Halakha of the Day | Halakha and Jewish history accessible to all – By Rabbi Yosef Bitton

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ROSH HASHANA: How Close Are You to the Palace?

Yosef Bitton - September 10, 2026

NITSABIM: How do You Say “Zionism” in Biblical Hebrew?

Yosef Bitton - August 28, 2026

GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711

Yosef Bitton - October 17, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

The Leadership of Rabbi Obadia Yosef z”l

Yosef Bitton - October 9, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953)

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 2, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shemuel de Medina, head of the Yeshiba of Salonica (1505-1589)

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Benveniste (1603-1674) and the false Messiah Shabbetai Zevi

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Arama (1420-1494) and the Spanish inquisition

Yosef Bitton - November 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Saba (1440-1508) and the Island of Alligators

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo ibn Verga (ca. 1460-1540) and “La vara de Yehuda”

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’akob Hajez (1620-1674)

Yosef Bitton - July 31, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Abulafia (1830-1910) and the Education of the Jews of Damascus

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

Singing the Hallel in Yerushalayim

March 9, 2025

Slavery, Mud and Straws

April 17, 2019

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew

July 12, 2016

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Boundaries in Relating to the Opposite Sex

November 15, 2016

Third Commandment: You shall not “carry” the name of God in...

October 3, 2013

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and genetic diseases

August 31, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, THIRD BERAKHA: How Much Can We Know About God?

January 26, 2017

AMIDA (berakha 13) Take care of those who take care of...

February 24, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 11) All you need is love

February 20, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

13 PRINCIPLES: How many idols did Abraham destroy?

November 10, 2015

Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory

August 23, 2021

12th PRINCIPLE: When is the Messiah supposed to come?

February 16, 2016

13 PRINCIPLES: Monotheism vs. Syncrethysm

November 3, 2015

SCIENCE AND TORA

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

The ancient origins of the Jewish wedding ceremony

June 15, 2015

Guidelines for wedding Ceremony

March 10, 2008

TESHUBA

7 LEVELS OF TESHUBA: Is It Ever Too Late to Repent?...

September 11, 2017

HILKHOT TESHUBA 3:14 Maimonides on Bullying

August 26, 2013

VIDEO

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

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

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

May 16, 2017

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

June 24, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

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

June 26, 2022

ISRAEL

UNRWA: What sets Palestinian refugees apart from all other refugees in...

February 8, 2024

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

August 17, 2026

Hanukka, Gaza, and the Miracle of October 7th

January 11, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

SEGULOT

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

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 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: Who is wise?

May 18, 2017