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ask081.txt Rabbi Yosef Karo and Rabbi Chaim Vital were among those who received `Smicha.' Besides its past, Safed has an illustrious future: According to the Zohar, the dead will rise and gather in Safed, there the Mashiach will reveal himself to the world, and together they will march to Jerusalem! During one 50 year period in the 16th century, Safed's sages reinstituted `Smicha' -- the official Rabbinic ordination that began with Moses and disappeared after the second Temple. Rabbi Avraham Azulai, the 17th century Kabbalist, writes that its refined air predestined Safed as the best place in Israel [excluding Jerusalem] for delving the depths of Torah. www.ohr.org.il /ask/ask081.txt

1927 Earthquake in Israel Ancient Safed, Gush-Halav (Jish), Ein Zeitun and Reina are all situated on the slopes of steep hills, as was a large part of Lubya Sejera was situated on a gentle slope and partially on the floor of a valley (wadi). Safed, Ein Zeitun, Jish, and Reina which suffered extensive damage were founded on dip slopes consisting of soft bedrock and soil. It was described as being much larger." "We saw (near Safed) rents and cracks in the rocks and earth, though not as large a fissure as at Jish which I examined that morning. zadok.org /research/1927/landslides.html

Article By Pankaj Oudhia A survey was conducted in Safed Moosli fields of different districts of Chhattisgarh. This is the first record of this beetle on Safed Moosli. These beetles were found eating the flowers of Safed Moosli. www.botanical.com /site/column_poudhia/210_herbs&insects.html   (849 words)

The Bible Baptist Trumpet Safed is one of the four holy cities of the Talmud, with Hebron, Tiberias and Jerusalem, and is situated to the NW of the Sea of Galilee on the W. slope of Har Kanaan, at an elevation of 3,330 ft. Little is known of this town, which is not mentioned in the Bible. Around 1100, when it was a Frankish possession, Safed and Galilee belonged to the dominions of the Norman prince Tancred. Nothing is known of Safed from the Talmudic to the Frankish period. www.baptistbibletrumpet.com /trumpet/june99/index.html   (849 words)

CBSNews.com Also commonly known as Zefat, this city first gained importance in the 16th century as the center for Kabbala, the central mystical system in Judaism, although Safed is mentioned as far back as the Roman revolt in A.D. Several important Kabbala scholars including Joseph Caro and Isaac ben Solomon Luria lived and taught in Safed. Jews began to settle in Safed in large numbers at the end of the 13th Century after they were expelled from Spain. The tomb of Rabbi bar Yochai as well as the tombs of the Talmudic sages Hillel and Shammai lie at the top of Mt. Meron. www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/religion/judaism/holy_cities_04.html   (154 words)

[ JewishHistory.com ] 1577: Selim II deports another 500 Safed families. Arab Bedouin and Druze repeatedly raid Safed, causing an exodus of Jews (p. 1576: Sultan Selim II deports 1,000 Jewish families from Safed to Cyprus. jewishhistory.com /jh.php?id=Timeline&content=Timeline   (154 words)

Tzahar - Palm Beach County Partnership 2000 Fifty children spent three weeks in what was called the "rotating" summer day camp meeting alternately in Safed, Hazor and Rosh Pina. Rachel Goldberg, 20, from Boca Raton, Florida was one of four American counselors at the Tzahar (Safed-Hazor-Rosh Pina) - Palm Beach/Bocan Raton kefiada. American Counselors Bring Summer Camp Fun for Hundreds of Israeli Children in Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina www.partner.org.il /tzahar/news-0008-kef.html   (154 words)

Maysoun Amin Hassan Aug 4, 2002 - Maysoun Amin Hassan, 19, of Sajur was one of 9 people killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction in northern Israel. Maysoun Amin Hassan, of the well-known Hassan family from the Druze village of Sajur in the Galilee, was accompanying her older sister Jihan to an admissions exam to the Safed regional college. Egged bus No. 361 left Haifa for Safed at 7:15 Sunday morning. www.israel.org /MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/1/Maysoun+Amin+Hassan.htm   (154 words)

4 Names - Safed, Safad, Zefat, Tzfat - 1 Town in Israel Welcome to the web-site of the ancient city of Safed (also spelled Safed, Zefat, Tsfat, Zfat, Safad, Safes, Safet, Tzfat, etc.). 4 Names - Safed, Safad, Zefat, Tzfat - 1 Town in Israel A rather small town located in Northern Israel, 900 meters (3200 feet) above sea level in the mountains of the Upper Galilee, it commands magnificent views east to the Golan, north to the Hermon and Lebanon, west to Mt. Meron and the Amud Valley, and south to Tiberias and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). www.safed.co.il   (815 words)

