Tribe Israel Tour

Sunday 28^th: Magic and Mysticism


Today was a very quirky day with Tribe Israel tour! We started our day with a tour of the artist’s quarter in Tzfat, which was extremely beautiful and quaint. We then had the opportunity to meet with some of the local artists. We heard about their specific art specialties and what inspires them to produce such wonderful pieces of artwork.
Afterwards we went on a magical, mystical tour of Tzfat. Tzfat is a very well known and interesting but was one of the later places for Jews to settle in, becaming an important city for Jewish life in the late 15th Century. The city is most closely associated with Jewish mysticism, the kabbalah, whose foremost teacher, Rabbi Isaac Luria, lived and taught there. Known as "Ha'Ari" (the lion), Rabbi Luria had come from Egypt to Tzfat in 1569 and died just three years later. Besides the kabbalists, Tzfat also attracted numerous other Jewish scholars and spiritualists, including Joseph Caro, the author of the Shulchan Aruch , Rabbi Moshe Cordovero and Solomon Alkabetz, composer of the Sabbath hymn Lecha Dodi. We heard their stories and visited some of the beautiful shuls, all decorated in blue.
After touring the old city of Tzfat we went on beautiful hike overlooking the Golan. The views were amazing and we all got to take some great pictures.


Our day ended with a tour of the village Pki'in where we enjoyed an amazing Druze feast. The Druzim are an amazing people and contribute fully within the State of Israel. They serve in the IDF and have attained top positions in Israeli politics and public service. The Druzim live mainly in the north of the country and are Arabic-speaking.

Today was an very interesting day; it was extremely diverse and provided us all with a lot to think about. Everyone is having an amazing time and we're all looking forward to everything that's yet to come!

The Tribe Team

“The old city of Tzfat was a very special and mystical place. We met one artist called Abraham who was very interesting to talk to. The hike was also really cool, we were very close to an army base where we could see a satellite moving around and gathering intelligence. The Druze are very special people and the atmosphere at the village was beautiful. The Druze are very secretive and interesting and it was great getting to meet them.” Amy Phillips