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Safed

Photo of the Day

The Rav and the Reservists

By Photo of the Day

Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu dances with IDF Reserve soldiers on Sukkot up north.

Where Am I

Where Am I: High on the Mountain

By Jewish Press Staff

Almost the highest community in Israel.

Health and Medicine

Israeli Boy Hospitalized with Suspected Brain-Eating Amoeba

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The boy is sedated and on a respirator at Ziv Medical Center in Safed.

Photo of the Day

Don't Mess with Tzfat

By Photo of the Day

The Tzfat Kitat Konenut trains for to repel the enemy.

Israel / History / News Briefs

500-Year-Old Letter Offers Rare Look into the Life of Legendary Kabbalist

By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom

The sixteenth-century missive, found in the binding of another old volume, seeks to enlist Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi’s support in raising money for the Jews of the Holy Land.

Israel / History / Archaeology

400-Year-Old Shopping Mall, Oldest Terror Tunnel in Israel Uncovered in North

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Tzfat was considered a major city for commercial and cultural activities with ties to the Jewish communities in Damascus, Aleppo and all Mediterranean cities.

Photo of the Day

Beniyahu Ben Yehoyada

By Photo of the Day

The tomb of Beniyahu Ben Yehoyada.

Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon

Lebanon Earthquake Felt in Tsfat

By Jewish Press News Desk

On the Israeli chat boards it set off a series of jokes about spillovers from Lebanon, Hezbollah tunnel digging, and Cholent.

Video of the Day

Palestinians are a Thorn

By Video of the Day

The singer describes the "Palestinians" as thorns in throat of the Zionist, which parallels and interesting line from the Torah.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Police Charges Five Hilltop Youth with Arson of Church at the Kinneret

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The suspects belonged to an infrastructure that tried to disrupt the May 2014 visit of Pope Francis.

Israel / News Briefs

Safed Rabbi Arrested for Alleged Rape

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police Thursday morning arrested a rabbi from Safed (Tzfat) whom a woman said raped her after giving her spiritual guidance several years ago. A second woman filed a complaint Wednesday night. The allegations were presented to rabbis in Tzfat last month, and rabbinical leaders, including Safed's Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, asked the alleged rapist to […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religion / Judaism

US Entrepreneur Turns Kosher Vodka into Spiritual Experience

By Kosher Today

His mission was to have vodka produces from the seven species of the land of Israel - figs, dates, pomegranate, wheat, barley, olive and grapes.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Science and Tech

12-Year Old Injured Syrian Boy Escapes to Israel on Donkey for Medical Treatment

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

A 12-year-old Syrian boy with injuries to his arms, leg, and eyes, was carried by donkey, and brought to Israel for medical treatment by his brother...

Israel / News Briefs

Vandals Attack Christian Village near Safed

By JTA

Israeli vandals slashed the tires of 40 cars and trucks and sprayed a hate message was sprayed on a wall in a Christian village near Safed (Tzfat) late Wednesday night or Thursday morning, the second attack apparently aimed at Christians in one week. The message sprayed on a wall of the Jish village read “Only […]

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey / Judaism

Mini-Forest to be Planted in Tel Aviv on Tu B’Shvat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Traditionalists can still plant trees in events throughout the country sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

Israel / News Briefs

Weekend Snow Update: Jerusalem Lock-down, Blackouts, and Lots of Snow (+ Photos)

By Shalom Bear

The massive snow storm knocked out electricity, and shut down the main highways to Jerusalem.

News Briefs

Syrian Patients Return to Fighting after Treatment in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Poriya, a Tiberias hospital, has joined Safed’s Ziv Medical Center as well as Israeli hospitals in the Western Galilee and in Nahariya in treating casualties of the ongoing Syrian civil war. One Syrian patient, suffering from moderate leg injuries, arrived at the Tiberias hospital for treatment on Monday, Israel Hayom reported. So far, the hospital […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Deny Israel’s Existence and You Can Win $100 (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA puts its money where its mouth is, at least, when it talks to Arabs and not John Kerry. A PA TV program offers Arabs $100 to identify a city in “Palestine” mentioned in the Book of Jonah. Ashdod? Right.

United with Israel

The Jewish Mystical City of Safed

By Rachel Avraham

Documents found in the Cairo Genizah confirm that a Jewish community lived within Safed from the 13th century.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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