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

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Shabechi Yerushalayim (Moreh Sammy Hajibai)

Yosef Bitton - October 26, 2026

Shelach Go’el (Itai Hakimian)

Yosef Bitton - October 26, 2026

LEKH LEKHA: The Other Side of the River

Yosef Bitton - October 24, 2026

Sephardic Rabbis

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Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Raphael Karigal (1732-1777)

Yosef Bitton - June 2, 2011

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - May 12, 2025

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - December 3, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Shelomo Serilio (ca. 1485-1555) and the Talmud of Jerusalem

Yosef Bitton - February 11, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), first rabbi of the Americas

Yosef Bitton - November 19, 2015

Forgotten Giants

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

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)

Yosef Bitton - February 5, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Moshe Alashqar (1466-1542)

Yosef Bitton - November 6, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)

Yosef Bitton - August 1, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi David Messer Leon (1470-1526)

Yosef Bitton - January 22, 2014

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Abraham de Sola (London 1825- NY 1882)

Yosef Bitton - November 16, 2011

Sephardic Rabbis

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

Yosef Bitton - May 9, 2012

Forgotten Giants

Eliyahu Montalto (1567–1616), physician to the King of France

Yosef Bitton - June 10, 2025

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Ya’akob Hajez (1620-1674)

Yosef Bitton - July 31, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Obadia ben Ya’aqob Yosef z”l, 1920-2013

Yosef Bitton - October 7, 2013

Sephardic Rabbis

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

Yosef Bitton - October 21, 2015

Sephardic Rabbis

Rabbi Yishaq ben Walid (1777-1870)

Yosef Bitton - November 14, 2012

Forgotten Giants

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

Yosef Bitton - November 4, 2015

Forgotten Giants

Rabbi Hayim Benveniste (1603-1674) and the false Messiah Shabbetai Zevi

Yosef Bitton - November 2, 2016

THE NIGHT OF THE SEDER

The beginnings of Antisemitism: DEMONIZATION

January 11, 2016

How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?

April 4, 2022

More ideas and educational material for a succesful Seder

April 6, 2017

The Fifth Cup, and Eliyahu haNabi

March 23, 2025

10 COMMANDMENTS

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

July 18, 2016

SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not kill or You Shall not murder?

August 29, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: How to Renew Passion in Your Marriage

November 8, 2016

YITRO: Serving God or Using God?

February 8, 2025

AMIDA

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

February 25, 2014

AMIDA (Berakha 19) The blessing of Peace

June 30, 2014

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

February 13, 2014

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

January 23, 2014

THE 13 PRINCIPLES

8th PRINCIPLE: Understanding Rabbinical Laws

January 28, 2016

8th PRINCIPLE: The Divine origin of the Oral Tradition

January 20, 2016

The 13 Principles of Judaism: # 10. God knows everything.

October 18, 2012

8th PRINCIPLE: Is our Sefer Tora reliable?

January 19, 2016

SCIENCE AND TORA

Two books by the same Author

November 1, 2017

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

October 17, 2022

JEWISH WEDDING

SHUSHBINIM: When your friends paid for the wedding

July 30, 2012

List of the Sheba Berakhot

February 11, 2008

TESHUBA

TESHUBA: What’s in a word?

August 16, 2010

HILKHOT TESHUBA 2:1: Forgiveness and quality of life

August 21, 2013

VIDEO

King Hizqiyah’s Tunnel

December 10, 2017

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

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

June 24, 2022

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

October 12, 2015

ISRAEL

The Six Days of Miracles

May 2, 2021

I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News

June 26, 2026

Great News About Hamas!

February 24, 2025

The Marseille Synagogue that is becoming a Mosque

May 12, 2016

SHIDUKHIM

Choosing your future spouse, with your head and your heart

June 15, 2021

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM: One Step Down

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT FOR SHIDDUKHIM ” Easy going”

July 29, 2026

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

July 29, 2026

SEGULOT

The infallible Segula of Abba Hilqiya

May 3, 2025

The Best Antidote Against Memory Loss

January 9, 2017

BET HAMIQDASH HISTORY

HATSIPOREN: The Perfume of the Sea

May 7, 2018

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

July 29, 2022

PIRQUE ABOT

PIRQE ABOT 4:22 The afterlife and the library

May 18, 2015

Pirqe Abot, 2:8: Rabbi Magriso on overeating

May 14, 2014