Safed

Safed is a city in the region of , and is one of the oldest centers for Jewish learning and spirituality, home to the Kabbalah movement which is popular with celebrities.
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  • Town with about 35,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 900 metres (2,950 feet)
  • Description: city in northern Israel
  • Also known as
    “Safad”
    “Sfat”
    “Tsefat”
    “Tzefat”
    “Tzfas”
    “Tzfat”
    “Ẕefat”
    “Zfat”

Places of Interest

Discover Abuhav Synagogue and Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue.
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Synagogue
The is a Jewish congregation and…
Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Synagogue
The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish…
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University
is a university.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosh Pina and Birya.
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Rosh Pinna or , is a town in the Korazim…
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Village
is an agricultural village in northern .
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Village
'Akbara is an Arab village in the …

Safed

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Latitude
32.9662° or 32° 57′ 58″ north
Longitude
35.4961° or 35° 29′ 46″ east
Open location code
8G4QXF8W+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278478605
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
293100
Wiki­data ID
Q188336

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Safed” goes by many names.
SafedAfrikaans
صفدArabic
SafetAragonese
ՑֆաթArmenian
SafedAsturian
SafedAzerbaijani
SafedBasque
СафэдBelarusian
ЦфатBelarusian
সাফেদBengali
СафедBulgarian
SafadCatalan
SafedCatalan
SafedCebuano
سەفەدCentral Kurdish
萨法德Chinese
薩法德Chinese
采法特Chinese
SafedCroatian
CefatCzech
CfatCzech
SafedCzech
ZefatCzech
SafadDanish
SafadDutch
SafedDutch
SefadDutch
TsefiyaDutch
TsfatDutch
TzfatDutch
صفدEgyptian Arabic
CfatoEsperanto
SafedEsperanto
צְפַתEsperanto
TsfatEstonian
ẔefatEstonian
SafedFinnish
ZefatFinnish
SafedFrench
SaphetFrench
tsfatFrench
צפתFrench
ცფათიGeorgian
SafedGerman
SfadGerman
TzefatGerman
TzfatGerman
ZefatGerman
ZfatGerman
ΣαφέντGreek
સફેડGujarati
צפתHebrew
सफ़तHindi
सफ़ेदHindi
SafedIndonesian
ZefatIndonesian
SafedIrish
SafadItalian
SafedItalian
SafesItalian
SafetItalian
TsfatItalian
TzfatItalian
ZefatItalian
ZfatItalian
サフェドJapanese
ツファットJapanese
SafedKalaallisut
ಸಫೆಡ್Kannada
СафадKazakh
사페드Korean
제파트Korean
SafedLadino
SafedaLatvian
SafedasLithuanian
СафедMacedonian
ЦфатMacedonian
SafedMalay
ZefatMalay
सफेडMarathi
ცფათიMingrelian
ЦфатMongolian
SafedNorwegian
SafedNorwegian Bokmål
SafedNorwegian Nynorsk
СафедOssetian
صفدPersian
SafadPolish
SafedPolish
SafetPolish
TsfatPolish
TzfatPolish
ZefatPolish
SafadPortuguese
SafatPortuguese
SafedPortuguese
TsfatPortuguese
TzfatPortuguese
ZefatPortuguese
SafedRomanian
СафедRussian
ЦефатRussian
ЦфатRussian
SafedScots
צְפַתScots
SafedSerbian
СафедSerbian
צְפַתSerbian
صفدSindhi
සෆෙඩ්Sinhala
CfatSlovak
SafadSlovak
SafedSlovak
SafedSlovenian
SafadSpanish
SafedSpanish
צְפַתSpanish
SafedSwahili
SafedSwedish
TzfatSwedish
SafedSwiss German
Lungsod ng ẔfatTagalog
SafedTagalog
TsfatTagalog
TzfatTagalog
ẔfatTagalog
சேப்பாத்Tamil
СәфедTatar
సఫేద్Telugu
ซาเฟดThai
SafedTurkish
СафедUkrainian
ЦефатUkrainian
ЦфатUkrainian
صفدUrdu
SafedVietnamese
SafedWaray (Philippines)
SafedWelsh
SafedWestern Frisian
צפאתYiddish
צפתYiddish

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