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Arrival of Perushim in Safed

When
1809
Where
Safed, Safed Sanjak
Part of
Disciples of the Vilna Gaon arrive in Palestine, 1809

Disciples of the Vilna Gaon arrived in Safed in 1809, reinvigorating the Jewish community in Ottoman Syria.

The Perushim, disciples of the Vilna Gaon, left Lithuania to settle in the Land of Israel. Groups arrived in 1809, led by Rabbi Sa'adya Ben Rabbi Noson Nota and Rabbi Yisroel ben Shmuel. Their presence in Safed, part of the Safed Sanjak, revitalized the local Jewish population.

Sources

  1. Perushim Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-30
  2. Safed Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  3. Old Yishuv Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-27

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