AI English Translation, Pages 26-50
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Baghdad
After greetings and respect, Mr. President
I, Saleh son of Shmuel Shasha, have served in the Jewish community for a lifetime
My father, for nearly sixty years (60), served directly under the honorable religious state
The community rewarded me for these services with a monthly salary of (2.925) Dinars. I did not find
this amount sufficient were it not for the assistance of the heirs of Al-Mayeh after my services were dispensed with. I was prevented
from practicing this profession directly after the issuance of the law regulating religious slaughter eight years ago
which mandated restricting the right of slaughter in front of the neighborhood to the public only and no others. Therefore, this salary
under these circumstances is no longer enough to sustain me and my necessary needs given the current economic conditions
and the astonishing rise in the cost of living. In addition to that, my head has bowed
due to the days and I have become unable to perform any work, and my age is ⟦suitable for it!⟧ And I am a man
marked by age and afflicted with many ailments and diseases.
Therefore, I have come with this letter of mine, hoping from your Excellency to look into the matter of increasing these allowances
And I pray to God Almighty to prolong your life and keep you as a treasure for the service of the Jewish community
Your servant
Saleh son of Shmuel Shasha
11/4/1948
Administration of the Jewish Community
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19/4/1948
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To the Accountant
For auditing and reporting
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4/20
Current Salary | Allowances
2.925 | ⟦illegible⟧
4/25
Israeli Property Committee
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 14
Date: 28 / 3 / 1948
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His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings,
In view of the increasing work of the committee and its branches and the necessary
follow-ups, the committee has decided to recommend considering the appointment of an independent clerk
for the committee on a trial basis for a period of two months starting from 1 / 4 / 1948 with a
nominal salary of 8 Dinars per month, to which cost-of-living allowances shall be added
according to the scale established for the community's employees. The committee has nominated Mr.
Yousef Aqayreb for this position, provided that he performs the regular duties of the community
during his free time and after official working hours ⟦line⟧
Please accept our respects!
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number ⟦1421⟧
Date 29 / 3 / 1948
File Number
President ⟦line⟧
To be presented to the Council
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Issued on 20 / 5 / 1948
28 / 5 / 48
1 / 1948 /
Decision
The Physical Council has decided to appoint Mr. Yusuf Twig as a clerk for the Jewish Community Property Committee with a monthly
salary of eight dinars, until the committee's needs are met by a regular employee, effective from
1 April 1948, provided that he performs the regular duties of the community during his free time and during official working hours
for a period of two months on a probationary basis ⟦line⟧ .
Vice President
For filing
Personnel
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Community Committee
1948/4/21
His Excellency the Respected Head of the Community
His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Schools Committee
His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings,
We send you a copy of the Council's Resolution No. (1) taken at its session held on
1948/4/20 regarding the promotion of community employees for your kind review and to act accordingly, please.
Vice President
Copy to: The Accountant to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Resolution
1- The Council deliberated on the issue of promotion for community employees and its workers on the occasion of the high cost
of living that has recently emerged, and deemed it necessary to provide assistance to them as much as the community's finances
allow. Based on that, and after reviewing the available statistics, it decided the following:-
A- All community employees, workers, and affiliated institutions, including retirees, accountants,
and professionals, shall be granted a grant equivalent to half of the nominal salary received by each of them on the first day of the month of
April 1948 (without the usual high cost of living allowances or any other allowances), provided that this grant does not exceed
ten dinars as a maximum and is not less than five dinars as a minimum, with the exception of office boys, servants,
and guards, who are granted a lump sum grant of four dinars only.
B- This grant does not include lecturers in schools or doctors in hospitals.
C- If one of the employees or workers receives more than one salary from the community fund, their
multiple nominal salaries shall be combined and the grant shall be paid to them on that basis, provided it does not exceed the maximum limit referred
to in paragraph (A).
D- The allowances paid by the Ministry of Justice to the heads, members, and employees of the community courts are excluded as part of
their nominal salaries for the purpose of calculating the grant.
E- Based on the verbal review that took place with the Schools Committee, the said committee shall bear 20% of the total
costs of the grant regarding the schools and institutions affiliated with the said committee, while the rest
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Personnel
Administration of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
Number 151
Date 7 / 4 / 948
File Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on April 5, 948
His Excellency the Head of the Slaughterhouse of the Jewish Community
Cousin of Daoud Mustafa, the Respected
After greetings
In view of the current economic situation, which has become unbearable regarding
the high cost of living in general and bread in particular, a matter that the employee cannot bear. Therefore, we ask you
to increase our salaries in the slaughterhouse to the extent that sustains us and our children in these difficult circumstances.
Otherwise, we will be forced, with great regret, to leave work on 15 / 4 / 948 inevitably.
