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Sephardic Learning Online
In my recent post on religion and children's toys, I noted that orthodox Jews have taken advantage of and adapted technology. A great example of this is the wealth of Jewish learning available online in both audio and video formats. In this post, I focus in particular on some of my favorite Sephardic resources that are available online.
The first section (classics texts) highlights classic Sephardic authors and their works. Since many of these texts are now fundamental to the Jewish canon in general, some of the people leading the classes are not themselves Sephardic, though their insights are still great and inspiring! The second section (classes) are by Sephardic Rabbis today. Do you know of a fabulous audio or video class that I have missed? Let me know in the comments and I will add it!
Classic Texts from the Sephardic Tradition
Rabbi Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Chovot HaLevavot (Duties of the Heart)
Rabbi Simcha B. Cohen @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Ezra Zafrani @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi David Cohen @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi David Sutton @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (the Rambam), Mishneh Torah - Hilchos Teshuvah (Laws of Repentance)
Classes on Hilchos Teshuvah @ Yad Avraham
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (the Rambam), Thirteen Principles of Faith
Aliza Bulow @ A Bite of Torah
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (the Rambam), Fundamentals
Rabbi Dov Yitzchak @ Yeshiva B'nai Noach
Rabbi Moses Cordovero (the Ramak), Tomer Devorah (The Palm Tree of Devorah)
Classes on The Palm Tree of Devorah @ Yad Avraham
Aliza Bulow @ A Bite of Torah
Rabbi Jacob ibn Habib, Ein Yaakov
Yechave Daat @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), Mesilat Yesharim
Rabbi Mansour @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi David Sutton @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Yaakov Hillel @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Avigdor Miller @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Simcha Cohen @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Joseph Tawil @ LearnTorah.org
Classes on Mesilat Yesharim @ Yad Avraham
Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), Derech Hashem
Rabbi Jonathan Rietti @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Joseph Tawil @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Kenneth Brodkin @ Yeshiva B'nai Noach
Classes on Derech Hashem @ Yad Avraham
Derech Hashem phone series by Aliza Bulow @ A Bite of Torah
Rabino Guidon @ MajonOra/YouTube (Parte 4; Parte 5; Parte 6; Parte 7) [Spanish]
Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), The Knowing Heart
Classes on The Knowing Heart @ Yad Avraham
Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), The Ways of Reason
Rabbi Miterhoff @ YouTube/HaTalmud.org. Video 1; Video 2; Video 3
General Kabbalah
Rabbi Jonathan Rietti @ LearnTorah.org
Kabbalah Channel @ TV for Torah
Classes by Sephardic Rabbis
Rabbi David Sutton @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Eli Mansour @ LearnTorah.org
Chacham Ovadia Yosef @ LearnTorah.org [Hebrew]
Rabbi Duvi BenSoussan @ LearnTorah.org
More speakers @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Shlomo Truzman, Torah Studies @ Yeshiva B'nai Noach
Torah Learning in Spanish (not inherently Sephardic, but still useful!)
Rabbi Lashak @ LearnTorah.org
Rabbi Lashak @ the OU
Majon Ora @ YouTube