Shimon Ben Aharon Agassi (also spelled Simon Aghassi) was a

Hakham ''Hakham'' (or ''chakam(i), haham(i), hacham(i)''; he, חכם ', "wise") is a term in Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar. It can also refer to any cultured and learned person: "He ...

and Kabbalist in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

. He was known as HARASHBA, an

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for Harav Rabbi Shimon Ben Aharon.

Personal life

Hakham Agassi was born in 1852. He was married to Rachel Abdallah Eliya Bahar (1866–1954). Together they had ten children: # Aharon Agassi (1882–1898) # Menashe Agassi (1884–1889) # Farha Agassi Somek (1888–1992) # Meir Sassoon Hai Agassi (1891–1896) # Esther Agassi Somekh (1892–1988) # Ezra Zion Agassi (1897–1992) # Dina Agassi Shaashua (1898–1980) # Khatoun Agassi Judah (1903–1988) # Mazal Tov Agassi (1905–1990) # Eliyahu Haim Agassi (1909–1991) Hakham Agassi died on the eve of

Tisha B'Av Tisha B'Av ( he, תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב ''Tīšʿā Bəʾāv''; , ) is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian E ...

, 1914. Hakham

Yehuda Fatiyah Yehuda Fetaya (Yehuda ben Moshe ben Yeshou`ah Fetaya; 1859–1942) was a leading Kabbalist and authored many works of Kabbalah, among which three are well known, ''Yayin haReqa`h'', ''Bet Le`hem Yehuda'' and ''Min`hat Yehuda''. Life Yehuda Fati ...

was one of his disciples.

Works

Hakham Agassi authored: ''Imrey Shimon''; ''B'ney Aharon'' (a commentary on ''Sha'ar HaGilgulim'' by Rabbi

Hayyim Vital Hayyim ben Joseph Vital ( he, רָבִּי חַיִּים בֶּן יוֹסֵף וִיטָאל; Safed, October 23, 1542 (Julian calendar) and October 11, 1542 (Gregorian Calendar) – Damascus, 23 April 1620) was a rabbi in Safed and the forem ...

); ''D'rasha''; ''Fundamentals of Torah'' (on the

Thirteen Principles of Faith There is no established formulation of principles of faith that are recognized by all branches of Judaism. Central authority in Judaism is not vested in any one person or group - although the Sanhedrin, the supreme Jewish religious court, would ...

); ''Z'hav Sh'va''; and ''Shem MiShim'on''.

External links

Family tree of Hakham Rabbi Shimon Ben Aharon Agassi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agassi, Shimon 1852 births 1914 deaths Authors of Kabbalistic works Hebrew-language writers Rabbis from Baghdad Orthodox rabbis Writers from Baghdad Place of birth missing Place of death missing