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

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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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Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852) and the independence of Israel

Yosef Bitton - February 22, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon and the Ashkenazi community of Cairo

Yosef Bitton - May 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Abohab (Spain, 14th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menashe Setton (ca. 1810-1876)

Yosef Bitton - July 2, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Maran Rabbi Yosef Caro (1488-1575)

Yosef Bitton - October 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Abraham Cuenca (1867-1937)

Yosef Bitton - June 12, 2013

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

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

Yosef Bitton - January 7, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Lampronti (1679–1756)

Yosef Bitton - December 8, 2011

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: You shall not invoke His name in vain

July 14, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: Lie and Don’t Feel Guilty

November 30, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not commit adultery

November 7, 2016

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA, ELEVENTH BERAKHA: The End of a Broken Judicial System

February 14, 2017

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

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

February 24, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 08) HaShem is the ultimate Healer

February 10, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

12th PRINCIPLE: Who qualifies to be considered the Jewish Messiah?

February 9, 2016

11th PRINCIPLE: Divine Justice: who, when, where and how?

February 4, 2016

The 13 principles of the Jewish Faith. # 2. God is...

November 10, 2011

13 PRINCIPLES: Why do we Jews believe in God?

October 20, 2015

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

JEWISH WEDDING

The ring

June 18, 2015

The financial obligations of a Jewish husband

June 23, 2015

TESHUBA

VIDUY: ‘Confessing our sins’ is the deepest admission.

August 23, 2010

TESHUBA: What’s in a word?

August 16, 2010

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

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

June 27, 2022

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

June 24, 2022

ISRAEL

The absurdity of UNRWA

February 11, 2024

Great News About Hamas!

February 24, 2025

VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL: What is the world waiting for?

May 7, 2021

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

June 26, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 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

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

July 29, 2022

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Giving the benefit of the doubt…when we should not

May 1, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: Giving the benefit of the doubt, unlimited

April 30, 2015