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IJA 3066

Financial and Employment Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community; University Scholarship Information, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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Description

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are receipts, correspondence, scholarship information, and hospital documents. These documents also contain records from the Spiritual Council and the Jewish Lay Council pertaining to decisions regarding employees, the handling of the affairs of the deceased, and job applications. This item also includes school materials, such as applications and acceptance letters regarding a scholarship offered to Iraqi Jewish students to study abroad in England.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3066
Item Number
16657
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, College Entrance Examination Board, Correspondence, Endowment, English, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Hospital, Iran, Jewish Lay Council, Judeo-Arabic, Letterhead, President of the Jewish Community, Printed Text, Receipts, Revenue Stamps, School Material, Shamash Secondary School, Spiritual Council, Stamps, Students, Synagogues Commission, The British Council, Thumbprint, Typed, University, University of London

AI en Translation, Pages 276-300

Page 276

Service Details
Job Title | Department | Appointment Date | Separation Date | Salary | Allowances | Total Salary with Allowances | Increments | Remarks
Job Title | Department | Appointment Date | Separation Date | Salary (Fils Dinar) | Allowances (Cost of Living: Fils Dinar | Other: Fils Dinar) | Total Salary with Allowances (Fils Dinar) | Increments (Fils Dinar) | Remarks
Penalties | Appraisals

Page 277

Service Summary Form
Specific to employees and staff of health institutions affiliated
to the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad
Full Name:
<del>Current Address</del>:
Age:
Level of Education (School Certificate):
Job Title:
Date of Appointment:
Date of Resignation or Dismissal:
Salary and Promotions
Total | Total Salary | Increases | Date and Remarks
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance
Rewards | Penalties
Date | Date

Page 278

Presidency of the Community
Name | Position | Nominal Salary | Cost of Living | Other Allowances | Total Salary from Community Fund
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar
1 - Salim Khabbaza | Secretary of the Community Presidency | 25 000 | 6 750 | — | 41 750
" | Hospital Committee Allowances | — | — | 10 000 |
2 - Naji Habba Labat | Secretary of the Property Committee | 20 000 | 6 750 | — | 26 750
3 - Faraj Abboudi | Accountant of the Community Presidency | 20 000 | 6 250 | — | 26 250
" | Hevrat Kadisha Allowances | — | — | 8 000 |
4 - Abboudi Sweilem | Community Clerk | 10 000 | 5 250 | — | 15 250
5 - Yusuf Saleh Murad | Additional Guarantee Allowances | — | — | 4 000 |
| (Original position is a clerk in the Cemetery Association) |  |  | 15 000 |
6 - Cole Habib | Guard | 5 000 | 3 000 | — | 8 000
" | Bonus paid in two annual installments | — | — | 12 000 (annually) |
7 - Salman Shaul | Community Servant | 5 000 | 2 000 | — | 7 000
| He has a salary from the slaughterhouse of 2/500 + cost of living allowances 2/750 = 5/250 with other allowances for cleaning and meat telegram of 3/250 Dinars - details in slaughterhouse salaries - |  |  |  |
8 - Shaul Yaqub | Servant | 5 000 | 2 000 | — | 7 000
| Bonus paid in two installments |  |  |  |
9 - Ibrahim Yusuf | Servant | 5 000 | 2 000 | — | 7 000
10 - Nassim Habba Labat | Servant | 5 000 | 2 000 | — | 7 000
11 - Dhahi Shaul | Servant | 7 500 | 2 500 | — | 10 000
12 - Naji Abboud | Basheer | 3 000 | — | — | 3 000
" | Hospital Committee Allowances | — | — | 1/— |
Spiritual Council
1 - Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi | President of the Spiritual Council | 16 250 | 6 750 | — | 23 000
| Ministry of Justice Allowances | — | — | 20 000 |
| Nuriel Endowment Allowances | — | — | 5 250 |
2 - Rabbi Eliya Yehuda | Member of the Spiritual Council | 6 500 | 6 750 | — | 13 250
| Ministry of Justice Allowances | — | — | 20 000 |
3 - Rabbi Daoud Sali | Member of the Spiritual Council | 2 250 | 6 250 | — | 8 500
| Ministry of Justice Allowances | — | — | 20 000 |
4 - Rabbi Sasson Ishaq | Head of the Slaughterhouse | 15 225 | 5 750 | — | 20 975
| Member of the Spiritual Council | 23 250 | 5 750 | — | 29 000
| The Body | — | — | 2 000 |
5 - Rabbi Yehuda Moshe Samuel | President of the Religious Court | 16 250 | 6 750 | — | 23 000
| Ministry of Justice Allowances | — | — | 15 000 |
11/250 Ratio
2/250 Cost of living
7/000 Total
(-) (100 Fils)
Settlement of Yaqub the servant's salary

