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Mikvas

​Mikva Keylim

 to toivel dishes etc: 
  • Tsanz synagogue, Tarpat Street. available 24 hours daily, outside next to women’s section entrance
  • Shem V’Ever on the bridge, Rehov Hapalmach
  • Chabad synagogue, Canaan, next to big Chabad shul
  • Next to the Hungarian shul on Hertzel Street (southern neighborhood)

Men’s Mikvaot

  • ​​Kiryat Breslov: On HaAri Street, above the old cemetery, includes hot showers
  • Ari Mikveh: In the old cemetery, open 24 hours 
  • Trisk: In the Old City, Chatam Sofer Street, off Maginim Square includes hot showers
  • Sanz:In the Old City, Tarpat Street, off  Maginim Square includes hot showers
  • Meor Chaim: Building 4, Rechov Tzahal, ground floor
  • Lelov: On HaNasi Street , Open only until 9:30 am daily

Women's Mikvaot

  • Kiryat Breslov, Old City: Entrance on HaAri Street, above the old cemetery. 04-682-2049
    Sanz, Old City: Entrance across from Yosef Caro Synagogue on the street lined with art galleries, 04-697-4910 or 04-697-3298
    Meor Chaim: Rechov Tzahal, next to big shul in Meor Chaim 04-682-7636 or 04-692-3518 
    Darom: Rechov Hertzel, next to Hungarian shul/ Bloom Community Center
    Kiryat Chabad, Canaan neighborhood: next to the Levy Yitzhak Synagogue 04-697-3321 or 04-692-2015
    Women’s Mikvaot
  • Kiryat Breslov, Old City: Entrance on HaAri Street, above the old cemetery. 04-682-2049
  • Sanz, Old City: Entrance across from Yosef Caro Synagogue on the street lined with art galleries, 04-697-4910 or 04-697-3298
    Meor Chaim: Rechov Tzahal, next to big shul in Meor Chaim 04-682-7636 or 04-692-3518 
    Darom: Rechov Hertzel, next to Hungarian shul/ Bloom Community Center
    Kiryat Chabad, Canaan neighborhood: next to the Levy Yitzhak Synagogue 04-697-3321 or 04-692-2015

Rabbanim (Local Poskim)

  • Rav David Cohen
  • Rav Shmuel Eliyahu: 04-692-3555 Old City, (Sephardic) Chief Rabbi of Tzfat
  •  Hebrew
  • Rav Eliezer Ernster: 04-697-2740  Meor Chaim, Specializes in Family Purity. 
  •     Hebrew, Yiddish   
  • Rav Chaim Horowitz: 04-697-4125 Old City, Hebrew, Yiddish; wife speaks a little English   
  • Rav Nachman Kenig: 04-692-2596 Kiryat Breslov, Specializes in Family Purity.Hebrew, Yiddish  
  • Rav David Zev Reich: 04-692-3435 Old City, Specializes in Family Purity. English, Hebrew, Yiddish 
  • Rabbi Shalom Pasternak (English) [email protected] 052-532-6717
  • Rabbi Zalman Traxler 058-345-8806 English
  • Rabbi Mordechai Siev 054-643-7770 English
  • Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein English speaking Rav and Posek. [email protected] 050-695-2866

Mohels

  •  Rabbi Shlomo Barnatan, English-speaking, 052-850-8745
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