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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

Emmanuel Hai Ricci (1688-1743)

Yosef Bitton - June 13, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 23, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant

Yosef Bitton - February 20, 2022

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon and the Ashkenazi community of Cairo

Yosef Bitton - May 23, 2018

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - May 26, 2011

Forgotten Giants III

Rabbi Yishma’el haCohen (1723-1811)

Yosef Bitton - July 12, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ya’aqob Ibn Habib (1460-1516)

Yosef Bitton - October 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

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

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Shaul haLevi Mortera (1596-1660)

Yosef Bitton - May 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 11, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - August 5, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - January 15, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yehuda Bibas vs. the reform movement (1776-1852)

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The Forgotten Ingredient of the Haroset

April 5, 2020

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

March 9, 2026

Egypt and the Zoo. By Shemuel Bitton

January 17, 2019

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Boundaries in Relating to the Opposite Sex

November 15, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not commit adultery

November 7, 2016

NINTH COMMANDMENT: How to Run Your Business by The Book

November 29, 2016

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

May 30, 2013

AMIDA

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

January 26, 2017

AMIDA (Berakha 18). Mastering the art of gratitude

June 24, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance

February 4, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 17) Prayers or sacrifices?

June 9, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

The Tenth Principle: God knows everything.

August 9, 2012

13 PRINCIPLES: Why do we Jews believe in God?

October 20, 2015

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

February 15, 2016

The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.

October 25, 2012

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

BERESHIT: What was God’s last creation?

September 21, 2021

JEWISH WEDDING

Fasting on the wedding day

August 6, 2012

The witnesses of the KETUBA

June 25, 2015

TESHUBA

SELIHOT: Training for a Marathon day

August 8, 2013

Rosh Chodesh Elul

August 31, 2011

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

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

November 22, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 5) and Yosef Nasi, Lord of Tiberias

May 16, 2017

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

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

May 29, 2025

What did Ezekiel see?

April 25, 2023

My opinion on Israel and the end of democracy

March 13, 2023

SHIDUKHIM

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

The best age to get married

July 5, 2015

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

A Simple Formula for Getting Rich

January 16, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

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

July 29, 2022

POST 9 AB: The delicate balance between mourning and celebration

July 24, 2018

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Who wants to be a Hasid?

April 27, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: Understanding the concept of benefit of the doubt

April 29, 2015