Tzarfat
Tzarfat (Hebrew: צרפת) (not to be confused with Hebrew: צרפת, France) is a Biblical placename that may refer to Sarepta in Lebanon. In today’s time, it came to be identified with France. It is still the name of France in Modern Hebrew, and is analogous to Sefarad, and Ashkenaz. The modern term evolved from Medieval Hebrew's '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" (Hebrew: צרפתי) was frequently applied in rabbinical literature to Jews of French birth or descent.[1]
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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.
- Falk, A. (1996). A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780838636602. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- Banitt, M. (1985). Rashi: Interpreter of the Biblical Letter. Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
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