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( 2 )
Name | Position | Nominal Salary Fils Dinar | Cost of Living Fils Dinar | Other Allowances Fils Dinar | Total Salary Fils Dinar
6 - Rabbi Daoud Shaul | Member of the Spiritual Council
Ministry of Justice Allowances | 15 500
— | 6 750
— | —
15 000 | 21 750
7 - Rabbi Yusuf Rabi' | Member of the Spiritual Council
Ministry of Justice Allowances
From Nuriel Endowments | 11 000
—
— | 6 750
—
— | —
15 000
5 250 | 18 250
8 - Rabbi Yaqub Sofair | Member of the Spiritual Council
Shohet in the Slaughterhouse | 22 500
9 750 | —
6 250 | —
— | 22 500
16 000
9 - Rabbi Saleh Naqqash | Additional Member of the Court
Shohet in the Slaughterhouse
From Talmud Torah Association | —
7 500
— | —
5 250
— | —
—
14 500 | 12 750
10 - Mr. Sassoon Peres
Rashti | Chief Clerk of the Court
From Ministry of Justice | —
18 000 | —
6 000 | 15 500
— | ⟦24 000⟧
11 - Mr. Musa Lawi | Chief Clerk of the Court of Cassation
From Ministry of Justice | —
15 000 | —
6 000 | 5 000
— | 21 000
12 - Hezekiel Qattan | Clerk of the Religious Court
From Ministry of Justice | —
8 000 | —
6 000 | 4 500
— | 14 500
The Slaughterhouse
1 - Rabbi Eliyahu Abraham | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse
Rabbi in the Yeshivot | 11 000
— | 5 250
— | —
3 500 | 16 250
2 - Moshi Eliyahu | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse
Sheep Lung Inspection Allowance
Knife Cleaning and Repair Allowance | 8 250
—
— | 5 250
—
— | —
2 500
7 500 | 13 500
3 - Rabbi Yusuf Habbai | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse
Rabbi in the Yeshivot | 8 000
— | 5 250
— | —
4 500 | 13 250
4 - Teacher at Masouda Salman School | From Nuriel Endowments | 8 500
— | 5 250
— | —
5 250 | 13 250
5 - Ishaq Shamash | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse | 7 250 | 5 250 | — | 12 500
6 - Rabbi Haron Douri | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse
Teacher at Shamash School
From Talmud Torah Association | 7 000
6 000
— | 5 250
4 500
— | —
—
14 500 | 12 250
10 500
7 - Ibrahim Khadhouri Kajan | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
8 - Ishaq Moshi | Shohet in the Slaughterhouse | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
2 500 Tamna
7 500 ⟦Fee for⟧ Knives again

