Tiberias Ottoman Rule 18th 19th Centuries
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=== New Settlement === | === New Settlement === | ||
− | Rabbi Aboulafia began to construct synagogues and “yeshivas” -- rabbinical academies -- in Tiberias along with homes for the new Jewish residents. He established the Rabbi Meir Baal Haness fund to assist the city’s poor and restored the city wall at his own expense. | + | Rabbi Aboulafia began to construct synagogues and “yeshivas” -- rabbinical academies -- in Tiberias along with homes for the new Jewish residents. He established the Rabbi Meir Baal Haness fund to assist the city’s poor and restored the city wall at his own expense. In 1745 Dhaher al-Omer’s son , Chulibe, built a citadel on a hill in the northwest corner of Tiberias and Rabbi Aboulafia was named city head, a title approved by both the Jews and the Muslims of Tiberias. |
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− | In 1745 Dhaher al-Omer’s son , Chulibe, built a citadel on a hill in the northwest corner of Tiberias | + | |
== Ashkanazi Immigration == | == Ashkanazi Immigration == |