Sheikh Kuwaiyas
Sheikh Kuwaiyas is a tomb in Northern District, Israel. Sheikh Kuwaiyas is situated nearby to the village ’Akbara, as well as near Kfar Shamai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee and Abuhav Synagogue.
Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee
University
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Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee is an university, which is situated 2 km northeast of Sheikh Kuwaiyas.
Abuhav Synagogue
Synagogue
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The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav. Abuhav Synagogue is situated 2½ km northeast of Sheikh Kuwaiyas.
Zefat Cemetery
Cemetery
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Zefat Cemetery is situated 2 km north of Sheikh Kuwaiyas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ’Akbara and Kfar Shamai.
’Akbara
Village
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'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
Kfar Shamai
Village
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Kfar Shamai is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in Upper Galilee, about 1.9 miles west of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 628.
Safed
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safed is a city in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, and is one of the oldest centers for Jewish learning and spirituality, home to the Kabbalah movement which is popular with celebrities.
Sheikh Kuwaiyas
- Type: Tomb
- Category: burial
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.95104° or 32° 57′ 4″ northLongitude
35.47836° or 35° 28′ 42″ eastElevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)Open location code
8G4QXF2H+C8GeoNames ID
9199527
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In Other Languages
“Sheikh Kuwaiyas” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “שיח’ כויס”
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