Rabbi Peretz Colombo
From Zissil
Hebrew: | |
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גלריה עץ הזית | |
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Olive Tree Gallery | |
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Spiritual leader of Safed right before it grew into become the Center of Kabbalah. |
Rabbi Perez Colobo was the spiritual leader of Safed during the early 1490's. Tzfat at the time was a still a very small community and Rabbi Perez Colobo had to maintain a small grocery store to support himself. He was eventually succeeded by Rabbi Yosef Saragossi who turned Tzfat into the world center of Kabbalah.