. ▁At ▁Bet ▁El ▁Yes h iva , ▁he ▁belonged ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁me k ub al im ▁along ▁with ▁H ida , ▁Tor at ▁H ak ham , ▁Rab bi ▁Y om - T ov ▁Alg azi ▁and ▁other ▁s ages ▁of ▁Se ph ard ic ▁and ▁Y emen ite ▁con greg ations . ▁He ▁remained ▁at ▁Bet ▁El ▁Yes h iva ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁Ros h ▁Yes h iva . ▁ ▁He ▁himself ▁was ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁of ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁Rab bi ▁Isaac ▁L uria , ▁and ▁a ▁principal ▁innov ator ▁within ▁L ur ian ic ▁Kab bal ah . ▁ ▁Popular ▁tradition ▁links ▁his ▁departure ▁from ▁Y emen ▁with ▁a ▁mi racle ▁that ▁occurred ▁after ▁a ▁rich ▁Muslim ▁woman ▁tried ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁him . ▁In ▁Bet ▁El ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁servant ▁and ▁hid ▁his ▁learning ▁from ▁others ; ▁when ▁his ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Kab bal ah ▁was ▁accident ally ▁discovered , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁k ab bal istic ▁circle . ▁According ▁to ▁legend , ▁the ▁proph et ▁E lij ah ▁appeared ▁to ▁him , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁understood ▁by ▁the ▁major ▁Kab bal ists ▁as ▁being ▁himself ▁the ▁Gil g ul ▁of ▁the ▁A riz al . ▁ ▁His ▁grand son , ▁Sol omon ▁Mos es ▁H ai ▁G agin ▁Sh ar abi , ▁wrote ▁a ▁poem ▁of ▁pra ise ▁on ▁his ▁master y ▁of ▁the ▁Et z ▁Hay y im ▁and ▁Sh emon ah