[1] He was a friend and travelling companion of Chaim Yosef David Azulai who mentions him in his works.

He was educated in Torah at the yeshivas of Hebron and at a young age he was counted among the heads of the community.

While he was in Basra (Iraq), the Shah of Persia announced a war on the city and all the Jews were in great danger.

[2] He celebrated this deliverance in Hebrew verses called "Megillat Paras" (The Scroll of Persia).

[2] "Megillat Paras" was published by his grandson (son of Eliezer Jeruḥam), Rabbi Jacob Saul Alyashar, in "Ish Emunim" (Jerusalem, 1885).