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Ten Traits of a Truly Happy Person

Yosef Bitton - August 3, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

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

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 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 Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Recommended classic Jewish books

Yosef Bitton - May 28, 2019

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711

Yosef Bitton - October 17, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Maran Rabbi Yosef Caro (1488-1575)

Yosef Bitton - October 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbenu Bahiya Ibn Paquda (1045-1120) and the duties of the heart

Yosef Bitton - June 16, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

Forgotten Giants III

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Rabbi Hayim Carigal (1732-1777) and Yale University

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Tips to avoid a boring Seder

April 10, 2025

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

Singing the Hallel in Yerushalayim

March 9, 2025

SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt

January 1, 2026

10 COMMANDMENTS

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

February 3, 2020

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

July 14, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Socialization or strategic planning?

November 14, 2016

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: One God vs. Moral relativism

June 20, 2013

AMIDA

SECOND BERAKHA: God’s Power To Heal

January 24, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 17) Prayers or sacrifices?

June 9, 2014

AMIDA, FIRST BERAKHA: How does God protect Israel?

January 23, 2017

Understanding the Amida (2nd Berakha)

October 12, 2010

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

5th PRINCIPLE: Praying exclusively to HaShem

January 11, 2016

The 13 Principles of Judaism: # 10. God knows everything.

October 18, 2012

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

May 3, 2012

The 13 principles: # 12: The prerequisites for the Jewish Messiah

November 8, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

HUPA: Why the ring?

June 11, 2012

The Seven Days of Celebration

June 16, 2011

TESHUBA

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 3, 2014

Teshuba and Jiminy the cricket

September 22, 2013

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 24, 2022

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

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

ISRAEL

Who doesn’t want a ceasefire in Gaza?

November 5, 2023

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

SHELACH LEKHA: Defeatism and the Jews

July 15, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Challenge of Fasting in Israel

July 4, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

One step down

January 30, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 29, 2022

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Mi Casa Es Tu Casa

May 22, 2014

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016