We hope that you will appreciate our situation and grant our request and your assistance to us, with thanks.
Slaughterers of the Slaughterhouse in the Jewish Community
A copy to:
His Excellency Cousin Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad - Respected
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Lay Council, Respected
Agent of the Slaughterhouse Contractor at the present time
Youssef Subhi Majli
4/⟦...⟧/1948
Administrative Order
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In view of what was decided in the Council regarding the low salaries of the slaughterhouse employees, the Council decided to grant an increase
of two Dinars per month starting from the first of April 1948 to the following named gentlemen: -
1- Rabbi Daoud Sassi | 2- Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim | 3- Rabbi Yaqub Sassi
4- Joshua Eliyahu Sassi | 5- Rabbi Yusuf Hassan | 6- Rabbi Yusuf Nuri
7- Rabbi Harun Nuri | 8- Rabbi Saleh Shasha | 9- Ibrahim Khadouri Shamman
10- Ishaq Yusuf Sassi | 11- Yusuf Hayim Sassi | 12- Salim Cohen
13- Ezra Cohen | 14- Saleh Cohen | 15- Rabbi Harun Rabbi Salman
16- Nassim Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim | 17- Shalom Daniel Sassi | 18- Joshua Hayim Lani
19- Salim Rabbi Eliyahu | 20- Ishaq Shamshon | 21- Ishaq Shamshon
22- Rabbi Yusuf Ibrahim Jubeir | 23- Rabbi Yaqub Shaul | 24- Rabbi Mikhail Yona
25- Rabbi Joshua Rabbi Hezekiel | 26- Rabbi Nassim Khadouri |
And it was decided to grant an increase of one Dinar per month starting from the first of April 1948 also to each of: -
1- Nuri Ezra Shasha | 2- Yusuf Hezekiel Shasha | 3- Salman Shaul
The Council decided to request the head of the slaughterhouse to provide the names of the slaughterers and other slaughterhouse employees
who are actually working at the present time and to adjust the salaries of those for whom no adjustment order has been issued
starting from the first of May 1948.
Vice President
Copy to: -
His Excellency the Head of the Community
His Eminence the Head of the Spiritual Council for kind information ⟦line⟧
His Eminence the Head of the Slaughterhouse
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
Personnel
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4/1948/
Administrative Order
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The Council decided in its body, Resolution 5, regarding Isaac, who is now granted monthly allowances of
2/430 Dinars, to which is added the high cost of living allowance amounting to 1/250 Dinars, so the monthly
allowances increase to five Dinars, effective from the first of April 1948.
Vice President
Copy to:-
His Excellency the Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ for kind information ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Head of the Spiritual Council ⟦line⟧
The Accountant ⟦line⟧ to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Archived
Personnel
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1948/5/10
Decisions
1 - In view of what appeared to the Council that the cost-of-living allowance granted to Rabbi Daoud Sassoon
Head of the Rabbinate and the Dharma (3/750 Dinars) monthly is less than the amount determined according to the scale of
cost-of-living allowances, it was decided to increase the mentioned allowance and make it (5/750 Dinars) starting from the first
of May 1948.
2 - In view of what appeared to the Council regarding the low salary of Rabbi Yaqub Sassoon in Al-Bataween and its
disproportion with what his colleagues receive, it was decided to increase his salary from (3/500 Dinars) to (5/000 Dinars)
monthly starting from the first of May 1948.
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Excellency the respected Head of the Community
His Eminence the respected Rabbi Daoud Sassoon
His Eminence the respected Rabbi Yaqub Sassoon
The Accountant - to act accordingly
To be filed
His salary
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
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22 / 4 / 948
Baghdad on April 22, 1948
His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council
After greetings
Due to my inability to practice my duties in the slaughterhouse, I request the acceptance of my resignation from it, and to Your Excellency my continued
thanks and respect ⟦line⟧
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Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman
Copy to :-
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community - for information ⟦line⟧
His Eminence the President of the Respected Court - for information ⟦line⟧
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10/5/1948
Copy for the Department
Baghdad on 4/5/1948
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His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings, the Council decides in the letter of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Salman dated April 22, 1948
Which includes his resignation from the Giza, so it was decided to accept it as of the date of its submission, and it was also decided to increase his salary amounting to
(4/100 Dinars) monthly in the ⟦illegible⟧ to (6/100 Dinars) ⟦illegible⟧ monthly ⟦illegible⟧ Fils, and that is from
the date of its submission from ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ .
I request your order regarding the date which ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
And please accept my respect
Vice President
I request your order regarding the date you appointed for the opening of ⟦illegible⟧
And please accept my respect
Copy to: -
His Eminence the Head of the Community ⟦line⟧
His Eminence the President of the Israelite Court
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respected
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
Personnel
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Baghdad on 5 / 4 / 1948
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
After greetings
I hope to inform Your Excellency that the late His Eminence Rabbi Moshe
Ibrahim, the additional member of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad, has
passed away on Wednesday, corresponding to 4 / 28 / 1948.