CBSNews.com Also commonly known as Zefat, this city first gained importance in the 16th century as the center for Kabbala, the central mystical system in Judaism, although Safed is mentioned as far back as the Roman revolt in A.D. Several important Kabbala scholars including Joseph Caro and Isaac ben Solomon Luria lived and taught in Safed. Jews began to settle in Safed in large numbers at the end of the 13th Century after they were expelled from Spain. The tomb of Rabbi bar Yochai as well as the tombs of the Talmudic sages Hillel and Shammai lie at the top of Mt. Meron. www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/religion/judaism/holy_cities_04.html   (154 words)

Israel: Tzfat (Safed) - one of the Jewish holy cities In this historical part of Tzfat there is a small candle shop, where you can buy hand-made "Safed candles". Tzfat (Safed) - one of the Jewish holy cities Israel: Tzfat (Safed) - one of the Jewish holy cities www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il /~bazlov/israel/safed.html   (154 words)

4 Names - Safed, Safad, Zefat, Tzfat - 1 Town in Israel Welcome to the web-site of the ancient city of Safed (also spelled Safed, Zefat, Tsfat, Zfat, Safad, Safes, Safet, Tzfat, etc.). 4 Names - Safed, Safad, Zefat, Tzfat - 1 Town in Israel A rather small town located in Northern Israel, 900 meters (3200 feet) above sea level in the mountains of the Upper Galilee, it commands magnificent views east to the Golan, north to the Hermon and Lebanon, west to Mt. Meron and the Amud Valley, and south to Tiberias and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). www.safed.co.il   (154 words)

Tiberias --  Encyclopædia Britannica Hebrew Teverya city, northeastern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; one of the four holy cities of Judaism (Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Zefat [Safed]). city, northeastern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; one of the four holy cities of Judaism (Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Zefat [Safed]). Seán Freyne, Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian, 323 B.C.E. to 135 C.E.: A Study of Second Temple Judaism (1980, reissued 1998), is the standard study of the ancient Galilee. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9072381&query=akiba   (154 words)

Articles - Church of St. Peter in Tiberias Tiberias, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed, were considered their "holy cities." A Rabbinic legend held that the Messiah would come forth from the lake, would land in Tiberias, and make his way to Safed, finally establishing his throne on one of the highest mountain peaks in Galilee. It is one of the overlooked "pearls" of Galilee. Tiberias is one of the famous places along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/art/ARTtiber.html   (2012 words)

Miracle in Meron The huge annual bonfire was throwing off heat and smoke, radiating light that could be seen as far away as the streets of Safed and casting shadows on the circle of chassidim and leading members of the community that danced energetically in front of it. Author of the Zohar, buried in Meron, Israel, west of Safed. Written accounts from more than five hundred years ago cite the tradition and the great virtue of attending the tombsite in the village of Meron, situated in the northern Galilee of Israel. www.kabbalaonline.org /Holydays/omer/Miracle_in_Meron.asp   (1477 words)

geography_of_afghanistan.html After the Hindu Kush and the Turkestan mountains, that range which divides Ningrahar (or the valley of ialalabad) from Kurram and the Afridi Tirah, and is called Safed Koh (also the name of the range south of the Hari Rud), is the most important, as it is the most impressive, in Afghanistan. The summer rains that accompany the S.W. monsoon in India, beating along the southern slopes of the Himalaya, travel up the Kabul valley as far as Laghman, though they are more clearly felt in Bajour and Panjkora, under the high spurs of the Hindu Kush, and in the eastern branches of Safed Koh. North of the main water-parting of Afghanistan the broad synclinal plateau into which the Hindu Kush is merged is traversed by the gorges of the Saighan, Bamian and Kamard tributaries of the Kunduz, and farther to the west by the Band-i-Amir or Balkh river. www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geography_of_afghanistan.html   (1477 words)

Articles - Church of St. Peter in Tiberias Tiberias, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed, were considered their "holy cities." A Rabbinic legend held that the Messiah would come forth from the lake, would land in Tiberias, and make his way to Safed, finally establishing his throne on one of the highest mountain peaks in Galilee. Tiberias is one of the famous places along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. During the Jewish War that ended with the destruction of Jerusalem, Tiberias found itself divided into two camps: one favored the revolt, the other was ready to collaborate with the Romans. www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/art/ARTtiber.html   (1477 words)

Tiberias --  Encyclopædia Britannica Hebrew Teverya city, northeastern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; one of the four holy cities of Judaism (Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Zefat [Safed]). city, northeastern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; one of the four holy cities of Judaism (Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Zefat [Safed]). Tiberias, Israel, from the west; in the background, the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights www.britannica.com /eb/article-9072381?tocId=9072381   (1477 words)

Chap Operation Safed Sagar was, indeed, a milestone in the history of military aviation, as this was the first time that air-power was employed in such an environment. The Indian Air Force rewrote its operational doctrine when it launched operation Safed Sagar in support of the Army’s counter-infiltration operations in the high-altitude Dras and Kargil Sectors. The early air power visionaries like Douhet and Mitchell had allowed their concepts to race ahead of technology. mod.nic.in /samachar/oct01-02/html/ch2.htm   (1477 words)

