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Committee of Israeli Synagogues
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number 60
Date 15 / 1 / 1948
Administration of the Lay Council
File Number ⟦line⟧
Family Name ⟦line⟧
Subject - Appointment of a Secretary and a Janitor
His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council
After greetings
Further to our letter numbered 2 and dated 1 / 1 / 1948.
This committee has assigned the appointment of Mr. Shua Zion Shamash as secretary of the committee for an allowance
of five dinars per month, and the appointment of Sasson Karji as janitor for the committee for an allowance of two dinars
per month, effective from 1 / 1 / 1948. We request your approval of this.
Please accept our respect
Edward Ezra
President
To be presented to the Council
1/17
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⟦Baghdad on 8 / 2 / 1948⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧
1948 / 2 /
To -
Accountant of the Community Administration
The Lay Council decided, pursuant to the third paragraph of the minutes of the tenth meeting held on
8 / 2 / 1948, to terminate the salary of the late Rabbi Ibrahim Aslan as of 31 / 1 / 1948.
Please act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Vice President
For filing
A ⟦...⟧
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Baghdad on 8 / 2 / 1948
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, respected
After greetings
I hope to inform your Excellency that the late Isaac Meir Hakham
Salem, one of the servants of the Spiritual Council, passed away on Sunday corresponding to
8 / 2 / 1948 .
I request your order regarding the date you designate for the cessation of his salary .
The Accountant
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
A. H.
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His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, respected,
After greetings,
The esteemed Ministry of Justice has previously allocated to each of the President and members of the Spiritual Council
monthly allowances in the amount of 20 Dinars, and to each of the President and the two members of the Religious Court monthly allowances
in the amount of 15 Dinars. In view of the verbal conversation held with the Vice President of the Lay Council, they have
been paid in accordance with their salaries starting from the month of January 1948. As for the Rabbis Sasson Khedhouri Ishaq and
Moshe Ibrahim, they have been paid their salaries as before, considering that the Ministry of Justice did not allocate allowances
for them as they are additional members, and your esteemed council has previously allocated to Rabbi Saleh Naqqar monthly
allowances in the amount of five Dinars in his capacity as an additional member.
I also request to be informed about the continuation or suspension of salary payments for each of the clerk Haskiel Qattan and the servants
Karji Sasson, Salman Mordechai, and Raphael Hankali, and the servant Yusuf Khulaif, in view of the issuance of an administrative order by
the Ministry of Justice regarding them. Enclosed herewith is the salary payment list for the Spiritual Council for the months of January and February
for your kind review ⟦line⟧ .
Please accept our respects ⟦line⟧ Selim;
Accountant
A.
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⟦illegible⟧
4/1948/
Administrative Decision
The Council deliberated on the salary of His Eminence the Head of the Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, and considered
that it is not commensurate with the position he holds, so it decided to increase his nominal salary from 54/- Dinars to
(66/- Dinars) sixty-six Dinars, to which cost-of-living allowances shall be added, effective
from the first of April 1948.
Vice President
Copy to - His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri - Head of the Community
The Accountant - to act accordingly
⟦illegible⟧
To be filed
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His Excellency, the President of the Honorable Lay Council of the Israelite Community
After greetings,
We, the teachers of the Sheikh Ishaq Synagogue and the Farha Synagogue (for laying Tefillin),
implore you greatly to extend a helping hand to us, because we
are in the direst of straits regarding the cost of living, and this matter
is understood by Your Excellency and by everyone.
Therefore, we have come seeking mercy from the Almighty, and then from Your Excellency,
that you may show us compassion upon reading this letter.
Our hope is that you do not disappoint our request, for when a child cries,
his mother is moved by his crying to nurse him.
Our monthly salary for both places is (one and a half Dinars), and upon your reading
of this, your compassion for us will undoubtedly be stirred, as we are heads
of families.
Finally, we pray to the Creator, Glory be to Him, to grant you perfect health,
and that He, Glory be to Him, does not let the reward of the charitable go to waste.
Peace be upon you,
Sir.
The Sincere,
The group of teachers of
Sheikh Ishaq Synagogue
and Farha Synagogue
Baghdad, Wednesday
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