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LEKH LEKHA: The Other Side of the River

Yosef Bitton - October 24, 2026

LEKH LEKHA: Lot and House of Your Dreams

Yosef Bitton - October 24, 2026

THIRD TRIAL: Now you see Me, now you don’t

Yosef Bitton - October 24, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 2, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’akob Hajez (1620-1674)

Yosef Bitton - July 31, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Najara (1555-1625) and the Jobar Synagogue

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Capsali 1420-1495

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca (1867-1937) And The Hebron Massacre Of 1929

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Palachi (1788-1869)

Yosef Bitton - November 28, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - April 15, 2015

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), first rabbi of the Americas

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Abraham Antebi (1765-1858) and the earthquake that devastated Aleppo

Yosef Bitton - March 14, 2017

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) builds a Bet haMiqdash

Yosef Bitton - February 18, 2016

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - January 27, 2017

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) and his translation of Tehilim

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account

July 9, 2019

Singing the Hallel in Yerushalayim

March 9, 2025

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

November 28, 2016

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”

July 5, 2016

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

February 11, 2020

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Socialization or strategic planning?

November 14, 2016

AMIDA

SECOND BERAKHA: God’s Power To Heal

January 24, 2017

AMIDA (berakha 16) Please, listen (or ignore) my prayer

February 27, 2014

AMIDA, NINTH BERAKHA: The Benefits and Risks of Material Abundance

February 9, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE 11: God is just

August 16, 2012

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 4 God is eternal...

January 17, 2012

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

THE 13 PRINCIPLES. # 7. Moshe reached the highest level of...

May 17, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

JEWISH WEDDING

THE RING: Why plain, why gold, and why no stones?

June 18, 2012

Do the bride and groom fast on their wedding day?

August 6, 2012

TESHUBA

TESHUBA: Being your own judge… and declaring yourself guilty

August 19, 2010

ELUL: How Can You Tell That You Are Awake?

August 13, 2018

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

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

June 26, 2022

The Two Rabbis Who Gave America the Weekend

July 10, 2026

ISRAEL

Illustration: an armored vehicle at night in front of a house with a lit doorway, and three figures walking toward it

SIPUR GEBURA: Elhanan, the Hero Who Came Down from the Mountains

October 5, 2026

KORACH: How to Lose a War in the Middle East

June 19, 2026

ISRAEL: Check to Iran

April 15, 2024

החזירו אותם הביתה או שלח את עמי?

August 25, 2025

SHIDUKHIM

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

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Understanding the concept of benefit of the doubt

April 29, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016