Shabbat in Safed
People come to Safed from throughout the world to encounter a spiritual Shabbat experience. The Kabbalat Shabbat service, a collection of prayers, psalms and hymns that is recited throughout the world before Shabbat begins, was written in Safed in the 1500s. Stores and businesses close throughout the city as the residents and guests, no matter what their level of observance, enjoy the unique Safed Shabbat atmosphere.
Shabbat in Safed