Safed
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| Safed | |||
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |||
| - Ebreu | צְפַת | ||
| - ISO 259 | Çpat | ||
| - Translit. | Tz'fat | ||
| - An aw spelt | Tsfat, Tzefat, Zfat, Ẕefat (official) | ||
| Arabic transcription(s) | |||
| - Arabic | صفد | ||
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| Coordinates: 32°57′57″N 35°29′54″E / 32.96583°N 35.49833°E | |||
| Destrict | North | ||
| Foondit | Canaanite age | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Heid o Municipality | Ilan Shohat | ||
| Hicht | 900 m (2,953 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2010)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 30,100 | ||
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.[2] Due tae its heich elevation, Safed experiences warm simmers an cauld, often snowy, winters.[3] Since the sixteenth century, Safed haes been considered ane o Judaism's Fower Holy Ceeties, alang wi Jerusalem, Hebron an Tiberias;[4] syne that time, the ceety haes remained a centre 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.[5]
References [edit]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcbs_populations - ↑ 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
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