Tzfat

Israel’s Finance Ministry is moving ahead with plans to close the rabbinical court in Tzfat as soon as after the *Tishrei* holiday season. Rabbis, staff members, and Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi David Yosef, are opposing the move, while the ministry says it is part of an efficiency effort.

During Thursday morning sirens in Tzfat, an 11-year-old went into cardiac arrest at home. Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah performed prolonged CPR, regained a pulse, and transported her to Ziv Medical Center sedated and intubated; she remains in serious but stable condition.

In a snowy winter in Tzfat, Rabbi Yosef Karo questions why a young scholar easily solved a problem that cost him great effort, only to be comforted by an angelic revelation.