Shimon Ben Aharon Agassi (also spelled Simon Aghassi) was a Hakham[1] and Kabbalist[2] in Baghdad.

He was known as HARASHBA,[3] an acronym for Harav Rabbi Shimon Ben Aharon.

[3] He was married to Rachel Abdallah Eliya Bahar (1866–1954).

Together they had ten children: Hakham Agassi died on the eve of Tisha B'Av,[5] 1914.

[1] Hakham Agassi authored: Imrey Shimon;[6] B'ney Aharon (a commentary on Sha'ar HaGilgulim[7] by Rabbi Hayyim Vital); D'rasha;[2] Fundamentals of Torah[8] (on the Thirteen Principles of Faith); Z'hav Sh'va;[9] and Shem MiShim'on.