oah’s son and grandson – established a beit midrash in this cave, where our ancestor Yaakov studied.
burial cave within the Old City of Safed. In the cave are burial niches from different periods, and on top of it is a structure made of stone. According to tradition, the conditions of Rabbi Dosa ben Harchins, Shimon ben Azzai and Rabbi Nehemiah are also buried in this compound.
Shem And Eber Cave (in Hebrew: Shem and Ever)
according to Jewish tradition in this cave – “Shem” the son of Noah and Eber was established a Beth midrash that Jacob was learning the Torah.
According to the H Arya, Rabbi Dosa ben Harchinas, one of the sages of the Talmud, Shimon ben Azzai, one of the disciples of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Nehemiah HaKedar, are buried in the same cave.
During the period of Muslim rule in the years of drought, the Arabs allowed Jews to pray in the cave, in order to prevent rain, but in rainy years it did not give the Jews a foothold.
