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[b]Safed [/b] is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of 900 metres (2,953 ft), Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel.[2]. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters.[3] Since the 16th century, Safed has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias;[4] since that time, the city has remained a center of Kabbalah, also known as Jewish mysticism.
Safed is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of 900 metres (2,953 ft), Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel.[2]. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters.[3] Since the 16th century, Safed has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias;[4] since that time, the city has remained a center of Kabbalah, also known as Jewish mysticism.
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[b]Biblical account[/b]
*Biblical account- According to the Book of Judges, the area where Safed is located was assigned to the Tribe of Naphtali.[6] Legend has it that Safed was founded by a son of Noah after the Great Flood.
According to the Book of Judges, the area where Safed is located was assigned to the Tribe of Naphtali.[6] Legend has it that Safed was founded by a son of Noah after the Great Flood.[3]...


[b]Crusader Kingdom[/b]
*Crusader Kingdom -The city appears in Jewish sources in the late Middle Ages. In the 12th century, Safed was a fortified city in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem known as Saphet.[3] Fulk, King of Jerusalem built a castle there, which was kept by the Knights Templar from 1168. It was taken by the Ayyubids after one year's siege, following the Battle of Hattin.
The city appears in Jewish sources in the late Middle Ages.[3] In the 12th century, Safed was a fortified city in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem known as Saphet.[3] Fulk, King of Jerusalem built a castle there, which was kept by the Knights Templar from 1168. It was taken by the Ayyubids after one year's siege, following the Battle of Hattin.


In 1240, Theobald I of Navarre, on his own Crusade to the Holy Land, negotiated with the Muslim Ayyubids of Damascus and of Egypt and finalised a treaty with the former against the latter whereby the Kingdom of Jerusalem regained Jerusalem itself, plus Bethlehem, Nazareth, and most of the region of Galilee with many Templar castles, such as Saphet.[9]
In 1240, Theobald I of Navarre, on his own Crusade to the Holy Land, negotiated with the Muslim Ayyubids of Damascus and of Egypt and finalised a treaty with the former against the latter whereby the Kingdom of Jerusalem regained Jerusalem itself, plus Bethlehem, Nazareth, and most of the region of Galilee with many Templar castles, such as Saphet.Benjamin of Tudela who visited the town at 1170, does not mention any Jews as living there.
Benjamin of Tudela who visited the town at 1170, does not mention any Jews as living there.[10]


[b]Mamluk Sultanate[/b]
*Mamluk Sultanate -In 1260, the Mamluk sultan Baybars declared the treaty invalid due to the Christians working in concert with the Mongol Empire against the Muslims, and launched a series of attacks on castles in the area, including on Saphet. In 1266 he wiped out the Christian Templar population and turned it into a Muslim town called Safed or Safat. Samuel ben Samson who visited the town in the 13th-century mentions the existence of a Jewish community of at least fifty there.[11] According to al-Dimashqi (who died in Safed in 1327), writing around 1300, Baybars, after levelling the old fortress, built a "round tower and called it Kullah..".The tower is built in three stories. It is provided with provisions, and halls, and magazines. Under the place is a cistern for rain-water, sufficient to supply the garrison of the fortress from year's end to year's end.
In 1260, the Mamluk sultan Baybars declared the treaty invalid due to the Christians working in concert with the Mongol Empire against the Muslims, and launched a series of attacks on castles in the area, including on Saphet. In 1266 he wiped out the Christian Templar population and turned it into a Muslim town called Safed or Safat. Samuel ben Samson who visited the town in the 13th-century mentions the existence of a Jewish community of at least fifty there.[11] According to al-Dimashqi (who died in Safed in 1327), writing around 1300, Baybars, after levelling the old fortress, built a "round tower and called it Kullah..".The tower is built in three stories. It is provided with provisions, and halls, and magazines. Under the place is a cistern for rain-water, sufficient to supply the garrison of the fortress from year's end to year's end.[12]
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==Ancestral/Genetic==
==Ancestral/Genetic==