Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Kever · Safed (Tzfat) · Israel
רבי יעקב בירב
Rabbi Yaakov Beirav
Who tried to renew semichah
Who he was
Niftar 1546. He attempted to re-establish semichah in Tzfat - the ordination that had lapsed since the times of the Gemara - and it was he who was mesamech the Beis Yosef. Buried in the Cave of the Elders of Tzfat.
Visitor experience
Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.
- Buried in
- Beis Hachaim Ha'atik (Ancient Tzfat Cemetery)Safed (Tzfat) · Israel
Also buried there
- The Arizal / Ari HaKadosh · Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
- Maran / the Beis Yosef · Rabbi Yosef Karo
- Author of Lecha Dodi · Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz
- The Ramak · Rabbi Moshe Cordovero
- The Alshich HaKadosh · Rabbi Moshe Alshich
- The Mabit · Rabbi Moshe ben Yosef Mitrani
- Author of Yedid Nefesh · Rabbi Elazar Azikri