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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

The Week of Tisha BeAv: Laws and Customs

Yosef Bitton - July 19, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515)

Yosef Bitton - November 13, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - June 18, 2020

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - November 27, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573) and the Ethiopian Jews

Yosef Bitton - February 23, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Menashe Setton (ca. 1810-1876)

Yosef Bitton - July 2, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca (1867-1937) And The Hebron Massacre Of 1929

Yosef Bitton - January 18, 2021

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)

Yosef Bitton - December 10, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

The Last Days of Maimonides

Yosef Bitton - July 1, 2020

FORGOTTEN GIANTS 3

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

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2016

Sephardic Rabbis

Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)

Yosef Bitton - May 29, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Hayim Habib (1882-1945)

Yosef Bitton - May 21, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 30, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)

Yosef Bitton - November 7, 2012

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573)

Yosef Bitton - November 20, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - February 15, 2012

Forgotten Giants III

Emmanuel Hai Ricci (1688-1743)

Yosef Bitton - June 13, 2012

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)

Yosef Bitton - May 8, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia Yosef and the power of Halakhic leniency

Yosef Bitton - October 10, 2013

Forgotten Giants II

Rabbi Ya’aqob Sasportas (1610-1698)

Yosef Bitton - January 1, 2014

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

A Powerful Lesson From the Maror

April 5, 2023

What does the word Pesach really mean?

March 27, 2020

TALKING POINTS FOR THE SEDER

April 8, 2025

The Role of Women in the Exodus Story

March 5, 2021

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

October 3, 2013

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf

July 4, 2016

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: Thou shalt not misrepresent Me

July 13, 2016

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: Abortion and homicide

August 30, 2016

AMIDA

AMIDA (berakha 16) Please, listen (or ignore) my prayer

February 27, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 04), the miracle of intelligent life

January 30, 2014

AMIDA, FIRST BERAKHA: How does God protect Israel?

January 23, 2017

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

February 8, 2017

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

4th Principle: God is Eternal

January 11, 2016

5th PRINCIPLE: Praying exclusively to HaShem

January 11, 2016

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

6th PRINCIPLE: God communicates with prophets

January 16, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

Dinosaurs and the Bible

June 5, 2013

JEWISH WEDDING

HUPA: Why the ring?

June 11, 2012

Gold, silver, and stones

June 18, 2012

TESHUBA

TESHUBA 5:3. I’m what I do in the next 5 minutes

August 31, 2015

TESHUBA: What do people think before dying?

September 2, 2015

VIDEO

Dinosaurs in the Torah? JULY 25, 2017

November 22, 2017

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

JEWISH HISTORY

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

June 26, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 1): Rescuing Jewish refugees from Spain and...

June 24, 2022

NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853

June 9, 2022

ISRAEL

What do we celebrate in Yom HaAtsmaut?

April 21, 2015

BEHAR-BECHUQOTAY: Why Rabbi Teichtal Changed His Mind About Zionism?

May 28, 2024

YOM HAATZMAUT: What did Isaiah see?

April 24, 2025

On Wars and Existential Faith

January 12, 2024

SHIDUKHIM

One step down

January 30, 2012

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

Rabbinical Advice on Shidukhim

January 13, 2012

Dating and Lashon haRa

December 13, 2011

SEGULOT

What can we do so HaShem listens to our prayers?

January 2, 2017

The most powerful SEGULA

May 20, 2013

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

Remembering Jerusalem in celebrations and social events

July 26, 2018

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

July 25, 2017

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT: Understanding the concept of benefit of the doubt

April 29, 2015

PIRQE ABOT: The ideal Jew

May 2, 2016