"Zarfati" redirects here. For people with the surname, see Sarfati.
Tzarfat (Hebrew: צרפת, romanized: Ṣārp̄aṯ, Israeli pronunciation:[tsaʁˈfat]) is a Biblical placename that may refer to Sarepta in Lebanon. From Medieval Hebrew and into Modern Hebrew, it has come to be identified with France. The modern term evolved from the medieval Zarfat, as seen in Joseph ha-Kohen's Dibre ha-Yamim le-Malke Zarfat we-'Otoman (Chronicles of the Kings of France and the Ottoman Empire).
The epithet tzarfati (צרפתי) was frequently applied in rabbinical literature to Jews of French birth or descent.[1]
^ Kahn, S.; Broydé, Isaac; Gottheil, Richard (1901–1906). "Ẓarfati, Ẓarefati ("French")". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Tzarfat (Hebrew: צרפת, romanized: Ṣārp̄aṯ, Israeli pronunciation: [tsaʁˈfat]) is a Biblical placename that may refer to Sarepta in Lebanon. From Medieval...
and northern Europe, or the Indo-European people, in a manner similar to Tzarfat or Sefarad. His name is related to the Assyrian Aškūza (Aškuzai, Iškuzai)...
for contemporary countries, such as Sfarad (Hebrew: ספרד) for Spain and Tzarfat (Hebrew: צרפת) for France. In language nearly identical to that of the...
States Other Raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath Zarephath Wines Tzarfat This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zarephath...
Zarphatic, coined by Solomon Birnbaum, comes from the Hebrew name for France, Tzarfat (צרפת), which was originally used in the Hebrew Bible as a name for the...
Jerusalem Bible argues that "Sepharad is unknown". Sephardic law and customs Tzarfat H. B. Hackett (ed.) Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, 1877 The...
surname literally means "French", and is derived from the Biblical placename Tzarfat which in later times was identified in Jewish tradition as France. The...
the country's name[citation needed]. In Hebrew, France is called צרפת (Tzarfat). In Māori, France is known as Wīwī, derived from the French phrase oui...
Baruch ben Isaac, called usually from Worms or from France (Tzarfat) was born approx. in 1140 and deceased in 1212 in Eretz Israel where he went in 1208...
Umesorah, recommended Rabbi David Rebibo, an alumnus of Yeshivat Chachmei Tzarfat in Aix-les-Bains, France, and the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York, as...
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Kahn, S.; Broydé, Isaac; Gottheil, Richard (1901–1906). "Ẓarfati, Ẓarefati ("French")". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
