Winter trip to the north of Israel

Safed is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of 900 metres, Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters. Safed has been identified with Sepph, a fortified town in the more.. Upper Galilee mentioned in the writings of the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus. It is mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud as one of five elevated spots where fires were lit to announce the New Moon and festivals during the Second Temple period. In the 12th century, Safed was a fortified city in the Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem, known by the Crusaders as Saphet. Mamluk Sultan Baybars captured the city in 1266, and appointed a governor to be in charge of the fortress. The city also became the administrative center of Mamlakat Safad, a province in Mamluk Syria whose jurisdiction included the Galilee and the lands up to Jenin. Under the Ottomans, Safed was the capital of the Safad Sanjak, which encompassed much of the Galilee and extended to the Mediterranean coast. Since the 16th century, Safed has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias; since that time, the city has remained a center of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. Interest in the Kabbalah was brought to the city by the rabbi Isaac Luria in the 16th century. Due to its mild climate and scenic views, Safed is a popular holiday resort frequented by Israelis and foreign visitors. In 2016 it had a population of 33,636. less..

Rosh Pina is a town and local council in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel. The town with the current name was founded in 1882 by thirty families who immigrated from Romania, making it one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel. It was more.. preceded at the same location by the settlement of Gei Oni, established by local Jews from Safed in 1878, which had been, however, almost fully abandoned by 1882. In 2016 it had a population of 3,003. less..

Cookia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Cookia is sometimes treated as a subgenus of the genus Bolma. [1] The genus was named after Captain James Cook.

The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod Castle is a medieval Muslim castle situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, on a ridge rising about 800 m above sea level. It overlooks the Golan Heights and was built with the purpose of guarding a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the more.. west. Alternative forms and spellings of the name: Nimrod's Fortress; Kal'at/Qala'at al-/as-Subayba/Subeibeh. The area is under Israeli occupation and administration since 1967 together with the adjacent Golan Heights. The international community sees the area as Syrian territory. less..

Nidal is a given name in Arabic. It is also used also as a pseudonym because of its meaning or as a nom de guerre. Nidal may refer to:

Mount Bental is a dormant volcano in the North-Eastern part of the Golan Heights, It extends to an elevation of 1,171 Meters above sea level.

Ma'ayan Baruch is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the intersection of the Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 720.