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

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GOOD NEWS: Robots in the Israeli army

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

SHOFETIM: The Dreamer of Dreams who Once Visited My Community

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Abohab (Spain, 14th Century)

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - June 6, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’aqob Sasportas (1610-1698)

Yosef Bitton - January 1, 2014

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - February 19, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Eliyahu Hazan: The first Sephardic Bat-Mitzva

Yosef Bitton - February 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Alqabets (1500-1580), author of Lekha Dodi

Yosef Bitton - August 12, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2014

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Shemuel Laniado (1530-1610) and the pearls beneath the fish

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - October 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

The 3 Most Important Ideas to Discuss at the Seder

March 23, 2018

JEWS IN EGYPT: From Prosperity to Slavery

April 2, 2020

Egypt and the Zoo. By Shemuel Bitton

January 17, 2019

10 COMMANDMENTS

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not murder and organ donation

September 1, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. Fidelity, and modern society (Part 1).

November 10, 2016

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew

July 12, 2016

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

February 11, 2020

AMIDA

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

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

February 9, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

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

January 26, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

12th PRINCIPLE : what do we know about the messianic times?

February 15, 2016

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

January 27, 2016

The principles of Jewish Faith: # 4 “(Only) God is eternal”...

January 24, 2012

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

October 18, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

The age of the Earth, according to the book of Job

October 17, 2022

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

The ring

June 18, 2015

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

TESHUBA

SELIHOT and our awakenings

September 5, 2016

TESHUBA, in front of a camera

September 3, 2014

VIDEO

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

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 25, 2022

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

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

June 26, 2022

ISRAEL

MATTOT – MAS’E: Tora and Human Sacrifices

July 25, 2025

CLASS: Identifying God in times of war

December 26, 2023

Rafiah or Negotiating with Hamas?

May 1, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Western Wall and Aladdin’s Lamp Syndrome

June 30, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

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

July 29, 2026

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The Benefits of Physical Activity, According to Maimonides

January 5, 2017

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash

August 19, 2019

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

Giving the benefit of the doubt…when we should not

May 1, 2015

PIRQE ABOT 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015