` a ▁Sh ar abi ▁( 1 7 2 0 – 1 7 7 7 ), ▁was ▁a ▁Y emen ite ▁Rab bi , ▁Hal ach ist , ▁Ch azz an ▁and ▁Kab bal ist . ▁In ▁later ▁life , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁Ros h ▁Yes h iva ▁of ▁Bet ▁El ▁Yes h iva ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁City ▁of ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁His ▁daughter ▁married ▁Rab bi ▁Hay y im ▁Abraham ▁G agin ▁of ▁Jerusalem , ▁making ▁him ▁the ▁great - gre at - grand father ▁of ▁Sh em ▁Tob ▁G agu ine , ▁the ▁" K eter ▁Sh em ▁Tob ." ▁ ▁His ▁son ▁was ▁Y itz h ak ▁M iz ra hi ▁Sh ar abi ▁and ▁his ▁grand son ▁was ▁Chief ▁Rab bi ▁Cha im ▁Abraham ▁G agin . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Sar ▁Sh alom ▁Sh ar abi ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Jewish ▁Sh arab , ▁Y emen . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁Israel , ▁then ▁under ▁Ott oman ▁rule , ▁in ▁ful fil ment ▁of ▁a ▁v ow . ▁On ▁his ▁way ▁he ▁stayed ▁in ▁India , ▁Bag hd ad ▁and ▁Dam asc us . ▁In ▁Dam asc us , ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁dispute ▁of ▁Hal ach a ▁over ▁the ▁minimum ▁o live ▁size ▁ke z ay it ▁of ▁mat z ah ▁that ▁one ▁should ▁eat ▁at ▁the ▁P es ach ▁S eder . ▁ ▁In ▁Israel ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁strong ▁impression ▁on ▁the ▁local ▁rabb in ic ▁s ages , ▁and ▁is ▁frequently ▁mentioned ▁in ▁their ▁books