Safed

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Safed is a historic hilltop city in northern Israel renowned as one of Judaism’s four holy cities and a major center of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah).

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Label Occurrences
Safed canonical 75
Old City of Safed 3
Artists’ Quarter of Safed 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
holy city in Judaism
regional center
associatedWithPerson Isaac Luria
Joseph Karo
Moshe Cordovero
climate Mediterranean climate
country Israel
demographics Jewish majority
economy arts and crafts
religious pilgrimage
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2,953 feet
approximately 900 meters
feature narrow stone alleyways
panoramic views of Galilee
stone houses
governingBody Safed self-linksurface differs
surface form: Safed Municipality
hasCulturalEvent Klezmer music festival
hasCulturalSite Safed self-linksurface differs
surface form: Artists’ Quarter of Safed
hasReligiousInstitution Abuhav Synagogue
Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
Yosef Caro Synagogue
historicalEraOfProminence 16th century
historicalRole center of Kabbalistic scholarship in the 16th century
knownFor Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
artists’ quarter
historic Old City
religious study
synagogues
languageUsed Arabic
Hebrew
locatedIn Northern District, Israel
locatedInRegion Galilee
Galilee
surface form: Upper Galilee
locatedNear Meron mountain range
Sea of Galilee
locatedOnTerrainFeature hilltop
partOf four holy cities of Judaism
religiousSignificance major center of Jewish mysticism
one of Judaism’s four holy cities
religiousTradition Judaism
sharesStatusWith Hebron
Jerusalem
Tiberias
tourismType heritage tourism
religious tourism

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Jews hasSacredPlace Safed
Kabbalah developedIn Safed
Safed governingBody Safed self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Safed Municipality
Safed hasCulturalSite Safed self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Artists’ Quarter of Safed
Galilee hasPart Safed
Lecha Dodi associatedCity Safed
Northern District, Israel containsCity Safed
this entity surface form: Zefat
Isaac Luria deathPlace Safed
Isaac Luria residence Safed
Isaac Luria taughtIn Safed
Isaac Luria burialPlace Safed
Moshe Cordovero residence Safed
Yosef Karo residence Safed
Yosef Karo deathPlace Safed
Yosef Karo placeOfBurial Safed
Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue cityQuarter Safed
this entity surface form: Old City of Safed
Abuhav Synagogue locatedIn Safed
this entity surface form: Old City of Safed
Abuhav Synagogue city Safed
Yosef Caro Synagogue locatedIn Safed
this entity surface form: Old City of Safed
Yosef Caro Synagogue city Safed
Joseph Karo deathPlace Safed
Joseph Karo residence Safed
Joseph Karo burialPlace Safed
Meron mountain range near Safed
Mount Meron nearCity Safed
Shevirat ha-Kelim geographicalContext Safed
this entity surface form: Safed, Galilee
the Ari deathPlace Safed
subject surface form: Isaac Luria
the Ari residence Safed
subject surface form: Isaac Luria
Hayyim Vital birthPlace Safed
Hayyim Vital residence Safed
Ha-Ari associatedPlace Safed