Joseph Saragossi

Joseph Saragossi יוסף סרגוסי
Tomb of Saragossi, Ein Zeitim, Israel. According to legend a Jewish community was saved after praying at this tomb. The ruler of the time was demanding 500 white chickens.
Personal life
Born	1460
Died	1507
Nationality	Ottoman Empire
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Old Yishuv
Jewish community in the Mutaṣarrifiyyat al-Quds al-Sharīf (Quds District,Shaam Province) under Usmaniyyah Khilafat rule
Key events
Nachmanides Aliya (1263) Alhambra decree (1492) Manuel I decree (1496) Hebron and Safed massacres (1517) Revival of Tiberias (1563) Sack of Tiberias (1660) Plunder of Safed (June 1834) Hebron massacre (August 1834) Safed attack (1838) Jerusalem expansion Moshavot establishment
Key figures
Nachmanides (d.1270) Joseph Saragossi (d. 1507) Obadiah MiBartenura (d. 1515) Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi (d. 1528) Levi ibn Habib (d. 1545) Jacob Berab (d. 1546) Joseph Nasi (d. 1579) Moses Galante (d. 1689) Moses ibn Habib (d. 1696) Yehuda he-Hasid (d. 1700) Haim Abulafia (d. 1744) Menachem Mendel (d. 1788) Haim Farhi (d. 1820) Aaron Hershler (d. 1873) Jacob Saphir (d. 1886) Haim Aharon Valero (d. 1923)
Economy
Etrog cultivation Winemaking Banking Printing Soap production Textiles
Philanthropy
Kollel Halukka Montefiore Judah Touro
Communities
Musta'arabim Sephardim Perushim Hasidim Jerusalem Mea Shearim Mishkenot Sha'ananim Hebron Safed Tiberias Biriya Jaffa Haifa Peki'in Acco Shechem Gaza Kafr Yasif Shefa-'Amr Petah Tikva
Synagogues
Great Academy of Paris (1258) Ramban (1267) Abuhav (1490s) Abraham Avinu (1540) Ari (1570s) Johanan ben Zakai (1600s) Hurva (1700) Tifereth Israel (1872)
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Joseph Saragossi, (Hebrew: יוסף סרגוסי; 1460 – 1507) was a Spanish-born rabbi and kabbalist of the 15th and 16th centuries. He is credited with developing Safed into an important Jewish and kabbalistic centre. Due to a legend he is known as Tzaddik ha-Lavan (White Saint) or Tzaddik ha-Tarnegolim (Cockerel Saint.)