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( 2 )
Name | Job Title | Nominal Salary | Cost of Living | Other Allowances | Salary
8 - Yusuf Hayyim Basri | Shochet in the slaughterhouse | 7 500 | 5 250 | — | 12 750
9 - Salim Cohen | " " | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
10 - Ezra Mukammal | " " | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
11 - Saleh Mukammal | " " | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
12 - Ishaq Fattouh | " " | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
13 - Nassim Hakham Eliyahu | " " | 6 500 | 5 250 | — | 11 750
14 - Moshe Sion Lawi | " " | 6 250 | 5 250 | — | 11 500
15 - Salim Hakham Eliyahu | Additional stubbornness | 6 000 | 5 250 | 3 000 | 14 250
16 - Rabbi Ishaq Eliyahu | " " | 5 000 | 5 250 | — | 10 250
⟦illegible⟧ | From Toshi Torah Society | — | — | 12 500 | —
17 - Moshe Nassim Mushaj | Shochet in the slaughterhouse | 4 000 | 5 250 | — | 9 250
18 - Nouri Ezra Tabbakh | Cook in the slaughterhouse | 3 525 | 4 775 | — | 8 300
19 - Yusuf Hezekiel Tabbakh | " " | 3 187 | 4 437 | — | 7 624
20 - Nassim Hakham Shalom | Teacher of slaughtering principles | — | — | 2 000 | —
Al-Heibot
1 - Rabbi Yaqub Shaul | Rabbi in Al-Heibot | 10 000 | 5 250 | — | 15 250
| From Nuriel Endowments | — | — | 5 250 |
| From Toshi Torah Society | — | — | 14 000 |
2 - Rabbi Moshe Hezekiel | Rabbi in Al-Heibot | 9 000 | 5 250 | — | 14 250
| Director of the Masdarah | 10 500 | 5 000 | — | 15 500
3 - Rabbi Nassim Khedhouri | Rabbi in Al-Heibot | 7 500 | 5 250 | — | 12 750
4 - Rabbi Salman Hakham Sassan | Rabbi in Al-Heibot | 6 100 | 5 250 | — | 11 350
| Teacher in Menashi Saleh School | 7 000 | 5 250 | — | 12 250
| From Nuriel Endowments | — | — | 5 250 |
Pensioners
1 - Widow of Rabbi Raphael | Pensioner | 15 000 | 1 250 | — | 16 250
2 - Widow of Rabbi Moshe | " | 10 000 | 1 250 | — | 11 250
3 - Widow of Rabbi Michael Yawmiya | " | 5 000 | 1 250 | — | 6 250
4 - Qamra daughter of Ishaq | " | 5 000 | 1 250 | — | 6 250
5 - Family of Al-Hayla' Zubaida | " | 3 537 | 1 250 | — | 4 787
6 - Khedhouri Kolel | " | 2 588 | 1 250 | — | 3 838

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( 4 )
Name | Position | Nominal Salary Fils Dinar | Cost of Living Fils Dinar | Other Allowances Fils Dinar | Total Salary Fils Dinar
7 - Widow of Isaac Meir Rabbi Salem | Retired | 2 500 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 750
8 - Widow of Isaac Al-Jarrah | " | 2 000 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 250
9 - Widow of Rabbi Hesqail Shalum | " | 1 823 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 073
10 - Khatoun Rabbi Hesqail Ezra | " | 1 800 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 050
11 - Ezra Mordechai | Retired | 1 750 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 000
12 - Widow of Rabbi Mounir | Retired (female) | 1 350 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 600
13 - Daughter of Rabbi Ibrahim Subhi | " | 0 900 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 150
14 - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | " | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 750 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
15 - Widow of Rabbi Ibrahim Hillel | Retirees | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 025 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
1 - Daoud Cohen | Needy | 2 430 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 680
2 - Saleh Shlomo Shamshash | " | 2 000 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 250
3 - Rabbi Hesqail Ezra Duri | " | 2 000 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 250
4 - Ibrahim Rabbi Hesqail Ezra | " | 1 215 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 465
5 - Masouda Yas | Needy (female) | 0 900 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 150
6 - Khatoun Yas | " | 0 900 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 150
7 - Frou' Hesqail Rabbi Sassoon Sarhan | Needy | 0 710 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 1 960
8 - Widow of Menashi Sarhan | Needy (female) | 0 700 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 1 950
9 - Nassim Youssef Yas | Needy | 0 675 | 1 250 | ⟦line⟧ | 1 925
10 - Zakhout Harunim | " | 1 000 | 1 000 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 000
4/4/5

