ABOUT US
We are a Luxury Boutique Property located in the most desirable location in the Old City of Tzfat. We offer a variety of Suites that can accommodate couples and entire families; the entire property can be booked as well. With spectacular mountain views and the property's central location, you will be within steps and a minutes' walk from all Shuls, Mikvehs, Supermarkets, Bakeries, Catering and Playgrounds. We are the perfect property for you and your family. We are Fully Kosher and have everything needed for your Shabbats Stay.
LOCATION
We are located in the most desirable and central location of the old city of Tzfat. Enjoy the Best of both worlds Incredible Mountain Views and the feeling of Kedusha in the Old City of Tzfat. We are Centrally Located in the Old City, 1-5 minute walk from ALL Shuls, Mikvehs, Supermarkets, Catering, Bakeries and Parks.
The space
A Luxury Property with amazing panoramic mountain views spread out over three levels with street access in the most Desirable, Central and Prime Location in the Old City of Tzfat.
This is the property where the Maran HaCazon Ish Ob"m stayed with his sister and his Nephew, Maran Sar Hatorah, Harav Chaim Kanievsky O"bm for 2 consecutive years, two months, in the years 1940 and 1941.
Read all about it in our guidebooks.
The visits and stays of
MARAN H'CHAZON ISH
HaRav Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz OB"M - to the Orbach House
The Orbach House - The home of Maran the "Chazon Ish" during his visit to Safed in the years 1934 and 1935 (תרצ"ד-תרצ"ה).
In this house, Maran the Chazon Ish, of blessed memory, stayed with his sister, the wife of Maran the Steipler Gaon, of blessed memory, and her son, Maran the "Sar HaTorah," Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed memory, during the years 1930 and 1931 (תר"צ-תרצ"א).
The house was built by Mrs. Esther Bendreli, of blessed memory, a granddaughter of the holy Rabbi of Rozhin, of blessed memory. She was a righteous woman who was unaware of the greatness and holiness of Maran. Maran the Chazon Ish offered her 3 liras for a room for a period of one month, but she wanted more. Rabbi Shraga Feivel Steinberg, of blessed memory, who accompanied Maran, told her that Maran did not have much money—only 2 liras—and that his students would contribute the remaining lira. She agreed and rented them a room with an adjacent bathroom and a separate kitchen. Maran, his sister, and her son, Rabbi Chaim, rented the room twice for a month, two years in a row. Maran, his sister, and Rabbi Chaim slept in one room: Maran on one side near the wall, his sister on the other side, and Rabbi Chaim in another bed.
Mrs. Esther Bendreli, of blessed memory, recounted that she immediately felt Maran's holiness. Once, she went outside at two in the morning and saw Maran standing in the courtyard wrapped in his tallit, swaying in prayer. She saw a pillar of fire above his head, was frightened, and ran back to her home. She also recounted that Maran brought a small Torah scroll with him and held a minyan in his room with the young men who accompanied him. Additionally, she shared that Maran affixed two mezuzahs—one on the door of the room, which previously had none, and the other at the entrance to his room. She further added that Maran would go down to the valley to search for non-grafted etrogs. She also mentioned that Maran's sister brought meat and salted it herself, while they only purchased dairy products from her, made from the cows she owned.
The above is from the testimony of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Horowitz, of blessed memory, who heard from Mrs. Esther Bendreli, of blessed memory, and from Maran the "Sar HaTorah," Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed memory, who confirmed that all the details she recounted were accurate and true. Rabbi Chaim, of blessed memory, also added that during the first year, he was close to his bar mitzvah, and in the second year, he had already reached bar mitzvah age and read from the Torah with Maran in Safed. [Source: Aruchot Rabbeinu Chaim Halevi, pp. 155-156]
It is also recounted that Maran prayed with an early morning minyan (vatikin) in his room at the lodging. One day, Maran requested to hold the minyan on the house's balcony. When the members of the minyan did not understand the reason for the change, the Chazon Ish quickly explained that in the room where they usually prayed, his young nephew, Chaim Kanievsky, was sleeping. He was concerned that if the boy woke up while still in his nightclothes, he might feel embarrassed. Therefore, Maran asked to change the location of the minyan. [Source: Maran the Chazon Ish, Chapter 35, p. 134]