
Mordechai Sharabi (; 1908,
Shara'b As Salam,
Yemen
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– 1984,
Jerusalem
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) was a
rabbi
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and the founder and
rosh yeshiva
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of
Yeshivat Nahar Shalom, a yeshiva for the study of the
Kabbalah
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of
Shalom Sharabi
Sar Shalom Sharabi (), also known as the Rashash, the Shemesh or Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi (1720–1777), was a Yemenite Rabbi, Halachist, Chazzan and Kabbalist. In later life, he became the Rosh Yeshiva of Bet El Yeshiva in th ...
, in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mahane Yehuda. A world-renowned
kabbalist, he was accepted by the kabbalists of his time, and had the admiration of Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef (, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) also known as Maran (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מרן) "Our Master", was an History of the Jews in Iraq#Otoman rule, Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Jews, Sephar ...
.
A set of three of his books focusing on remedies that built upon
Shalom Sharabi
Sar Shalom Sharabi (), also known as the Rashash, the Shemesh or Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi (1720–1777), was a Yemenite Rabbi, Halachist, Chazzan and Kabbalist. In later life, he became the Rosh Yeshiva of Bet El Yeshiva in th ...
's intentions from verses in selected
Psalms
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were published posthumously.
Notable students
Elazar Mordechai Koenig
Elazar Mordechai Koenig (; October 15, 1945 – December 31, 2018) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and the spiritual leader of the Breslov Hasidic community in Safed, Israel.
Early life
Elazar Mordechai Koenig was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Gedal ...
, spiritual leader of the
Breslov
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Hasidim
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of
Safed
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Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...
.
Biography of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Kenig
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Burial place
He is buried in Har HaMenuchot, also known as Givat Shaul Cemetery.
References
1908 births
1983 deaths
20th-century Yemenite rabbis
Yemeni emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
Sephardic Haredi rabbis in Israel
20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem
Kabbalists
Burials at Har HaMenuchot
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