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

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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

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Ribbi Abraham Eben Ezra (1089-1164): Tora and Mathematics

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menashe Setton (ca. 1810-1876)

Yosef Bitton - July 2, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbis Jacob and Isaac Abendana (17th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 27, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878) and Modern Zionism

Yosef Bitton - April 24, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Berab (1474-1546) and the renewal of Rabbinic ordination

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Tam ibn Yahia (1475-1542) and the fire in Constantinopla

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

10 COMMANDMENTS: How come we don’t know them better?

June 28, 2016

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: How to Run Your Business by The Book

November 29, 2016

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?

February 5, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

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

February 8, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 17) Prayers or sacrifices?

June 9, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: The Divine origin of the Oral Tradition

January 20, 2016

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

February 21, 2012

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

January 3, 2013

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 1. God exists

November 2, 2011

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

The age of the Earth, according to the book of Job

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

The KETUBA and the shirt on the husband’s shoulders

June 24, 2015

The ancient origins of the Jewish wedding ceremony

June 15, 2015

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 2:10: Unilateral forgiveness

August 30, 2012

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 2, 2015

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

June 25, 2022

ISRAEL

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

May 28, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Bread and Jerusalem

July 7, 2023

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News

June 26, 2026

The Pharaoh Of Gaza

December 23, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 29, 2022

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

PIRQUE ABOT

Pirqe Abot 2:2, Rabban Gamliel vs. Intellectual Arrogance

April 11, 2013

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016