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

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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

BALAQ: Maimonides, Bil’am & Lord Voldemort

Yosef Bitton - August 17, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - March 14, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Caro (1458-1535), from Toledo to Yerushalayim

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 1, 2017

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Ribbi Abraham Eben Ezra (1089-1164): Tora and Mathematics

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Meir (1856-1939) First Sephardic Chief Rabbi Of Israel

Yosef Bitton - August 24, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

A journey to the heart of Ribbi Yehuda haLevi (1075-1140)

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?

April 5, 2022

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

Egypt and the Zoo. By Shemuel Bitton

January 17, 2019

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: The two aspects of Shabbat.

July 20, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and genetic diseases

August 31, 2016

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”

July 5, 2016

FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Honoring our parents, in special circumstances

August 25, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, FOURTEENTH BERAKHA: Jerusalem, a city and its soul

February 22, 2017

AMIDA (berakha 14), Yerushalayim, a city and its soul

February 25, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 02) God’s powers and Evolution theory

January 23, 2014

AMIDA, THIRTEENTH BERAKHA: Protect those who protect us

February 22, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

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

February 15, 2016

The 13 principles of Judaism: 3. God does not have a...

December 7, 2011

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

January 24, 2012

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

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

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

Gold, silver, and stones

June 18, 2012

The KETUBA and the shirt on the husband’s shoulders

June 24, 2015

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 4:2 When the King repents

August 28, 2013

HILKHOT TESHUBA 5:3: Free will and human progress

August 25, 2015

VIDEO

Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in 2017?

November 22, 2017

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 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

ISRAEL

What did Zekharia see?

April 20, 2023

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

June 30, 2023

KING DAVID’S JERUSALEM

January 23, 2026

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

One step down

January 30, 2012

SEGULOT

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

The Secret to Finding Your Soulmate (shiddukh)

January 12, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

4. The beginning of the rebellion against Rome (44-60 CE)

July 29, 2022

HATSORI: The Perfume of the Messiah

May 4, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions

May 18, 2016

PIRQE ABOT: Understanding the concept of benefit of the doubt

April 29, 2015