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− | + | ('''Hebrew''': צמז / '''Pronunciation''': Tz-zanz / '''Other Names''': Sanzer Chassidim / '''Definition''': Hassidic community in Tzfat.) | |
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The Sanz community in [[Safed|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. | The Sanz community in [[Safed|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. | ||
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The rebuilding began with the existing [[Sanz Synagogue Safed|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. | The rebuilding began with the existing [[Sanz Synagogue Safed|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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