As you prepare your trip to Israel, consider hanging out in Safed, a mountaintop town located within easy driving distance coming from all major Israeli cities.
Tzfat is one kind of Judaism's four Holy Cities.According to Kabbalistic teachings, Jerusalem may be the City of Wind, Hebron may be the City of Fire, Tiberias will be the City of Water and Safed, also pronounced "Tzfat," may be the City of Air.
The welcoming atmosphere and the friendly people envelop each visitor who comes to stroll the lanes and alleyways of the ancient town.Safed's settlement stretches go back over 3000 years.
Archaeologists think that Tzfat was certainly one of mountaintops where, during Temple times, residents would light a bonfire at the start of each month to announce the brand new "Rosh Chodesh."
Josephus wrote that, in the war from the Romans, he stationed a battalion of soldiers on "Sepheph," shown to reference Safed.
Other writings indicate that Safed would have been a City of Refuge for priestly families who fled Jerusalem following your Romans destroyed the Temple and exiled the inhabitants of the city.