Ari Sephardi Synagogue
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− | The '''ARI Sepharadi synagogue''' is located on HaARI Street just above the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|ancient Tzfat cemetery]]. The HaARI Sepharadi is the oldest synagogue in Tzfat, allowing visitors and locals to visit and pray in a spot that encompasses much of [[Safed History|Tzfat’s history]] of the last eight hundred years. | + | The '''ARI Sepharadi synagogue''' is located on HaARI Street just above the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|ancient Tzfat cemetery]]. The HaARI Sepharadi is the oldest synagogue in Tzfat, allowing visitors and locals to visit and pray in a spot that encompasses much of [[Safed History|Tzfat’s history]] of the last eight hundred years. It was named after the Holy Kabbalist the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|Arizal]] who used to pray there. |
== History== | == History== | ||
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[[File:00000138L ari sephardi entrance eliyaho hanavi room.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Candles lit in the room.]] [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|Rabbi Isaac Luria]], known as The ARI -- The Lion -- arrived in [[Safed|Tzfat]] in 1570. He was already recognized as a renowned Kabbalistic scholar. His presence in Tzfat, alongside that of his students, elevated the city to become the City of Kabbalah, one of Judaism’s four Holy Cities. | [[File:00000138L ari sephardi entrance eliyaho hanavi room.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Candles lit in the room.]] [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|Rabbi Isaac Luria]], known as The ARI -- The Lion -- arrived in [[Safed|Tzfat]] in 1570. He was already recognized as a renowned Kabbalistic scholar. His presence in Tzfat, alongside that of his students, elevated the city to become the City of Kabbalah, one of Judaism’s four Holy Cities. | ||
− | The ARI prayed in the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue and he also studied Kabbalah in a sideroom of the synagogue | + | The ARI prayed in the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue and he also studied Kabbalah in a sideroom of the synagogue. Eliyahu HaNavi himself would come to sit with the ARI and study with him. The prophet would reveal new insights into Jewish mysticism which allowed the ARI to develop and expand Kabbalistic study. His stream of Kabbalah became the “Luranic Kabbalah,” the focus of most of today’s Kabbalah study. |
== Renamed== | == Renamed== | ||
− | After the ARI’s death the Tzfat community renamed the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue after the ARI. Later, congregants of the | + | After the ARI’s death the Tzfat community renamed the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue after the ARI. Later, congregants of the Gerigos Tzfat synagogue also wanted to name their synagogue the “ARI” synagogue The two synagogues differentiated by naming the older synagogue the “ARI Sepharadi”, and the second one the '[[Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue|ARI Ashkanazi]]'. |
== Recent History== | == Recent History== | ||
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