Safed

Safed Rabbinical Court may close this fall despite strong local demand

Several rabbis wrote a letter to the chief rabbi opposing the decision, and the Rabbinical Courts Administration said it is doing everything "in its power" to stop the closure, the report said.

 Buildings in old city, Safed, Northern District, Israel.
Parents Tal and Kirish Akrish, residents of Kidmat Tzvi in ​​the Golan Heights.

Israel's furthest north communities welcome baby born during Independence Day

Parking lot damaged in Safed.

WATCH: Rocket hits parking lot in Safed as Hezbollah keeps firing at northern Israel

Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage


Safed principal investigated over alleged indecent acts against students

Police arrested the principal, 39, on suspicion of indecent acts while exploiting her authority.

Children on their way to school

Lag Ba’omer bonfire safety tips

Stones should circle the bonfire to prevent its spreading, and fire extinguishers and buckets of water or sand must be on hand for extinguishing the fire. An adult must continually be in charge.

People celebrate Lag Ba'omer

Where spirituality meets luxury in Safed

The Way Inn has been called ‘the world’s first Kabbala hotel’

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

Legacy center dedicated in Safed

President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter that was read at the ceremony saying he was delighted with what he called a “wonderful initiative."

Inside the Old City of Safed

Hashgacha Pratit threatens to sue Safed's chief rabbi, NGO over kashrut slack

A ruling by the High Court of Justice in September gave Hashgacha Pratit greater legal scope for its kashrut supervision service.

Hashgacha Pratit founder Rabbi Aharon Leibowitz (right) presenting a supervision certificate to the Whisky Bar Museum in Tel Aviv.

Veterans: 'I don't take the Torah lightly'

“It’s the word of God and I thought that perhaps I should get serious.”

Jeremiah Benzion, 43 from San Diego, California, to Rosh Pina 2006.

5778, a view from the stars: A kabbalistic astrologer charts the future

Privately, in her fourth house of “home and family,” Israel is idealistic Aquarius, the water-bearer, compassionate, humanitarian, gatherer of diversity, open-minded, futuristic and innovative.

ANDREAS CELLARIUS, 1661: Astrological aspects, such as opposition, conjunction, etc., among the planets.

Safed, spiritualité et musique

La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer

Festival klezmer 2013, Safed

Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’

In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.

‘Agunah from Safed’ case

Safed mayor arrested on bribery suspicions

The four individuals arrested and questioned on Monday are suspected of committing a litany of offenses centered around alleged illegal real estate deals.

Inside the Old City of Safed