צְפַת

צְפַתpr. n. pl. Tsfath (Safed,) near Tiberias (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 227). Y. R. Hash. II, 58a top אילין דחמיין צ׳וכ׳ those who see (the New-Moon fire at) Ts., must they go around (announcing the New-Moon to others)?; ר׳ ביטל … צ׳ למה מסבהוכ׳ since Rabbi has abolished the signals (except for the lake of Tiberias), why should Ts. go around But (the fires are raised at the lake) for announcement, that they (the inhabitants of Ts. and other places) may know it.