I request your order regarding the date you designate for cutting off his salary.
Please accept [our] res⟦line⟧pect;
The Accountant
on behalf of /
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1948/5/10
Administrative Order
In view of the death of the late Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim, member of the Spiritual Council, on 1948/4/28
The Council decided to cut his salary starting from the end of April 1948, and also decided, in view of his services to the family, to pay his heirs
A pension salary of ten Dinars per month starting from the first of May 1948, to which shall be added the cost of living allowance
according to the observed laws ⟦line⟧ .
Vice President
For filing
Self
Copy to :-
His Eminence the Head of the Community
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council
The heirs of the late Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim
Accounting to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
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11/1947/
⟦11/18/1947⟧
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council, the respected ⟦line⟧
⟦Administration of the Spiritual Council⟧
After greetings,
Further to our letter No. 16 dated 4/23/1947 regarding the assignment of Mr. Nassim
Hakham Shalum to undertake the task of training those wishing to learn the principles of slaughter according to Israeli law,
The Council has decided to extend the granting of monthly allowances amounting to five dinars to the aforementioned person
for another six months starting from the first of November 1947, provided that this decision is reviewed
at the end of April 1948 in light of the results obtained from training the new Shohatim.
Please accept our respects ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
His Excellency the Head of the Community - for your kind information
Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalum
The Accountant to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
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Baghdad on 4 / 5 / 1948
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
After greetings
I attach herewith the Council's letter numbered 68 and dated 30 / 11 / 947
Requesting your kindness to look into it and give your orders regarding the continuation or suspension of the salary of ⟦himself⟧
Hakham Shalom, the Shechita instructor.
Please accept my respect;
The Accountant
A. A.
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Copy for the Department
Administrative Order
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22 / 5 / 1948
The Lay Council has decided to approve the extension of the monthly allowance of two Dinars
to Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom for his task of training those wishing to study the principles of slaughtering according
to the Israeli law, for a period of one year starting from the first of May 1948.
Vice President
Copy to:-
His Eminence the Head of the Community
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom
The Accountant to act accordingly
For filing
22 / 5
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The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
In Baghdad
Administration of the Physical Council - Baghdad
Number 875
Date 20 / 5 / 948
File Number
Number: 1974
Date: 18 / ⟦May⟧ / 948
To the honorable presence of the Honorable President of the Honorable Physical Council
In the city of Jerusalem
We hereby inform your honor that the Great and Honorable Yeshiva of Babylon, headed by our teacher
The Honorable Sage Rabbi Isaac Sassoon, may his light shine, has sent to your honor Mr. Ovadia son of Nissim Mr. Ezekiel
Who was accepted into our house by your honor's order to continue his studies at the Rabbinical Seminary
There, may God protect him and bless him among the living. The aforementioned Mr. Ezekiel is an only son to his mother, an honorable widow,
Poor and destitute, and she has no provider except for her aforementioned son, the aforementioned Mr. Ezekiel.
And we request of your honor that you please be so kind, may God be blessed, to intercede on his behalf
So that he may find a place of rest in the aforementioned Seminary and be able to continue his studies
Without any disturbance or worry. May God protect him, may God bless among the living Mr. Isaac Mr. Solomon and his family
Dear, may God protect him and bless him Amen. And so please grant all our requests, may God be blessed,
And send blessing and success in the work of your hands. May the Lord our God be with you and may your peace increase.
And those who bow before the Exalted Lord,
Moshe Sassoon
Chazzan Ovadia
1948/5/16
His Excellency, the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 122 dated 1948/5/3 regarding your esteemed council's request for a list
of the names of the slaughterers working in the slaughterhouse.
