Parshat Shemot (שמות – Names), Exodus 1:1-6:1
Exodus 2:21
וַיּוֹאֶל מֹשֶׁה, לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת-הָאִישׁ; וַיִּתֵּן אֶת-צִפֹּרָה בִתּוֹ, לְמֹשֶׁה
Moshe consented to stay with this man,
who gave him Ziporah, his daughter, in marriage.
Ziporah (ציפורה – bird female) is one of the seven daughters of Jethro.
Zipori1 is known as the birthplace of Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi2, Tanna who completed the compilation of the Mishna, around 200.
The synagogue3 dates from the end of the Byzantine period (5th century). The mosaic floor is divided into four themes: the binding of Isaac, the signs of the zodiac, the Mishkan and the Ark of the Covenant. The Jewish quarter has been reconstructed and you can walk there.
1 The city would have been called Zippori (ציפורי – birds), because it is located on the top of the hill like the birds.
2 Rabbi Yehuda hannassi רבי יהודה הנשיא (135-circa 220) known as Rabbi or Rabbenu Haqadosh is a Tanna (plural tannaim). This term comes from the Judeo-Aramaic Chanah (שנה), from which the word Michna (מִשְׁנָה) also derives. It means: repeater [of the opinions of his masters and predecessors].
3 See the panorama on Earth