Conditions improved after the conquest of Syria ( of which the Land of Israel was then part ) by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in 1832 . A letter from Jerusalem in 1834 describes large-scale immigration to the Holy Land : “ It should be known to you that from other lands , worthy people are actually streaming to the Four Holy Cities ( Hebron , Jerusalem , Tiberias and Safed ) ” The new government was more lenient in its treatment of the Jews , allowing the rebuilding of synagogues in Tiberias and Safed destroyed by the Galilee earthquake of 1837 and the building of some Jewish housing
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Hastening Redemption