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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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas: The First Native-Born U.S. Rabbi

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) builds a Bet haMiqdash

Yosef Bitton - February 18, 2016

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711

Yosef Bitton - October 17, 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). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2019

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573) and the Ethiopian Jews

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt

January 1, 2026

10 COMMANDMENTS

TENTH COMMANDMENT: Three ideas to overcome envy

December 15, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Boundaries in Relating to the Opposite Sex

November 15, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

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

January 23, 2014

AMIDA, FOURTEENTH BERAKHA: Jerusalem, a city and its soul

February 22, 2017

Understanding the 1st berakha of the Amida

October 5, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE 6: The Prophets of Israel (2 of 3)

February 21, 2012

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

May 3, 2012

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 2. God is...

November 10, 2011

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

Gold, silver, and stones

June 18, 2012

The First Mitzvah of the Torah

June 17, 2011

TESHUBA

Should we forgive?

September 9, 2011

TESHUBA and Chutzpa

September 6, 2014

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 26, 2022

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

June 25, 2022

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

June 24, 2022

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

June 27, 2022

ISRAEL

President Trump’s Plan For Gaza

September 29, 2025

YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva

April 23, 2025

איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?

July 7, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 25, 2017

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Pirqe Abot 1:7, friendship and second-hand smoke

April 10, 2013

Pirqe Abot, 2:8: Rabbi Magriso on overeating

May 14, 2014