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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some historians believe that the original [[Abuhav Synagogue|Abuhav synagogue]] was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery and was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street after the 1759 earthquake. Others say the original synagogue existed in its present site and was rebuilt in the same location after the earthquake. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[File:00000156 earthquake ruins abuhov synagogue.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Ruins from original Abuhav structure.]] </ins>Some historians believe that the original [[Abuhav Synagogue|Abuhav synagogue]] was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery and was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street after the 1759 earthquake. Others say the original synagogue existed in its present site and was rebuilt in the same location after the earthquake. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the Torah scrolls in the Ark had been written in the 15th century by Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav. According to Safed legend, Rabbi Abuhav warned that the Torah scroll was not be removed from the Ark other than ritual Torah-reading times. After the 1759 earthquake, ten men immersed in a mikva -- ritual bath -- so as to remove the Torah scroll and place it in a safe place as the synagogue was rebuilt. They succeeded in moving the scroll to safer quarters but within a year, all ten men died.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the Torah scrolls in the Ark had been written in the 15th century by Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav. According to Safed legend, Rabbi Abuhav warned that the Torah scroll was not be removed from the Ark other than ritual Torah-reading times. After the 1759 earthquake, ten men immersed in a mikva -- ritual bath -- so as to remove the Torah scroll and place it in a safe place as the synagogue was rebuilt. They succeeded in moving the scroll to safer quarters but within a year, all ten men died.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The '''1759 Earthquake''' ripped through Northern Israel devastating [[Safed]] amongst other cities. Over 200 homes were destroyed and 140 Jews were killed. Following the earthquake most Jews left Tzfat, leaving only 50 families. Already in a steady decline from its [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Golden Age]], the destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s fall as a center of Jewish life in Israel. Some Rabbis saw the earthquake as retribution for Tzfat's attempts to override Yerushalaim as the central Israeli settlement.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The '''1759 Earthquake''' ripped through Northern Israel devastating [[Safed]] amongst other cities. Over 200 homes were destroyed and 140 Jews were killed. Following the earthquake most Jews left Tzfat, leaving only 50 families<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Out of all the city's [[Tzfat-Synagogues|synagogues]] only the [[Alsheich Synagogue Safed|Alsheich synagogue]] and part of the [[Abuhav Synagogue]] remained standing</ins>. Already in a steady decline from its [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|Golden Age]], the destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s fall as a center of Jewish life in Israel. Some Rabbis saw the earthquake as retribution for Tzfat's attempts to override Yerushalaim as the central Israeli settlement.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">By the mid 1700</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s the Jewish community in </del>[[Safed<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Tzfat</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had declined </del>from [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its height of the 16th century</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. New Jewish immigrants preferred to establish their residence in Jerusalem or Tiberias. The </del>destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">decline </del>as a center of Jewish life in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Palestine</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''1759 Earthquake''' ripped through Northern Israel devastating </ins>[[Safed]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">amongst other cities. Over 200 homes were destroyed and 140 Jews were killed. Following the earthquake most Jews left Tzfat, leaving only 50 families. Already in a steady decline </ins>from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its </ins>[[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Golden Age</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the </ins>destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fall </ins>as a center of Jewish life in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Israel. Some Rabbis saw the earthquake as retribution for Tzfat's attempts to override Yerushalaim as the central Israeli settlement</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some historians believe that the original Abuhav synagogue was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. They claim that it </del>was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">further up the mountain, </del>after the 1759 earthquake. Others <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cite the legend that </del>the original synagogue existed in its present site<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">destroyed in 1759 and </del>rebuilt in the same <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spot</del>. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some historians believe that the original <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Abuhav Synagogue|</ins>Abuhav synagogue<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street after the 1759 earthquake. Others <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">say </ins>the original synagogue existed in its present site <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>was rebuilt in the same <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">location after the earthquake</ins>. