Francesa Sarah (; 16th-century), was a Jewish mystic. She is described in the '' Sefer ha-Ḥezyonot'' ("The Book of Visions") by Hayyim Vital. She was a holy woman in the early Sabbateanism in

Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

, and unique in Jewish religious history as the only woman regarded to have had a '' magid'', an angelic spirit with the ability to foretell the future. A ''magid'' was, in accordance with belief, granted only to very select few among the highest scholars, and she was the only woman credited such. She is depicted as extremely wise and righteous, and made several famed prophesies.

References

* Emily Taitz, Sondra Henry & Cheryl Tallan,
The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E.
', 2003 {{Judaism-bio-stub People from Safed 16th-century Jews from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century religious leaders Jewish mysticism 16th-century women from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century births Sabbateans Clairvoyants Year of death unknown Jewish women Jews in Ottoman Palestine

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