Joseph Caro After Berab left Safed in 1538, Caro was seen as the leader of the Safed scholars. There, he met Jacob Berab who, as part of his plan to reinstitute ordination of judges, rabbis and elders, a practice that had been abandoned for generations, ordained Caro in 1538. He began the Beit Yosef, a commentary on Jacob ben Asher's Arba'ah Turim, in 1522, when he was 34 years old, and finished it 20 years later. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Caro.html   (1477 words)

Daily HALACHA by Rabbi Eli Mansour His principal teacher in Safed was Rabbi Jacob Berab. In 1536, he emigrated to Israel and became the chief rabbi of Safed, an important center of Jewish learning and industry. His son, Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, the author of the Tur, a noted halachic code, cites Rosh's halachic decisions extensively. www.dailyhalacha.com /sources.asp   (1477 words)

Jewish Intellectual History in the Middle Ages - Questia Online Library Earlier ḥavurot might have existed in Safed, such as the "Companions Hearkening to the Voice of the Lord" which is mentioned by R. Moses ben Joseph Trani (the Mabit, 1500- 1580) in the preface to his book Iggeret Derekh haShem, but it is not clear if, indeed, it was a ḥavurah in that same sense. All these were translated into English by Lawrence Fine and may be found in his book Safed Spirituality (New York: Paulist Press, 1984). Rabbi Moses included a considerable amount of kabbalistic material in this book, most of it quotations from the Zohar, and he explains this in the preface by citing the need to explicate the reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot), and to make the practices rooted in the kabbahstic worldview known to the general Jewish public. www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&docId=15635814   (628 words)

Moses Alshech -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article He was taught by Rabbi (additional info and facts about Isaac Luria) Isaac Luria in the city of (additional info and facts about Safed) Safed. Moses Alshech was a 16th century Kabbalist and scholar. His commentary is still studied among (A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties) Jewish scholars. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/moses_alshech.htm   (115 words)

Joseph Caro After Berab left Safed in 1538, Caro was seen as the leader of the Safed scholars. There, he met Jacob Berab who, as part of his plan to reinstitute ordination of judges, rabbis and elders, a practice that had been abandoned for generations, ordained Caro in 1538. Caro later tried to ordain his own student, Moses Alshech, but in the end gave up due to opposition and wrote in one work that "nowadays we have no ordained dayanim (judges)." www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Caro.html   (639 words)

Operation Hiram The Seventh and Oded brigades advanced in a pincer movement toward the village of Sasa, the former coming from the town of Safed and the latter from Nahariyya, passing by the village of Tarshiha. At the end of this lightning attack, Israeli forces reached the Hiram Junction, north of Safed. Simultaneously, the Golani Brigade engaged in diversionary tactics in the direction of the village of Illaboun. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Operation-Hiram.htm   (545 words)

Operation Hiram The Seventh and Oded brigades advanced in a pincer movement toward the village of Sasa, the former coming from the town of Safed and the latter from Nahariyya, passing by the village of Tarshiha. At the end of this lightning attack, Israeli forces reached the Hiram Junction, north of Safed. The Carmeli Brigade, which was assigned to counter a possible Syrian offensive, crossed the border into Lebanon, captured 41 villages, and reached the Litani River. operation-hiram.area51.ipupdater.com   (485 words)

New Israeli sheqel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a street in Safed and text from Shazar's essay about Safed Jewish volunteers in the World War II; a watchtower, commemorating Tower and stockade settlements en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Israeli_sheqel   (444 words)

Yad Ben-Zvi The battle for Safed shows that the Jewish forces made maximum use of their superiority, as indicated by the fact that the majority of the Arab population of Safed and its vicinity were forced to flee. Like other revisionist historians, Abbasi devotes his introduction to an analysis of the “old” or “official” historiography which to a great degree is irrelevant to the subject of his study; he himself notes that most of the ‘new historians’ tend to belittle the importance of local subjects. Abbasi’s attempt to correct the formula of ‘a few against many’ that is prevalent in the consciousness of Jews who lived through that period preserves the unbalanced presentation through an exaggeration of Arab weakness. www.ybz.org.il /?ArticleID=628   (1892 words)

Articles - Church of St. Peter in Tiberias Tiberias, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed, were considered their "holy cities." A Rabbinic legend held that the Messiah would come forth from the lake, would land in Tiberias, and make his way to Safed, finally establishing his throne on one of the highest mountain peaks in Galilee. Tiberias is one of the famous places along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. During the Jewish War that ended with the destruction of Jerusalem, Tiberias found itself divided into two camps: one favored the revolt, the other was ready to collaborate with the Romans. www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/art/ARTtiber.html   (2012 words)

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