Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed - Revision history

https://www.zissil.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed - Revision history 2026-08-12T10:05:59Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.0 https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=10507&oldid=prev ChaimV at 12:51, 7 August 2013 2013-08-07T12:51:18Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:51, 7 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The '''Alsheich Synagogue''' was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">created </del>in the 16th century <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by </del>by [[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]] and his congregation of Turkish immigrants that included former Marano Bali Teshuva. Rabbi Moshe Alsheich insisted that no women’s section or restrooms be built on premises. The Alsheich Shul was the only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837]] earthquakes. Originally named 'Kamis Istambulia' the shul was renamed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">after </del>the Alsheich <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following </del>his passing. It is an important historical relic of [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Tzfat's Golden Age]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The '''Alsheich Synagogue''' was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">built </ins>in the 16th century by [[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]] and his congregation of Turkish immigrants that included former Marano Bali Teshuva. Rabbi Moshe Alsheich insisted that no women’s section or restrooms be built on premises. The Alsheich Shul was the only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837]] earthquakes. Originally named 'Kamis Istambulia'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>the shul was renamed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in memory of </ins>the Alsheich <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">after </ins>his passing. It is an important historical relic of [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Tzfat's Golden Age]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td></tr> </table>

ChaimV https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=10506&oldid=prev ChaimV at 12:49, 7 August 2013 2013-08-07T12:49:38Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:49, 7 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">earthquake</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the Alsheich synagogue </del>named after <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]], </del>is an important <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link between the </del>[[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Golden Age]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of 16th century [[Safed|Tzfat]] and Judaism today</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Alsheich Synagogue''' was created in the 16th century by by [[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]] and his congregation of Turkish immigrants that included former Marano Bali Teshuva. Rabbi Moshe Alsheich insisted that no women’s section or restrooms be built on premises. The Alsheich Shul was the </ins>only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">earthquakes. Originally </ins>named <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'Kamis Istambulia' the shul was renamed </ins>after <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Alsheich following his passing. It </ins>is an important <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">historical relic of </ins>[[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tzfat's </ins>Golden Age]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td></tr> </table>

ChaimV https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=10503&oldid=prev ChaimV at 12:35, 7 August 2013 2013-08-07T12:35:58Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:35, 7 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Kamis Istambulia ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Kamis Istambulia ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">builders of the </del>Alsheich <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">synagogue were </del>members of the congregation who, for the most part, came from Turkey, giving it the name <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Kamis </del>Istambulia.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” </del>Some of these people were the ba’alei tshuva involved in the controversy, resulting in another name for the synagogue -- “The Synagogue of the Ba’alei Teshuva.” The synagogue was renamed the “Alsheich synagogue” after the Alsheich’s death.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Alsheich <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Synagogue was built by </ins>members of the congregation who, for the most part, came from Turkey, giving it the name <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'Kamis </ins>Istambulia<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</ins>. Some of these people were the ba’alei tshuva involved in the controversy, resulting in another name for the synagogue -- “The Synagogue of the Ba’alei Teshuva.” The synagogue was renamed the “Alsheich synagogue” after the Alsheich’s death.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== Construction ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== Construction ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </del>Alsheich oversaw the construction of the synagogue. It was erected in the style of 16th century Sepharadic synagogues. The Alsheich insisted that neither a women’s gallery nor any lavatory facilities be built on the synagogue premises. The Alsheich continued to pray and teach at the synagogue until he moved to Damascus in 1588. He returned to Tzfat in 1600 and is buried in the Tzfat cemetery.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rabbi Moshe </ins>Alsheich oversaw the construction of the synagogue. It was erected in the style of 16th century Sepharadic synagogues. The Alsheich insisted that neither a women’s gallery nor any lavatory facilities be built on the synagogue premises. The Alsheich continued to pray and teach at the synagogue until he moved to Damascus in 1588. He returned to Tzfat in 1600 and is buried in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|</ins>Tzfat cemetery<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Renovation ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Renovation ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Valued Artifact ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Valued Artifact ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the most valued artifacts in the synagogue is the Torah scroll cover <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is incribed </del>with the Hebrew year 1434 and says “for the synagogue of the Ba’alei Teshuva” -- a reference to the ba’alei tshuva who returned to Judaism and built and worshiped at the Alsheich synagogue.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the most valued artifacts in the synagogue is the Torah scroll cover <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inscribed </ins>with the Hebrew year 1434 and says “for the synagogue of the Ba’alei Teshuva” -- a reference to the ba’alei tshuva who returned to Judaism and built and worshiped at the Alsheich synagogue.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Today ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Today ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The synagogue opens on the Sabbath for Sabbath prayers. There is, to this day, no women’s gallery at the synagogue.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The synagogue opens on the Sabbath for Sabbath prayers <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only. It is not accessible to [[Safed-Tourism|tourists]] and tour groups</ins>. There is, to this day, no women’s gallery at the synagogue.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tzfat Synagogues}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tzfat Synagogues}}</div></td></tr> </table>

