R. Sharabi's life was embellished by legends even from his youth, and in Erez Israel he was famous as a saint and miracle worker. Popular tradition links his departure from Yemen with a miracle that occurred after a rich Muslim woman tried to seduce him. In Bet El he worked as a servant and hid his learning from others; only miraculously was his deep knowledge of Kabbalah discovered and he became a member of the kabbalistic circle. According to legend, the prophet Elijah appeared to him and he was an incarnation of Luria. After his death, his name became greatly revered among the Jews of Jerusalem and among the kabbalists of Bet El. The members of Bet El used to prostrate themselves on his grave on the Mount of Olives on the commemoration of his death. His signature was Shalom Mizrahi di-Ydi'a Sharabi and his titles Ha-Reshash or Ha-Shemesh (both are Hebrew acronyms of Shalom Mizrahi Sharabi).

דף א,ב-ח,א: הקדמת רחובות הנהר. דף ח,ב-לז: ספר נהר שלום. אמת ושלום לא נדפס כאן, אלא בספר עץ חיים בלבד. עיין: וויטאל, חיים בן יוסף. . "רחובות הנהר" ו"נהר שלום" נדפסו, כנז', בשאלוניקי תקס"ו, בתוך ספרו אמת ושלום. "רחובות הנהר" נדפס, לראשונה, בתוך ספר שמן זית זך, שאלוניקי תקל"ט, להלן.