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Safed Cemetery

The cemetery in the Safed Old City is one of the most ancient sites in the Land of Israel.  Biblical graves date back to Hosea the Prophet, 2800 years ago, and other gravesites attest to the importance that Tzfat has played for the Jewish world throughout the centuries. 

Cemetery Database

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Here is the link to the database where you can find  information on all of the graves about which the burial society has information. Some graves date back to the 1700s.  Click on the link to access the entire spreadsheet. 

Early History

Graves in the ancient Safed cemetery can be traced back to the latter centuries of the B.C.E. era and the early centuries of the Common Era.

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Cemetery Map

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Grave of the ARI -- Rabbi Isaac Luria
According to Safed tradition Hannah and her Seven Sons, murdered by the Hellenistic ruler Antiochus during the Maccabean revolt, are buried in the Safed cemetery. Other ancient graves include that of Hosea the Prophet and Rabbi Pinchas Ben Yair, son-in-law or father-in-law of the great Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

16th Century

During the 16th century many of the great scholars and Kabbalistic rabbis of the era settled in Safed with their families along with other Jews who had fled the Spanish Inquisition. These great scholars include the great ARI, Rabbi Isaac Luria, along with Rabbi Yosef Caro, Rabbi Moshe Alsheich, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, Rabbi Chaim Vital and others. Their graves are situated throughout the old section of the cemetery and tens of thousands of pilgrims visit the graves yearly to pray and ask for Divine Intervention for issues in their personal lives and for the redemption of the entire Jewish World.

Accessing the Cemetery

The Safed Cemetery is located directly below the Old Jewish Quarter of Safed. It is accessible by either of 2 paths that descend from the Old City, one that is located below the Ari Sepharadi Synagogue and the second which extends from the Military Cemetery. The cemetery is a four hour walk across the valley -- Wadi Amud -- from Mt. Meron where Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai is buried.

How Can I Buy a Plot in the Safed Cemetery?

Today the Hekdesh Tzfat, under the authority of the Tzfat Rabbinical Council, cares for the cemetery and the graves. They can also often help people locate gravesites of family members. 

Interested individuals can purchase a grave plot through this Hekdesh. 

Finding Ancient Graves in Tzfat (Hebrew)

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