Rabbi Yossi Banaa

In the room next to the tziyun is the entrance to an old mikva which is supposedly attached to a natural spring. Just like the kever, the mikva is always locked up.

In the room next to the tziyun is the entrance to an old mikva which is supposedly attached to a natural spring. Just like the kever, the mikva is always locked up.

One of the cruel [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Ottoman rulers of Safed]], demand that the Jews provide him with hundreds of white chickens or face dire consequences. Since white chickens were almost impossible to find, the residents went to pray at the gravesite [[Rabbi Yosi Saragosi|Rabbi Yossi Saragosi]], former chief rabbi of Tzfat. After fasting and praying at the Yossi Banai Shul for three days and nights they went back to Ein Zetim and left many colored chickens by the grave of Rabbi Yossi Saragosi, returning in the morning to find them pure white. In reference to this miracle the location became known as the “Tzadik HaLavan” --  the White Righteous One -- synagogue.

One of the cruel [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Ottoman rulers of Safed]], demand that the Jews provide him with hundreds of white chickens or face dire consequences. Since white chickens were almost impossible to find, the residents went to pray at the gravesite [[Rabbi Yosi Saragosi|Rabbi Yossi Saragosi]], former chief rabbi of Tzfat. After fasting and praying at the Yossi Banai Shul for three days and nights they went back to Ein Zetim and left many colored chickens by the grave of Rabbi Yossi Saragosi, returning in the morning to find them pure white. In reference to this miracle the location became known as the “Tzadik HaLavan” --  the White Righteous One -- synagogue.