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Shalom ben Yosef Shabbazi , also Abba Shalem Shabbezi or Salim Elshibzi ( , ) was one of the greatest Jewish poets who lived in 17th century Yemen and now considered the 'Poet of Yemen'.1Shabbazi was born in 1619 at Jewish Sharab , close to Ta'izz , and lived most of his life in Ta'izz from which he was expelled, along with most of the Yemenite Jews in 1679. He died in 1720. His father, Yosef ben Abijad bin Khalfun was also a Rabbi and a poet. Shabbazi's extant poetic diwan , comprising some 550 poems, was published for the first time by the Ben-Zvi Institute in 1977. He wrote in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic . Shabbazi's other writing include a treatise on astrology and a cabbalistic commentary on the Torah . Shabbazi's grave in Ta'izz is revered by Jews and Muslims alike. He is now considered by Academics as the 'Shakespeare of Yemen'. He wrote a commentary on the Torah called Chamdoth Yomim. His leadership was instrumental in helping the Jews of Yemen survive some of the worst persecution in its history. Mori (Yemenites do not call all of their spiritual leaders 'rabbi' but sometimes "Mori", Aramaic for "my master" in Hebrew "Mora" means "teacher") Shabazi wrote a kinah for recitation during the Ninth of Av recalling the terrible exile of Jews in his lifetime from all cities and towns in Yemen to an inhospitable desert called Moza, during the time the Jews were banished there a full 20% of their number perished. The Diwan of Mori Shabazi has become an essential part of Yemenite Jewry's spiritual and cultural lives. Mori Shabazi wrote nearly 1500 diwan on nearly all topics in Judaism, unfortunately only about 300 survived the ravages of persecution, time and the lack of a printing press in Yemen. He wrote his Diwan(poems/songs) in Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic. Currently, the Israeli government and the Chief Rabbinate are trying to bring the remains of Rabbi Shabazi to Israel Many of his poems have elaborate detailed premonitions of returning to Israel, with his people. Rabbi Shabazi's bones to be buried in Israel? .2
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Rabbi Shalom ben Yosef Shabazi of the family of Mashtā (1619 – ca. 1720), also Abba Sholem Shabbezi or Salim al-Shabazi ( , ) was one of the greatest Jewish poets of all time who lived in 17th century Yemen and now considered the 'Poet of Yemen'.
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Shalom Shabazi street, Tel Aviv Rabbi Shalom ben Yosef ben Avigad Shabazi of the family of Mashtā (1619 – c. 1720), also Abba Sholem Shabazi or Saalem al-Shabazi ( , ), was a Jewish poet who lived in 17th century Yemen .He is now considered the 'Poet of Yemen'.
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Jewish poet in Yemen Shalom Shabazi (1619 – c. 1720) was the son of Yosef ben Avigad, of the family of Mashtā, also commonly known as Abba Sholem Shabazi or Saalem al-Shabazi ( ; ).He was a Jewish poet who lived in 17th century Yemen , often referred to as the arch-poet of Yemen.
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Jewish rabbi and poet in Yemen Shalom Shabazi (1619 – c. 1720) was the son of Yosef ben Avigad, of the family of Mashtā, also commonly known as Abba Sholem Shabazi or Saalem al-Shabazi ( Hebrew : שלום שבזי ; Arabic : سالم الشبزي ). He was a Jewish rabbi and poet who lived in 17th century Yemen , often referred to as the arch-poet of Yemen.
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one of the greatest jewish poets who lived in 17th century yemen and now considered the 'poet of yemen'
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son of yosef ben avigad
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