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Number 8 / ⟦526⟧
Date 26 / July / 1950
29
Administrative Order
Based on the Council's decision number (9) taken at its
twenty-second session on 17 / 7 / 1950, it was decided to accept the resignation of
Isaac Moshe, the slaughterer at the slaughterhouse, effective from 20 / 7 / 1950
afternoon.
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to:-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal Records - for notation.
Slaughterhouse Management - with reference to your letter dated
20 / 7 / 1950.
Personnel
⟦illegible stamp with red ink and blue ink JAN 1950⟧

Page 283

G / 537 / 50
26 / 7 / 1950
20
Administrative Order
In view of Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hahim, the reserve member, assuming the
duties of Rabbi Daoud Shaul, the original member who resigned from the
aforementioned court, and his receipt of the original membership allowances from the Ministry of Justice, the
Council decided to cut the additional membership allowances decided to be granted by the Council to
Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hahim, amounting to five dinars per month, effective from
the first of July 1950.
⟦illegible⟧
For filing
Personnel
7/26
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hahim
The personal file for notation
7/26/9

Page 284

G / 20 / 500
5 / 12 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Order
In view of the absence of Mr. Yusuf Haskil, the cook at the slaughterhouse, from work, it has been decided to appoint
Mr. Naji Haskil in his place as a cook at the slaughterhouse with a nominal salary of 2/500 Dinars
monthly, with cost of living allowances of 2/500 Dinars and additional cost of living allowances
of 1/250 Dinars, effective from 9 / 11 / 1950, before noon.
For filing
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to :-
Personnel
Slaughterhouse Presidency - with reference to its letter dated 20 / 11 / 1950.
Accountant - to act accordingly
Mr. Naji Haskil
Personal File
12 / 4 / 1

Page 285

22
Number: 528/8
Date: 26 / 7 / 950
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the esteemed Council (8) taken in its twenty-second session
on 17 / 7 / 1950, the nominal salary of Rabbi Daoud Shaul is adjusted from
15/- Dinars (fifteen Dinars) to 26/- Dinars (twenty-six Dinars)
effective from the first of July / 950, in view of his resignation from the membership of the Religious Court
and considering him a member of the Spiritual Council only.
⟦signature⟧
7/25
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to:-
Presidency of the Spiritual Council - for information
Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal File - for notation
Rabbi Daoud Shaul - with reference to his petition dated 12 / 7 / 950
for notification
Added to the file of Daoud Shaul

Page 286

G / 628 / 51
8 / 1 / 1951
Department Copy
22
Administrative Order
Due to the death of Khatoun Yaqoub Musfi (Indigent Department), her pension
amounting to 2/150 Dinars (including cost of living allowances) shall be cut off starting
from the first of January 1951.
⟦signature⟧
The President
⟦illegible⟧
Copy to :-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal File
For filing / General Presidency
Ibrahim 1/1

Page 287

22
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: G / 652 / 51
Date: 22 / 2 / 1951
Subject Summary:
Administrative Order
The resignation of Rabbi Daoud Shaul from his position in the Spiritual Council is accepted
effective from 15 / 1 / 1951, and his salary for the month of January shall be paid in the amount of 21.750 Dinars
(Twenty-one Dinars and seven hundred and fifty Fils).
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President
Copy to:
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal File
Ibrahim / 8

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Department Copy
G / 652 / 57
20 / 2 / 1951
25
Administrative Order
The resignation of Rabbi Daoud Shaul from his position in the Spiritual Council is accepted
effective from 15 / 1 / 1951, and his salary for the month of January shall be paid in the amount of 21/750 Dinars
(Twenty-one Dinars and seven hundred and fifty Fils).
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
9 / 2 / 51
Copy to:-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal File
Ibrahim / 8

