?abshush, Shalom ben Ya?ya
?ABSHUSH, SHALOM BEN YA?YA
?ABSHUSH, SHALOM BEN YA?YA (c. 1825–1905), head of a yeshivah in San?a, Yemen, dayyan, and author. A goldsmith by profession, he kept aloof from public office and communal affairs, and devoted himself to the study of the Torah. He was the last head of the San?a yeshivah, which closed down in 1905 during a siege and famine. He wrote two works, which were published together (Aden, 1893): Korban Todah, explanations and novellae on the Mekor ?ayyim of R. Ya?y? ??li? b.Jacob, dealing with the laws of ritual slaughter and terefot; and Shoshannat ha-Melekh, an abridged version of the responsa Pe'ulat ?addik of R. Ya?y? S?li?. It was written and possibly copied by the author himself in 1862. The abridged responsa are presented in the form of halakhot and verdicts. In the margins he added the Gan Shoshannim, which indicates the source of the halakhah. The part on Ora? ?ayyim and Yoreh De'ah was published together with R. David Mizra?i's commentary on the Shul?an Arukh, Shetilei Zeitim (2 vols. 1886–96).
bibliography:
S. Gridi (ed.), Shoshannat ha-Melekh (1967), introduction.
[Yehuda Ratzaby]