In this class, I look at the background that led to the Golden Age of Tzfat. How did a sleepy hill town become the center of Judaism for a few decades in the 16th century?
I will look briefly at the political and social background of that time, and then at three messianic figures who all directly or indirectly had an impact on Tzfat, Asher Lemlein, David Reuveni and Shlomo Molcho.