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J / 154 / 51
12/2/51
Department Copy
25
Administrative Order
The Council has decided to grant Rabbi Isaac Eliyahu Shlomo a monthly allowance of -/20 Dinars
(Twenty Dinars) to be paid to him starting from 1/2/1951, in view of his election as a member
in the Spiritual Council for the 54/55 session, which ends on 29/7/1954.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to:-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Rabbi Isaac Eliyahu
Personal File
Ibrahim / 12
This letter was drafted based on the Council's decision No. 12
taken on 28/1/1951.
⟦signature⟧
12/2/51

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Department Copy
G / 654 / H
1951/2/28
26
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Administrative Order
Due to the non-renewal of the election of Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabie to the membership of the Religious Court
and the cutting of the allocations he was receiving from the Ministry of Justice, we have decided to grant him monthly allocations
in the amount of -/5 Dinars starting from 1951/2/1, in addition to the salary he receives
from the Spiritual Council, which amounts to 18/250 Dinars, including the cost of living allowance.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to :-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabie
Personal File
This letter was written based on the Council's decision No. 74
taken on 28 / 2 / 1951.
⟦signature⟧
28 / 2 / 1951
Ibrahim / 12

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J / 655 / 51
12/2/51
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
27
Department Copy
⟦Department Copy⟧
Administrative Order
Due to the travel of the supervisor Ibrahim Yusuf outside Iraq, he is considered resigned
from the leadership of the sect as of the first of February 1951.
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
The Accountant - to mark the salary cut accordingly
Personal Records
Ibrahim / 12

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660
G / 51 / ⟦1370⟧
1951/3/12
4 / 28
⟦Copy to the Department⟧
Administrative Order
In view of the travel of the family of the late Elisha Zubaida outside Iraq, their pension
salary is cut off as of 1951/3/1 in the afternoon.
⟦Handwritten signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The relevant personal file
Ibrahim / 16

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G / 226 / 51
5 / 3 / 1951
⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy
Administrative Order
Due to the travel of Mr. Ezra Mordechai, one of the retirees, outside Iraq, his
pension salary shall be cut off as of ⟦25⟧ / 3 / 1951 .
⟦illegible signature⟧
The President
Copy to :-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The relevant personal file
Ibrahim / 13

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G / 22 / 10
3/8/1951
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Copy for Department 41
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Order
In view of the travel of the process server Munshi Shaul outside Iraq, his resignation is accepted as of
3/9/1951 afternoon.
The President
Copy to:-
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The relevant personal file
Ibrahim / 14

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Subscription Committee of the Jewish Community
for the benefit of Palestinian refugees and the wounded of
the brave Iraqi Army
Baghdad ⟦line⟧
After greetings and respect,
This committee has obtained permission from the esteemed Ministry of Interior to conduct a subscription for the amount of fifty
thousand dinars to be collected from the members of the Jewish community in Baghdad to aid our brothers, the refugees of the Arabs of
Palestine and the wounded of the brave Iraqi Army. We have no doubt that you will take the initiative to contribute to
this noble humanitarian and national project imposed on every Iraqi citizen. We hope that you will kindly
donate the amount of          dinars for this purpose, and God does not waste the reward of those who do good.
With respect.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Chairman of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧

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<del>45</del>
669 / 51
6 / 4 / 1951
⟦illegible⟧
To Mr. Shaul Moussa Al-Muallim, the respected
After greetings,
The Lay Council decided in its session held on 2 / 4 / 1951 to appoint you
as Secretary for this community with a monthly salary of 45/000 Dinars (35/000 Dinars
nominal salary and 10/000 Dinars cost of living allowance), effective from the date
of your joining this position.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A copy to -
The Accountant, to note that the date of his joining
the position is 17 / 2 / 1951
⟦illegible⟧ in the personal notification