Shimon Agassi


Shimon Ben Aharon Agassi was a Hakham and Kabbalist in Baghdad. He was known as HARASHBA, an acronym for Harav Rabbi Shimon Ben Aharon.

Personal life

Hakham Agassi was born in 1852. He was married to Rachel Abdallah Eliya Bahar. Together they had ten children:
  1. Aharon Agassi
  2. Menashe Agassi
  3. Farha Agassi Somek
  4. Meir Sassoon Hai Agassi
  5. Esther Agassi Somekh
  6. Ezra Zion Agassi
  7. Dina Agassi Shaashua
  8. Khatoun Agassi Judah
  9. Mazal Tov Agassi
  10. Eliyahu Haim Agassi
Hakham Agassi died on the eve of Tisha B'Av, 1914.
Hakham Yehuda Fatiyah was one of his disciples.

Works

Hakham Agassi authored: Imrey Shimon; B'ney Aharon ; D'rasha; Fundamentals of Torah ; Z'hav Sh'va; and Shem MiShim'on.