Safed

One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North

Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.

IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.
Demonstrators at the rally for Haymanot Kasau, September 23, 2026.

941 days missing: Haymanot Kasau’s family rallies in Jerusalem to demand Shin Bet investigation

One of the Way Inn's ten guest rooms, each individually designed around a sefirah, the Kabbalistic emanations that shape the boutique hotel's color, character, and architecture.

Returning to the mountain: A Rosh Hashanah homecoming in Safed

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanot's parents ask Shin Bet chief to take over investigation 911 days after disappearance


Where spirituality meets luxury in Safed

The Way Inn has been called ‘the world’s first Kabbala hotel’

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

Legacy center dedicated in Safed

President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter that was read at the ceremony saying he was delighted with what he called a “wonderful initiative."

Inside the Old City of Safed

Hashgacha Pratit threatens to sue Safed's chief rabbi, NGO over kashrut slack

A ruling by the High Court of Justice in September gave Hashgacha Pratit greater legal scope for its kashrut supervision service.

Hashgacha Pratit founder Rabbi Aharon Leibowitz (right) presenting a supervision certificate to the Whisky Bar Museum in Tel Aviv.

Veterans: 'I don't take the Torah lightly'

“It’s the word of God and I thought that perhaps I should get serious.”

Jeremiah Benzion, 43 from San Diego, California, to Rosh Pina 2006.

5778, a view from the stars: A kabbalistic astrologer charts the future

Privately, in her fourth house of “home and family,” Israel is idealistic Aquarius, the water-bearer, compassionate, humanitarian, gatherer of diversity, open-minded, futuristic and innovative.

ANDREAS CELLARIUS, 1661: Astrological aspects, such as opposition, conjunction, etc., among the planets.

Safed, spiritualité et musique

La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer

Festival klezmer 2013, Safed

Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’

In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.

‘Agunah from Safed’ case

Safed mayor arrested on bribery suspicions

The four individuals arrested and questioned on Monday are suspected of committing a litany of offenses centered around alleged illegal real estate deals.

Inside the Old City of Safed

מַעַרְכוֹת בְּטִיחוּת אַקְטִיבִיוֹת

Active safety systems

Active safety systems

Safed hospital seeks donations to treat wounded Syrian civilians

Hospital director Dr. Salman Zarka thanks all those Israelis who have already contributed and volunteered, as well as the medical staff who are treating the patients.

Esther Ambar, the nurse in charge of the Neonatal Department at the Ziv Medical Center, with the seventh Syrian baby born at the hospital.