3 Best Places to Shop in Tzfat, Upper Galilee and the Golan

This place has grown from a one-room workshop to a huge space filled with the pleasant aroma of beeswax and the bright colors of hand-decorated Sabbath, Havdalah, and Hanukkah candles.

Creative stoneware, porcelain, and ceramics can be found in Daniel Flatauer's studio and shop in the Old City. His salt-fire glazes are especially worth noting. The artist, who came to Tzfat from England, is welcoming and helpful.

Colorado-born Sheva Chaya's blown-glass sculptures and vibrant watercolors are meant to evoke the beauty of the land and its people. The artist offers demonstrations of her work and explains how it relates to Kabbalah, but you can also just poke around her studio.