Education
He was educated at a religious school and college, before attending a religious teachers" seminary. He also studied at the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He was educated at a religious school and college, before attending a religious teachers" seminary. He also studied at the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Born in Yemen in the Ottoman Empire, Shaki made aliyah to Palestine in 1914. In 1929 he began working as a teacher in Hadera, before switching to Tel Aviv the following year, where he worked until 1951. Between 1950 and 1951 he was headmaster of a religious school in a Yemenite ma"abara in Ein Shemer.
From 1952 until 1963 he was headmaster of a school in Bnei Brak.
However, he lost his seat in the 1965 elections. He died in 1990.
A member of Hapoel HaMizrachi and, from 1956, the National Religious Party, Shaki was on the party"s list for the 1961 elections.