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Dunhttp://zissil.com/index.php?title=Safed-1759-Earthquake&diff=6068&oldid=prevSimcha at 19:55, 14 October 20122012-10-14T19:55:47Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>By the mid 1700s the Jewish community in [[Safed|Tzfat]] had declined from [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|its height of the 16th century]]. New Jewish immigrants preferred to establish their residence in Jerusalem or Tiberias. The destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s decline as a center of Jewish life in Palestine.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>By the mid 1700s the Jewish community in [[Safed|Tzfat]] had declined from [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|its height of the 16th century]]. New Jewish immigrants preferred to establish their residence in Jerusalem or Tiberias. The destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s decline as a center of Jewish life in Palestine.   </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>By the mid 1700s the Jewish community in [[Safed|Tzfat]] had declined from [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|its height of the 16th century]]. New Jewish immigrants preferred to establish their residence in Jerusalem or Tiberias. The destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s decline as a center of Jewish life in Palestine.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>By the mid 1700s the Jewish community in [[Safed|Tzfat]] had declined from [[Ottoman Rule of Safed 1517 to 1759|its height of the 16th century]]. New Jewish immigrants preferred to establish their residence in Jerusalem or Tiberias. The destruction wrought by the 1759 earthquake cemented Tzfat’s decline as a center of Jewish life in Palestine.   </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A 1730 census counted 1800 Jews living in Tzfat. A small wool textile trade existed in the city and some of the residents made their living from light trade. The population consisted mainly of Sepharadi Jews whose origins were from Mediterranean countries including Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Greece.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A 1730 census counted 1800 Jews living in Tzfat. A small wool textile trade existed in the city and some of the residents made their living from light trade. The population consisted mainly of Sepharadi Jews whose origins were from Mediterranean countries including Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Greece.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The epicenter of the 1759 earthquake was the Beeka Valley in Lebanon, but Tzfat was severely affected. The earthquake triggered a landslide which accounted for much of the destruction in the city built on the slope of a mountain. Two hundred homes were destroyed in the earthquake and 140 Jews were killed. Some people blamed the earthquake on Tzfat's attempt to override Yerushalaim as the central Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisroel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The epicenter of the 1759 earthquake was the Beeka Valley in Lebanon, but Tzfat was severely affected. The earthquake triggered a landslide which accounted for much of the destruction in the city built on the slope of a mountain. Two hundred homes were destroyed in the earthquake and 140 Jews were killed. Some people blamed the earthquake on Tzfat's attempt to override Yerushalaim as the central Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisroel.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>All of the [[Tzfat-Synagogues|existing synagogues]] were destroyed in the earthquake except for the Alsheich synagogue whose structure withstood the quake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>All of the [[Tzfat-Synagogues|existing synagogues]] were destroyed in the earthquake except for the Alsheich synagogue whose structure withstood the quake.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some historians believe that the original Abuhav synagogue was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery. They claim that it was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street further up the mountain, after the 1759 earthquake. Others cite the legend that the original synagogue existed in its present site, was destroyed in 1759 and rebuilt in the same spot. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some historians believe that the original Abuhav synagogue was built in the 15th century near the base of the mountain, above the cemetery. They claim that it was rebuilt in its present site, on Abuhav Street further up the mountain, after the 1759 earthquake. Others cite the legend that the original synagogue existed in its present site, was destroyed in 1759 and rebuilt in the same spot. Both versions relate that the southern wall which held the Ark of the Torah scrolls did not collapse after the 1759 earthquake.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Following the earthquake most of the Jews left Tzfat, leaving only approximately 50 families. Early Hassidic immigrants who began to arrive in 1764 assisted with reconstruction efforts. Some synagogues were rebuilt after the earthquake but others were only rebuilt after the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 earthquake]] when a major donor, Yitzhak Guetta, financed the reconstruction of Tzfat’s great synagogues.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Following the earthquake most of the Jews left Tzfat, leaving only approximately 50 families. Early Hassidic immigrants who began to arrive in 1764 assisted with reconstruction efforts. Some synagogues were rebuilt after the earthquake but others were only rebuilt after the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 earthquake]] when a major donor, Yitzhak Guetta, financed the reconstruction of Tzfat’s great synagogues.</div></td></tr>
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