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

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GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

SHOFETIM: The Dreamer of Dreams who Once Visited My Community

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Hayyat (d. 1510), and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135-1204), Sultan Saladin’s Personal Physician

Yosef Bitton - June 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 22, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Benzion Frizzi (1756-1844) And How Do You Say In Talmudic Hebrew “Bacteria”?

Yosef Bitton - May 2, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - August 24, 2023

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’akob Hajez (1620-1674)

Yosef Bitton - July 31, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2022

Forgotten Giants

Rabbis Jacob and Isaac Abendana (17th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 27, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Importance of Haroset for Maimonides

April 5, 2020

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

The 3 Most Important Ideas to Discuss at the Seder

March 23, 2018

10 COMMANDMENTS

YITRO: Serving God or Using God?

February 8, 2025

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and homicide

August 30, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

February 11, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 11) All you need is love

February 20, 2014

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 15) Praying for the real Messiah

February 27, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 03), the limits of our understanding

January 29, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith: # 5: Praying directly and...

January 31, 2012

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

January 3, 2013

PRINCIPLE 11: God is just

August 16, 2012

Everything you always wanted to know about the Messiah…

August 8, 2022

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

The day of the Wedding: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

June 30, 2015

When should the Sheba Berakhot be recited?

December 19, 2020

TESHUBA

ELUL: How Can You Tell That You Are Awake?

August 13, 2018

TESHUBA and Chutzpa

September 6, 2014

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 1): Rescuing Jewish refugees from Spain and...

June 24, 2022

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

May 16, 2017

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

ISRAEL

President Trump’s Plan For Gaza

September 29, 2025

Rafiah or Negotiating with Hamas?

May 1, 2024

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

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

June 26, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

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

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 25, 2017

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: The ideal Jew

May 2, 2016

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016