Tradition

January 20, 2016

The 13 Principles: # 12: The Mashiah

November 1, 2012

The 13 Principles of Judaism: #12: Messianic age.

January 10, 2013

The Afterlife

August 22, 2022

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

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

The financial obligations of a Jewish husband

June 23, 2015

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:1-2. Obstacles in the way of Teshuba

August 27, 2013

TESHUBA 5:3. I’m what I do in the next 5 minutes

August 31, 2015

VIDEO

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

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

June 24, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 3). In Constantinople, under the auspices of...

June 26, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

ISRAEL

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

The miracles I saw and lived in israel

August 6, 2015

YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva

April 23, 2025

The Pharaoh Of Gaza

December 23, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

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

July 29, 2026

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 29, 2022

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Who wants to be a Hasid?

April 27, 2015

How to be poor for the rest of your life?

May 12, 2023