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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 Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Menashe ben Israel (1604-1657) the most famous Jew in the world

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shimon Duran (1361-1444) and his commentary to Pirqe about

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

A journey to the heart of Ribbi Yehuda haLevi (1075-1140)

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia Yosef and the power of Halakhic leniency

Yosef Bitton - October 10, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon and the Ashkenazi community of Cairo

Yosef Bitton - May 23, 2018

Forgotten Giants II

Eliyahu Montalto (1567–1616), physician to the King of France

Yosef Bitton - June 10, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan (1846-1908) and the Role of Secular Studies

Yosef Bitton - January 30, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano (d.1611)

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh mi-Modena (Venice 1571–1648)

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

The 3 Most Important Ideas to Discuss at the Seder

March 23, 2018

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account

July 9, 2019

10 COMMANDMENTS

The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?

April 25, 2013

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not be superstitious”

July 11, 2016

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: The way to honoring our parents

August 24, 2016

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

November 28, 2016

AMIDA

Kavana: Understanding the meaning

April 13, 2010

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

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

February 14, 2017

AMIDA, TWELFTH BERAKHA: Protect Us from Treason and Betrayal

February 19, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE 12: When will the Messiah come, according to Maimonides?

January 31, 2013

The 13 Principles: # 12: The Mashiah

November 1, 2012

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

January 3, 2013

8th PRINCIPLE: Understanding Rabbinical Laws

January 28, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

JEWISH WEDDING

The witnesses of the KETUBA

June 25, 2015

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

TESHUBA

SELIHOT and our awakenings

September 5, 2016

TESHUBA: Being your own judge… and declaring yourself guilty

August 19, 2010

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

IF YOU LOVE ME READ MY MIND West Deal Syn. June...

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 6) and a Jewish State in 1564

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

Understanding the Never-Ending Palestinian Conflict

March 1, 2025

ISRAEL 2023: Where can you find God?

June 23, 2023

President Trump’s Plan For Gaza

September 29, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court and the Upcoming Judicial Reform

January 17, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016