ChaimV https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=10502&oldid=prev ChaimV at 12:28, 7 August 2013 2013-08-07T12:28:27Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:28, 7 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich|Rabbi Moshe Alsheich]] came to Tzfat from Turkey<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. He joined </del>the immigration of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the era’s </del>great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">came </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tzfat</del>]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of [[Rabbi Yakov Beirav|Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s]] plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich|Rabbi Moshe Alsheich]] came to Tzfat from Turkey <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as part of </ins>the immigration of great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moved </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the city</ins>]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of [[Rabbi Yakov Beirav|Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s]] plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Rabbi Alsheich was one of the leading scholars and rabbinical arbitrators of the era. He created a number sefarim based on Drush</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">leading </del>scholars <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and rabbinical arbitrators </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">era and </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">teachings </del>were <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">studied </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">students </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jewish law and Kabbalah</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=== Drush ===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">foremost Darshanim </ins>scholars of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his day. He gave weekly sermons on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Torah portion of the week at </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">synagogue which included insightful commentaries, that </ins>were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attended even </ins>by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|ARI]]. Once the ARI laughed during a sermon as the Alsheich was enumerating the ways that Laban tried to trick Jacob. The ARI explained, afterward, he laughed because as Rabbi Alsheich was talking, Laban was hovering in the corner, nodding as Rabbi Alsheich enumerated each </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his attempted tricks</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kabbalah ===</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>===<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ba’alei Tshuva</ins>===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rabbi Alsheich was one of the foremost Kabbalist scholars of his day. He gave weekly sermons  on the Torah portion of the week at his synagogue which included Kabbalistic commentaries. Tradition relates that the Kabbalistic giant of the times, the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|ARI]], would come to hear Rabbi Alsheich’s sermons, along with the author of the “Shulhan Aruch”, [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]].</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A legend from that era relates that the ARI continuously laughed during one of Rabbi Alsheich’s talks when the Alsheich was enumerating the ways that Laban tried to trick Jacob. The ARI explained, afterward, that he laughed because as Rabbi Alsheich was talking, Laban was hovering in the corner, nodding as Rabbi Alsheich enumerated each of his attempted tricks.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=== “Ba’alei Tshuva” -- Returnees </del>===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the biggest dilemmas for the Jewish leadership of the 16th century was the question of how to relate to Jews who had converted to Christianity under the duress of the Spanish Inquisition and, after fleeing Spain and Portugal, sought to return to Judaism. Many rabbis refused to accept these Jews back into the fold, ruling that they had committed an unpardonable sin in publicly refuting Judaism and could not be reintegrated into the Jewish community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the biggest dilemmas for the Jewish leadership of the 16th century was the question of how to relate to Jews who had converted to Christianity under the duress of the Spanish Inquisition and, after fleeing Spain and Portugal, sought to return to Judaism. Many rabbis refused to accept these Jews back into the fold, ruling that they had committed an unpardonable sin in publicly refuting Judaism and could not be reintegrated into the Jewish community.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table>

ChaimV https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=9360&oldid=prev Dun: /* Rabbi Moshe Alsheich */ 2013-04-11T18:57:19Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Rabbi Moshe Alsheich</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:57, 11 April 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the rabbis who strongly supported the reabsorption of these Jews into the Jewish world. Together with Rabbi Beirav the Alsheich fought to convince the rabbinical authorities to accept the “ba’alei tshuva” back into Judaism. Ultimately this view prevailed.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the rabbis who strongly supported the reabsorption of these Jews into the Jewish world. Together with Rabbi Beirav the Alsheich fought to convince the rabbinical authorities to accept the “ba’alei tshuva” back into Judaism. Ultimately this view prevailed.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:more.jpg|link=]] '''Read full Zissil article on [[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]]'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Kamis Istambulia ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Kamis Istambulia ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Dun https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=9356&oldid=prev Dun at 18:49, 11 April 2013 2013-04-11T18:49:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:49, 11 April 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|image        = [[File:00000378 sign alsheich shul tzfat.jpg|215px|alt=Alsheich Synagogue Safed]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|image        = [[File:00000378 sign alsheich shul tzfat.jpg|215px|alt=Alsheich Synagogue Safed]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|header1 = Hebrew:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|header1 = Hebrew:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data2  = בית הכנסת <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">אלשייך</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data2  = בית הכנסת <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">אלשיך</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|header3 = Pronunciation:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|header3 = Pronunciation:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data4  = Al-She-eich</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data4  = Al-She-eich</div></td></tr> </table>

