Yosef Bittón

Yosef Bittón is an Argentinian-born community rabbi and the former Chief Rabbi of Uruguay.[3][4][2][6][7]

Yosef Bitton
Born
Argentina
Alma materYeshiva University, Ben Gurion, Bar-Ilan and Emory
OccupationChief Rabbi, Author[1][2]
Known forFormer Chief Rabbi of Uruguay[3][4]
Notable work
Awesome Creation,[5][3][4] Bereshit[2]

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, New York, and is currently the rabbi of the Ohel David & 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 subscribers.[14]

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gollark: IIRC there are broad laws about "disturbing the peace" and something something terrorism, so they can do things.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Obviously not.
gollark: Are you aware of current work on automating art/writing?

References
  1. "HebrewBooks.org Sefer Detail: Después de la vida -- Bittón, Iosef". www.hebrewbooks.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  2. "Shemot: Los comienzos del antisemitismo". Radiojai.com.ar. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. "Rabbi Bitton". Halakha of the day. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  4. "Rab Yosef Bittón | Halaja of the day - Español". Halaja.org. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  5. Editorial (19 June 2013). "Charismatic Rabbi Takes Reins of Manhattan Beach Synagogue". BIBLE STUDY & HOLIDAYS. Jewish Image Magazine.
  6. 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.
  7. "Entrevista al rabino Iosef Bitton: Judaismo y Ciencia". serjudio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  8. "Rabbi Yosef Bitton". aishcom. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  9. "Rabbi Yosef Bitton". www.ohelds.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  10. "Tres Midrashim, cosmologia y astrofisica". masuah.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  11. "Awesome Creation-Gefen Publishing House". www.gefenpublishing.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  12. "Soon after Creation, the flood: Is there a link? - The Jewish Star". www.thejewishstar.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  13. "Visita del Rabbi Yosef Bitton - Belgrano - Campus Virtual ORT". campus.belgrano.ort.edu.ar. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  14. "ISRAEL: Lo que vio Isaias | Halaja of the day - Español". halaja.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
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