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− | + | ('''Hebrew''': צמז / '''Pronunciation''': Tz-zaz/ '''Translation''': Sanz / '''Other Names''': Sanzer Hassidim/ '''Definition''': Hassidic community in Tzfat / '''Description''' Members and Institutions associated with the Sanz Hassidic community | |
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− | The Sanz community in | + | The Sanz community in Tzfat has an long history in the city. Sanz Hassidim settled in the city in the 1870s. Few Sanz residents remained after [[Safed-War-of-Independence|Israel’s War of Independence]] but the community was revived in the 1970s. |
== History == | == History == | ||
− | The Sanz community has existed in | + | The Sanz community has existed in Tzfat for almost 150 years. |
=== 19th Centry === | === 19th Centry === | ||
− | The founder of the Sanz Hassidic dynasty, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, supported Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel and encouraged those of his followers who were able to make the move. The Rabbi, known as the “Divrei Chaim”, sent his eldest son, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, to Safed to build the community’s synagogue and strengthen the Sanz followers who lived in the city. Approximately 100 Sanz Hassidim worked and studied in Tzfat in the late 19th century. Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga, known as the “Divrei Yechezkel.” built the original Sanz “shteibel” -- small synagogue -- near the [[Kikar | + | The founder of the Sanz Hassidic dynasty, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, supported Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel and encouraged those of his followers who were able to make the move. The Rabbi, known as the “Divrei Chaim”, sent his eldest son, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, to Safed to build the community’s synagogue and strengthen the Sanz followers who lived in the city. Approximately 100 Sanz Hassidim worked and studied in Tzfat in the late 19th century. Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga, known as the “Divrei Yechezkel.” built the original Sanz “shteibel” -- small synagogue -- near the [[Kikar Hameginim Safed|Kikar Hameginim]] square. A Sanz synagogue was later build on Tarpat street. |
=== 20th Century === | === 20th Century === | ||
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==== Rebuilding ==== | ==== Rebuilding ==== | ||
− | The rebuilding began with the existing | + | The rebuilding began with the existing Sanz synagogue, located on Tarpat street in the [[Old City Safed|Old Jewish Quarter]]. The entire building was rebuilt save for the southern wall which had remained from the original synagogue building. This wall holds the synagogue’s “Aron Kodesh” -- Ark of the Torah scrolls. Further developments in the complex included the renovation of the synagogue’s “mikve” -- ritual bath -- and the construction of the Heichal Zichron Yitzchak “Beit Midrash” -- House of Study -- which was paid for by a Holocaust survivor who used his war reparations to fund the project. |
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== Housing == | == Housing == | ||
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== Education == | == Education == | ||
− | Sanz does not operate their own educational institutions in Tzfat but young boys from Sanz families generally attend the Tachover “Cheder” -- elementary school -- near Kikar Meginim in the Old Jewish Quarter or the Yiddish “Cheder” in the Meor Chaim neighborhood in [[Darom Neighborhood Safed|Tzfat’s Southern neighborhood]]. Both cheders are Yiddish-speaking. Girls from Sanz families attend either of the Beis Ya’akov girls’ schools in Tzfat which are located in Meor Chaim neighborhood or near the [[Maalot HaGardom Great Stairs Safed| | + | Sanz does not operate their own educational institutions in Tzfat but young boys from Sanz families generally attend the Tachover “Cheder” -- elementary school -- near Kikar Meginim in the Old Jewish Quarter or the Yiddish “Cheder” in the Meor Chaim neighborhood in [[Darom Neighborhood Safed|Tzfat’s Southern neighborhood]]. Both cheders are Yiddish-speaking. Girls from Sanz families attend either of the Beis Ya’akov girls’ schools in Tzfat which are located in Meor Chaim neighborhood or near the [[Maalot HaGardom Great Stairs Safed|stairs]]in the Old Jewish Quarter. Some Sanz girls attend the Yiddish-speaking Satmar girls’ school in Meor Chaim. Boys leave Tzfat after their Bar Mitzva to attend a yeshiva in Netanya. |
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