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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

Rabbi Ya’aqob Yehuda León (1602-1675) and his translation of Tehilim

Yosef Bitton - February 17, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 29, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon: Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Yosef Bitton - January 16, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 27, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928)

Yosef Bitton - December 26, 2012

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Isaac Abendana (1640-1699), professor at Cambridge University

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Meldola (Livorno 1754- London 1828)

Yosef Bitton - November 9, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Isaac Canpanton (1360-1463)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2014

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Yom Tob Tsahalon, Purim and the First Book Ever Printed In Israel

Yosef Bitton - March 5, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - August 24, 2023

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib and the rabbinical ordination debate

Yosef Bitton - September 29, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 14, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Nahum (1872-1960)

Yosef Bitton - November 21, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Tam ibn Yahia (1475-1542) and the fire in Constantinopla

Yosef Bitton - May 27, 2015

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto (1565-1648), rabbi of Damascus, Siria.

Yosef Bitton - January 7, 2015

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

Why Four Cups?

March 30, 2024

Why do we recline at the Seder?

April 3, 2022

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and homicide

August 30, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Socialization or strategic planning?

November 14, 2016

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: Shabbat, what I want vs. what I need.

July 18, 2016

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

October 3, 2013

AMIDA

AMIDA, FOURTH BERAKHA: The Miracle of Human Intelligence

January 30, 2017

AMIDA: God, open my lips….

January 20, 2014

Understanding the 1st berakha of the Amida

October 5, 2010

AMIDA (Berakha 09) , “Make us rich… but save us...

February 13, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

12th PRINCIPLE: Who qualifies to be considered the Jewish Messiah?

February 9, 2016

The 13 Principles of Judaism: #12: Messianic age.

January 10, 2013

The 13 principles of Jewish faith: # 4 God is eternal...

January 17, 2012

Everything you always wanted to know about the Messiah…

August 8, 2022

SCIENCE AND TORA

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

JEWISH WEDDING

HUPA: Why the ring?

June 11, 2012

The bridal gown

July 2, 2012

TESHUBA

VIDUY: Why should I confess my sins in plural?

August 27, 2010

The original sin and blame displacement

September 8, 2011

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

June 27, 2022

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

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

May 16, 2017

ISRAEL

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

I ❤️ ISRAEL: Bread and Jerusalem

July 7, 2023

The Inexplicable Ceasefire of (June 11th, 1948).

May 5, 2022

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

February 8, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

Rabbis and Shidukhim (finding your spouse)

January 6, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

5. Tisha beAb and the Great Rebellion of 66 (CE)

July 25, 2017

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

March 13, 2026

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome

May 18, 2016

Who Should Say Hello First?

May 23, 2022