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I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron

Yosef Bitton - July 4, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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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

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Abulafia (1830-1910) and the Education of the Jews of Damascus

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) and his translation of Tehilim

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Meir (1856-1939) First Sephardic Chief Rabbi Of Israel

Yosef Bitton - August 24, 2023

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

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

March 5, 2018

More ideas and educational material for a succesful Seder

April 6, 2017

10 COMMANDMENTS

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Killing vs Mudering

June 25, 2014

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

How many commandments contain the Ten commandments?

May 2, 2013

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 12) Religious and Political Betrayal

February 21, 2014

AMIDA, THIRD BERAKHA: How Much Can We Know About God?

January 26, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

AMIDA, TENTH BERAKHA: Jewish People or Jewish Religion?

February 13, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 principles of Judaism: 3. God does not have a...

December 7, 2011

13 PRINCIPLES: Why do we Jews believe in God?

October 20, 2015

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

January 17, 2012

4th Principle: God is Eternal

January 11, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

Ketuba Nusach Mashad

February 14, 2008

Guidelines for wedding Ceremony

March 10, 2008

TESHUBA

SELICHOT: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

August 12, 2010

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

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 26, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 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

ISRAEL

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

June 26, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Israel’s Treasures Under The Sea

July 15, 2024

Historic Speech by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

May 10, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Farm on the Hill

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

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

July 25, 2017

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Rabbi Yaaqob and the game of the three lives

May 17, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016