Tuesday, 2 June 2015

history - Four Holy Cities


I have often seen reference to the Four Holy Cities: Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias. What is the earliest source to reference this? Why these four cities? Has there ever been a different count? What are some Nafka Mina (relevant applications) of the status of these cities?




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