“To renew the Holy City of Tsfat, a place of greatness and genius in halacha and kabbalah, is an enormous mitzvah. The merit of this mitzvah, and the holy tzaddikim buried within the soil of Tsfat’s ancient cemetery, will bring protection and blessing, and your heavenly reward will be multiplied. Our eyes should merit to see the return of HaShem to Zion, and the coming of the righteous redeemer.” ~R’ Mordechai Eliyahu, zt”l, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1983-1993