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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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Forgotten Giants III

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

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David Pardo (1718-1790)

Yosef Bitton - May 16, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 22, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Berab (1474-1546) and the renewal of Rabbinic ordination

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

The last words of Isaac de Castro Tartas (1623-1647)

Yosef Bitton - February 10, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan (1808-1863)

Yosef Bitton - June 19, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825–1882) the Sephardic pioneer of Tora UMada.

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Isaac Delouya (d.ca. 1572)

Yosef Bitton - January 8, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020

April 7, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

June 28, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and genetic diseases

August 31, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Killing vs Mudering

June 25, 2014

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not be superstitious”

July 11, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 17) Prayers or sacrifices?

June 9, 2014

AMIDA: God, open my lips….

January 20, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE: The Tora is from Heaven

June 21, 2012

Everything you always wanted to know about the Messiah…

August 8, 2022

The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith: # 5: Praying directly and...

January 31, 2012

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

JEWISH WEDDING

The bridal gown

July 2, 2012

The “best man” or shushbinim

July 30, 2012

TESHUBA

ROSH CHODESH ELUL: The process of Teshuba

August 11, 2010

VIDUY: Specific and personalized.

August 26, 2010

VIDEO

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

November 22, 2017

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 26, 2022

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 6) and a Jewish State in 1564

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

KORACH: How Do You Measure Victory in the Middle East?

June 27, 2025

BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

May 29, 2025

KING DAVID’S JERUSALEM

January 23, 2026

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Israel’s Treasures Under The Sea

July 15, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 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

PIRQE ABOT 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: Giving the benefit of the doubt, unlimited

April 30, 2015