Yosef Bittón
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Born | Argentina |
Alma mater | Yeshiva University, Ben Gurion, Bar-Ilan and Emory |
Occupation | Chief Rabbi, Author[1][2] |
Known for | Former Chief Rabbi of Uruguay[3][4] |
Notable work | Awesome Creation,[5][3][4] Bereshit[2] |
Yosef Bittón is an Argentinian-born community rabbi and the former Chief Rabbi of Uruguay.[3][4][2][6][7]
Personal life
Yosef Bitton is half Syrian, half Moroccan as his grandparents came from Tetouan, Morocco and Damascus, Syria. He was born in Argentina to Argentinian parents.[6][5]
Career
Bitton received his ordination from Israel's Rabbinate and Dayanut ordination from Rabbi Obadiah Yosef.[8] Yosef Bitton furthered his career by pursuing academic studies at Yeshiva University as well as at Ben Gurion, Bar-Ilan and Emory.[3][4][6][9][10] Yosef Bitton spent above 25 years as a community rabbi in Buenos Aires, Montevideo in the Mashadi community of Great Neck NY and is currently the rabbi of the Ohel David and Shlomo congregation of Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.[3][4][2][6][10]
As an author, Bitton's book Awesome creation[11] received coverage in multiple sources.[4][2][12][13] The daily email of his website, halakha of the day, reaches 48,000 readers every day.[14]
References
- ↑ "HebrewBooks.org Sefer Detail: Después de la vida -- Bittón, Iosef". www.hebrewbooks.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Shemot: Los comienzos del antisemitismo". Radiojai.com.ar. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Rabbi Bitton". Halakha of the day. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rab Yosef Bittón | Halaja of the day - Español". Halaja.org. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- 1 2 Editorial (19 June 2013). "Charismatic Rabbi Takes Reins of Manhattan Beach Synagogue". BIBLE STUDY & HOLIDAYS. Jewish Image Magazine.
- 1 2 3 4 Resnick, Elliot (7 September 2013). "'Modern Science Is Discovering What The Torah Said Thousands Of Years Ago': An Interview with Rabbi Yosef Bitton". The Jewish Press.
- ↑ "Entrevista al rabino Iosef Bitton: Judaismo y Ciencia". serjudio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ "Rabbi Yosef Bitton". aishcom. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ "Rabbi Yosef Bitton". www.ohelds.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- 1 2 "Tres Midrashim, cosmologia y astrofisica". masuah.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ "Awesome Creation-Gefen Publishing House". www.gefenpublishing.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ "Soon after Creation, the flood: Is there a link? - The Jewish Star". www.thejewishstar.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ "Visita del Rabbi Yosef Bitton - Belgrano - Campus Virtual ORT". campus.belgrano.ort.edu.ar. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ "ISRAEL: Lo que vio Isaias | Halaja of the day - Español". halaja.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
External links
- Halakha of the day - by Yosef Bitton
- Halaja - by Yosef Bitton