Tzfat (Safed)
One of the four holy cities and the historic centre of Kabbalah, at roughly 900m elevation. Chabad and Breslov communities from the 1970s onward, plus Carlebach and Sanz-affiliated groups.
People
38,687
CBS, 2024-12-31
Rent, 3 rooms
₪3,310
Listings median, asking price. Signed leases typically run 2 to 5% below this, so it is not directly comparable to the CBS cities.
Publish with the range in mind: the two portals disagree by about 30% at city level, because one sample is only 8 listings.
Arnona here
No tariff on file for this city yet. The home-costs calculator uses a labelled national band until the city’s order is read.
Not searched: budget exhausted.
Checked 2026-09-10 · Weak evidence, treat as a guideEstimate this home’s running costs
Who else is here
- English speakers
- Close to 1,000 native English speakers reported by the early 2000s, so treat that as a floor rather than a current figure.
Rental assistance here, by oleh status date
Paid from month 7 to month 30 after aliyah, by the address in the Population Registry. Which rate applies depends on the date you received oleh status.
| Oleh status | A month (single, couple, single parent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1 March 2024 | An older schedule we do not compute | |
| 1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025 | The higher rate only if this town is on the priority, Negev and Galil list (order 429, annex A); otherwise the standard rate | |
| 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
| From 1 January 2026 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
| 11 June 2026 to 31 December 2026 | Higher rate plus ₪500 (order 432) | ₪1,836 / ₪2,500 / ₪2,739 |
The order 432 rows apply to status up to 31 December 2026, when the order expires, and are paid subject to budget.
CheckedConfidence: medium, confirm before actingSources: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: זכאות לסיוע בשכר דירה (Rental assistance for olim), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 429: זכאות סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Temporary order 429), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: נוהל 19.000: סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Procedure 19.000), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: יישובי מחוזות משרד הפנים: צפון, חיפה, דרום ויהודה ושומרון (district locality list), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 432: תוספת סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים לפי החלטות הממשלה 4194 ו-4238 (Temporary order 432)
Work out your own figure in the rental assistance calculatorPeriphery incentives
A strong candidate for the periphery tax break and Go North style incentives.
Work out what the uplift is worth →Olim who started here
In 2025, 71 olim were first registered in Tzfat (Safed), out of 22,423 nationwide (Ministry of Aliyah and Integration records). That is where people were registered on arrival, not where they live now.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, data.gov.il. Checked 2026-10-15. Next review due 2027-01-13.
See where olim land, 2015 to 2025