Dun https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=9355&oldid=prev Dun: /* Rabbi Moshe Alsheich */ 2013-04-11T18:48:15Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Rabbi Moshe Alsheich</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:48, 11 April 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich|Rabbi Moshe Alsheich]] came to Tzfat from Turkey. He joined the immigration of the era’s great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who came to Tzfat]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich|Rabbi Moshe Alsheich]] came to Tzfat from Turkey. He joined the immigration of the era’s great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who came to Tzfat]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Rabbi Yakov Beirav|</ins>Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the leading scholars and rabbinical arbitrators of the era and his teachings were studied by students of Jewish law and Kabbalah.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the leading scholars and rabbinical arbitrators of the era and his teachings were studied by students of Jewish law and Kabbalah.</div></td></tr> </table>

Dun https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=9353&oldid=prev Dun at 18:46, 11 April 2013 2013-04-11T18:46:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:46, 11 April 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|data8  = Tzfat synagogue built by Turkish Jews and named for Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 earthquake]], the Alsheich synagogue is an important link between the [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Golden Age]] of 16th century [[Safed|Tzfat]] and Judaism today.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The only [[Tzfat Synagogues|old synagogue in Tzfat]] which was not destroyed by either the [[Safed 1759 Earthquake|1759]] or the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 earthquake]], the Alsheich synagogue <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">named after [[Rabbi Moshe Alshich]], </ins>is an important link between the [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Golden Age]] of 16th century [[Safed|Tzfat]] and Judaism today.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rabbi Moshe Alsheich ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Moshe Alsheich came to Tzfat from Turkey. He joined the immigration of the era’s great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who came to Tzfat]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Rabbi Moshe Alshich|</ins>Rabbi Moshe Alsheich<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>came to Tzfat from Turkey. He joined the immigration of the era’s great Kabbalists [[Ottoman-Rule-of-Safed-1517-to-1759|who came to Tzfat]]. The Alsheich was a supporter of Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav’s plan to reinstate the Sanhedrin and was given ordination as a Rabbi of the Sanhedrin by [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]] who, himself, had been ordained by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the leading scholars and rabbinical arbitrators of the era and his teachings were studied by students of Jewish law and Kabbalah.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the leading scholars and rabbinical arbitrators of the era and his teachings were studied by students of Jewish law and Kabbalah.</div></td></tr> </table>

Dun https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=8465&oldid=prev Simcha at 21:44, 13 February 2013 2013-02-13T21:44:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:44, 13 February 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tzfat Synagogues}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tzfat Synagogues}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Safed History}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Safed History}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Kivrei Tzadikim}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Kivrei Tzadikim}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Safed Spelling}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Old Synagogues]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Old Synagogues]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Safed]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Safed]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Kivray Tzadikim]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Kivray Tzadikim]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Simcha https://www.zissil.com/index.php?title=Alsheich-Synagogue-Safed&diff=7820&oldid=prev Dun: /* Kabbalah */ 2013-01-19T19:26:48Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Kabbalah</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:26, 19 January 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== Kabbalah ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== Kabbalah ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the foremost Kabbalist scholars of his day. He gave weekly sermons  on the Torah portion of the week at his synagogue which included Kabbalistic commentaries. Tradition relates that the Kabbalistic giant of the times, the ARI, would come to hear Rabbi Alsheich’s sermons, along with the author of the “Shulhan Aruch”, [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Rabbi Alsheich was one of the foremost Kabbalist scholars of his day. He gave weekly sermons  on the Torah portion of the week at his synagogue which included Kabbalistic commentaries. Tradition relates that the Kabbalistic giant of the times, the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|</ins>ARI<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, would come to hear Rabbi Alsheich’s sermons, along with the author of the “Shulhan Aruch”, [[Rabbi Yosef Karo]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A legend from that era relates that the ARI continuously laughed during one of Rabbi Alsheich’s talks when the Alsheich was enumerating the ways that Laban tried to trick Jacob. The ARI explained, afterward, that he laughed because as Rabbi Alsheich was talking, Laban was hovering in the corner, nodding as Rabbi Alsheich enumerated each of his attempted tricks.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A legend from that era relates that the ARI continuously laughed during one of Rabbi Alsheich’s talks when the Alsheich was enumerating the ways that Laban tried to trick Jacob. The ARI explained, afterward, that he laughed because as Rabbi Alsheich was talking, Laban was hovering in the corner, nodding as Rabbi Alsheich enumerated each of his attempted tricks.</div></td></tr> </table>

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