We list below the names of the slaughterers working in the slaughterhouse of the Israelite Community:-
Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad
Number 870
Date 16 / 5 / 1948
File Number
1 - Rabbi Daoud Masfi
2 - Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim
3 - Rabbi Yaqub Masfi
4 - Moshe Al-⟦line⟧-s
5 - Rabbi Yusuf H-⟦line⟧-ali
6 - Rabbi Yusuf Dori
7 - Rabbi H-⟦line⟧-aroun Dori
8 - Rabbi Saleh Naq-⟦line⟧-ar
9 - Ibrahim Khedhouri Naq-⟦line⟧-an
10 - Ishaq Mosh-⟦line⟧-i
11 - Yusuf Huwaym Mas-⟦line⟧-i
12 - Salim Koh-⟦line⟧-en
13 - Ezra M-⟦line⟧-l
14 - Saleh M-⟦line⟧-l
15 - Rabbi Sassoon Rabbi Salman
16 - Naim Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim
17 - Shalom Rahman-⟦line⟧-i
18 - Moshe Sion Levi
19 - Salim Rabbi Eliyah-⟦line⟧-u
20 - Ishaq Sham-⟦line⟧-ash
21 - Ishaq F-⟦line⟧-araj
22 - Nouri Ezra Tab-⟦line⟧-akh
23 - Yusuf Heskel Tab-⟦line⟧-akh
24 - Salman Sham-⟦line⟧-ul
Based on the travel of Rabbi Yusuf Dori, one of the slaughterhouse's slaughterers, outside Iraq, we request the favor
of approving the nomination of Rabbi Ishaq Eliyahu in his place with a monthly salary of five Dinars, and adding to them
cost-of-living allowances at the prescribed scale, provided that the difference between the salary of Rabbi Yusuf Dori and Rabbi
Ishaq Eliyahu be given to Moshe Al-Hallas for the fees of inspecting sheep lungs.
( 2 )
Based on your council's acceptance of the resignation of Sassoon Hakham Salman from his position at the slaughterhouse, we hope you will kindly
approve the nomination of Moshe Nissim Moshiach in his place with a monthly salary of four dinars, to which shall be added the
cost-of-living allowance at the prescribed rate, provided that the difference between the salary of Sassoon Hakham Salman and Moshe Nissim Moshiach
be given to Ezra Mordechai as a pension for him in view of his long service at the slaughterhouse.
We hope you will kindly approve this, and the matter is yours.
Please accept our respect.
⟦Daoud Ezra⟧
⟦Tawfiq⟧
Head of the Slaughterhouse
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A.D.)
PRESIDENT
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
1
-1- Current salary of the perpetrator Yusuf Duri
Widows
7/- + 5/250 = 12/250
-2- Proposed salary for widows under adults
5/- + 5/250 = 10/250
-3- The difference between the two salaries which is added to
her allocations from the annual Awqaf Treasury wages
2/- Dinars
B - 1- Current sponsorship salary ⟦illegible⟧
7/- + 5/250 = 12/250
-2- Proposed salary for widows ⟦illegible⟧
4/- + 5/250 = 9/250
-3- The difference between the two salaries proposed above
to her allocations as Awqaf Treasury wages
3/- Dinars
Department Copy
5/⟦illegible⟧/1948
Administrative Order
After reviewing the two letters from the Spiritual Council and the Slaughterhouse Presidency dated 5/28/20
and 5/16/1948, it was decided to approve the following:
1 - Terminating the services of Rabbi Yusuf Nuri from the slaughterhouse and appointing Rabbi Isaac Eliyahu
in his place with a nominal salary of five dinars, to which cost-of-living allowances are added.
2 - Granting Moshe Elias monthly allowances in the amount of two dinars for ⟦illegible⟧ fees in the
Al-Alsam school.
3 - Appointing Moshe Nissim Joshua as a slaughterer in the slaughterhouse in place of Rabbi Sassoon Salman,
who resigned, with a salary of four dinars per month, to which cost-of-living allowances are added according to the scale decided
for the community's employees.
4 - Granting Ezra Mordechai, the former employee in the slaughterhouse, a pension gratuity in the amount of
(1.750 dinars) one dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils, to which cost-of-living allowances are added,
in view of his previous services in the slaughterhouse and his old age.
5 - This decision shall be implemented as of the first of May 1948.
Vice President
Correct for filing
Zakia
Copy to: His Eminence the Head of the Community
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Presidency of the Slaughterhouse
The Accountant to act accordingly
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5/ ⟦illegible⟧ /1948
Administrative Order
After reviewing the letter of Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi dated 4/7/1948.
In view of what the Council perceived as the smallness of his nominal salary, it was decided to increase his salary from 25.500 to
26.500 Dinars (twenty-six and a half Dinars), provided that the allowances he receives
from the Ministry of Justice, amounting to 15.000 Dinars per month, be deducted from this salary, effective from
the first of May 1948.
Vice President
Copy to:-
His Eminence the Head of the Community
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi
The Accountant to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
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⟦Department Copy⟧
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5/27/1948
Accountant of the Community Administration
You will find below a copy of Council Decisions No. (6) and (15) to act accordingly
Secretary
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Decision No. (6)
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After reviewing the petition of the needy Saleh Shlomo Shamash, it was decided to approve the increase of his salary
which he receives from the Community Fund (Needy Department) from 1/675 to 2/500 Dinars (Two Dinars)
monthly starting from the first of May 1948.
Decision No. (15)
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After reviewing the petition of the congregation of the Sheikh Isaac Synagogue, it was decided to approve the increase of their monthly
allocations paid from the Community Fund from (1/500 Dinars to 2/500 Two Dinars).
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For filing
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