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SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

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

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

Yosef Bitton - July 29, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Abraham Cuenca (1867-1937)

Yosef Bitton - June 12, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis 

Yosef Bitton - May 14, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Who taught rabbi Obadia Yosef?

Yosef Bitton - October 8, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) builds a Bet haMiqdash

Yosef Bitton - February 18, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135-1204), Sultan Saladin’s Personal Physician

Yosef Bitton - June 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)

Yosef Bitton - August 8, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2018

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Hayim haCohen (1585-1655) and the pirates who stole books

Yosef Bitton - April 25, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Almosnino (Greece 1515-1580)

Yosef Bitton - July 24, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

Yosef Bitton - June 25, 2020

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yehuda Moscato (1530-1593) and the Cuzary

Yosef Bitton - April 26, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - January 2, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)

Yosef Bitton - February 12, 2014

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Yishma’el haCohen (1723-1811)

Yosef Bitton - July 12, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

Why Four Cups?

March 30, 2024

For the merit of virtuous women the children of Israel were...

March 5, 2018

Why Haroset? Four Answers

April 5, 2020

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: What is the First Commandment really saying?

June 30, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

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

May 30, 2013

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew

July 12, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA, EIGHTH BERAKHA: A Prayer for Good Health and Healing

February 8, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

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

February 25, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King

February 6, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

The 13 Principles: # 3 God does not have a body...

January 9, 2012

Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory

August 23, 2021

The 13 Principles: # 12: The Mashiah

November 1, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

List of the Sheba Berakhot

February 11, 2008

The day of the Wedding: Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions

June 30, 2015

TESHUBA

HILKHOT TESHUBA 1:1: to be or not to be specific?

August 16, 2013

HILKHOT TESHUBA 2:10: Unilateral forgiveness

August 30, 2012

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

Creation and Big Bang

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 26, 2022

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

June 25, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA (Part 4) and the Jewish Boycott against Ancona, Italy

June 27, 2022

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

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva

April 23, 2025

BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

May 29, 2025

איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?

July 7, 2024

JERUSALEM AND THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS

January 23, 2026

SHIDUKHIM

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 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

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

My most favorite Mishna

May 4, 2026

Mi Casa Es Tu Casa

May 22, 2014