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

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NOACH: Noah’s Ark, 2026 Edition

Yosef Bitton - October 16, 2026

NOACH: The Discovery of Death

Yosef Bitton - October 16, 2026

SUMMARY OF PARASHAT NOACH

Yosef Bitton - October 16, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon and the Ashkenazi community of Cairo

Yosef Bitton - May 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Caro (1458-1535), from Toledo to Yerushalayim

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Ben Attar (1696- 1743) and the power of the Grandparents

Yosef Bitton - January 27, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - August 24, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Benveniste (1603-1674) and the false Messiah Shabbetai Zevi

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo ibn Verga (ca. 1460-1540) and “La vara de Yehuda”

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

The Importance of Haroset for Maimonides

April 5, 2020

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

June 28, 2016

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

November 28, 2016

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Socialization or strategic planning?

November 14, 2016

AMIDA

Kavana: Understanding the meaning

April 13, 2010

AMIDA, TENTH BERAKHA: Jewish People or Jewish Religion?

February 13, 2017

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 03), the limits of our understanding

January 29, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: Understanding Rabbinical Laws

January 28, 2016

The Tenth Principle: God knows everything.

August 9, 2012

5th PRINCIPLE: Praying exclusively to HaShem

January 11, 2016

12th PRINCIPLE : what do we know about the messianic times?

February 15, 2016

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

SHUSHBINIM: When your friends paid for the wedding

July 30, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:2 When the King repents

August 28, 2013

TESHUBA: Obstacles, on the way to repentance

September 3, 2015

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

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

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

June 26, 2022

ISRAEL

MATTOT – MAS’E: Tora and Human Sacrifices

July 25, 2025

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Embracing Jerusalem’s Chaos

January 23, 2026

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

June 26, 2026

KI TETSE: To Wait or Not to Wait for the Mashiach?

August 21, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

My most favorite Mishna

May 4, 2026

Pirqe Abot 1:7, friendship and second-hand smoke

April 10, 2013