Safed
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Safed (Ebreu: צְפַת, Tzfat; Arabic: صفد, Ṣafad, Ashkenazi: Tzfas; Biblical: Ṣ'fath), is a ceety in the Northren Destrict o Israel. Locatit at an elevation o 900 metres (2,953 ft), Safed is the heichest ceety in the Galilee an o Israel.[1] Due tae its heich elevation, Safed experiences warm simmers an cauld, often snowy, winters.[2] Since the sixteenth century, Safed haes been considered ane o Judaism's Fower Holy Ceeties, alang wi Jerusalem, Hebron an Tiberias;[3] synee that time, the ceety haes remained a center of Kabbalah, an aa kent as Jewish mysticism.
Due tae its bonnie settin surroondit bi pine forests an its mild mid-year temperatures, Safed haes become a simmer holiday resort frequentit bi Israelis an foreign visitors alike.[4]
[edit] References
- ↑ Jewish Virtual Library Article: Safed
- ↑ Vilnay, Zev (1972). “Tsefat”, A Guide to Israel. Jerusalem, Israel: HaMakor Press, 522–532.
- ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiberias
- ↑ Planetware Safed Tourism
