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BEHALOTEKHA: More therapy or more responsibilities?

Yosef Bitton - June 5, 2026

BEHAALOTEKHA: The anxiety of having it all

Yosef Bitton - June 5, 2026

NASO: Sotah and the Art of Marital Fidelity

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shelomo Oliveyra (1635-1708) and the importance of learning Hebrew

Yosef Bitton - March 9, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yom Tob Tsahalon, Purim and the First Book Ever Printed In Israel

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide

Yosef Bitton - January 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711

Yosef Bitton - October 17, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Isaac Chayim haCohen Cantarini (Padua 1644-1723)

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2012

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

The Importance of Haroset for Maimonides

April 5, 2020

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”

July 5, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Killing vs Mudering

June 25, 2014

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: God exists or God is in charge?

May 30, 2013

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 04), the miracle of intelligent life

January 30, 2014

AMIDA, TENTH BERAKHA: Jewish People or Jewish Religion?

February 13, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: The journey from the Written Tora to the halakhic...

January 27, 2016

13 PRINCIPLES: The right way of thinking about God

November 17, 2015

Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory

August 23, 2021

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

May 3, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

Minhaguim of Sheba Berakhot

June 23, 2011

The seven days of celebration

June 30, 2021

TESHUBA

TESHUBA and the 13 Middot. Forgive, to be forgiven

August 20, 2015

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:1-2. Obstacles in the way of Teshuba

August 27, 2013

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

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

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

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 2) and the Spanish Bible of Ferrara

June 25, 2022

ISRAEL

What did Ezekiel see?

April 25, 2023

YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva

April 23, 2025

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

The Pharaoh Of Gaza

December 23, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

The “segula” of Maimonides to enjoy good health

January 4, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Pirqe Abot, 2:8: Rabbi Magriso on overeating

May 14, 2014

PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education

May 3, 2016