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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

The Week of Tisha BeAv: Laws and Customs

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shemuel de Medina, head of the Yeshiba of Salonica (1505-1589)

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Abulafia (1660-1744), founder of modern Tiberias

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto (1565-1648), rabbi of Damascus, Siria.

Yosef Bitton - January 7, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Serilio (ca. 1485-1555) and the Talmud of Jerusalem

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Isaac Abendana (1640-1699), professor at Cambridge University

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

For the merit of virtuous women the children of Israel were...

March 5, 2018

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

FIRST COMMANDMENT: We, the People?

May 9, 2013

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?

February 5, 2020

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”

July 5, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

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

February 8, 2017

AMIDA, FIRST BERAKHA: How does God protect Israel?

January 23, 2017

AMIDA, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

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

February 7, 2013

PRINCIPLE 12: When will the Messiah come, according to Maimonides?

January 31, 2013

The 13 Principles of Judaism: # 10. God knows everything.

October 18, 2012

THE 13 Principles: # 12: Messianic times.

January 17, 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

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

The bridal gown

July 2, 2012

TESHUBA

Free Will and Evolution Theory

August 26, 2015

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

September 1, 2021

VIDEO

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

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

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

June 26, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 5) and Yosef Nasi, Lord of Tiberias

May 16, 2017

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

CLASS: Identifying God in times of war

December 26, 2023

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

July 4, 2026

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

February 4, 2025

The Marseille Synagogue that is becoming a Mosque

May 12, 2016

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

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

July 29, 2022

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015

How to be poor for the rest of your life?

May 12, 2023