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Ten Traits of a Truly Happy Person

Yosef Bitton - August 3, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

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

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Forgotten Giants III

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Rabbi Hayim Carigal (1732-1777) and Yale University

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Abraham Azulay (1570-1643) and the Sultan’s Sword in Hebron

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732) and the book that changed the Sephardic communities

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: The two aspects of Shabbat.

July 20, 2016

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?

February 5, 2020

NINTH COMMANDMENT: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”

November 28, 2016

The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?

April 25, 2013

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

AMIDA, FIFTH BERAKHA: Coming back to You

February 1, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 04), the miracle of intelligent life

January 30, 2014

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

February 24, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 4 God is eternal...

January 17, 2012

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

God is one. Understanding monotheism.

November 17, 2011

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

February 7, 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

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

WEDDING CEREMONY

February 25, 2008

TESHUBA

7 LEVELS OF TESHUBA: Is It Ever Too Late to Repent?...

September 11, 2017

HILKHOT TESHUBA 3:14 Maimonides on Bullying

August 26, 2013

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 27, 2022

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

June 26, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

ISRAEL

איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?

July 7, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

July 4, 2026

KING DAVID’S JERUSALEM

January 23, 2026

The absurdity of UNRWA

February 11, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Pirqe Abot, 2:8: Rabbi Magriso on overeating

May 14, 2014

PIRQE ABOT 1:7, tell me who your friends are…

April 30, 2014