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The highest city in Israel
Tzfat (Safed, officially Zefat) sits up to 937 metres above sea level in the Upper Galilee, 20 km north of Tiberias. It had 38,687 residents in 2024 and a large Haredi community, and it is one of the four holy cities of Judaism, known for the 16th-century Kabbalists, its artists and its old synagogues. Nefesh B'Nefesh says olim live all over the city.
The municipal absorption department
The municipality runs an absorption department for new immigrants. Nefesh B'Nefesh lists what it does: information on your rights, help with forms and letters, coordination with city, health, education, welfare, National Insurance and Interior Ministry offices, early job-search help and legal referrals. NBN also lists an Anglo oleh coordinator for Tzfat.
Government offices
The Population and Immigration Authority (Interior Ministry) and National Insurance both have offices in town. Book an aliyah advisor at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration on gov.il (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה).
Health fund, bank and post
All four health funds have clinics in Tzfat; see the health guide, bank branches and the post office.
Community
See community centres and libraries, synagogues and mikvaot.
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