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Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
No.: T / 58
Date: June 23, 1958
Telephone No.: 3531 5452
Subject:
His Excellency the Minister of Justice, Respected
Greetings and respect,
Law No. 77 of 1931 and the two regulations issued under it in 1931 and 1932 have
sufficient flexibility to organize the Jewish Community in its present situation legally, and there is no necessity to leave its affairs
to neglect or to treat them with illegal instructions.
The law with its two regulations is based on the consideration of the Iraqi Jews as five groups. It is obvious that the
current situation of the community justifies only one group covering all of Iraq. The decision for that can be taken by regulation if it is considered
a purely legal decision, or by a decision from the Council of Ministers if it is considered a political decision.
If it is decided that the Jewish community is one group, it is naturally necessary, in order to facilitate the execution of the law verbatim, to specify in the
decision the equivalence of this group with one of the specific groups mentioned in the law. There is no doubt that equivalence with the previous Baghdad group
is incorrect, but equivalence with the Basra group in terms of the number of people and the importance of administration represents a realistic equivalence.
In any case, whether in terms of population or importance, the current Iraqi group exceeds the Mosul group or the Diyala group.
The legal basis for this decision is analogy, which is the legal pillar on which jurisprudence can be based
when a vast gap occurs between the text and the reality of the situation for which that text was placed. The condition for the validity of analogy and jurisprudence
is that they aim for and ensure the implementation of the law and do not serve as a pretext for neglecting it. The weightier of two interpretations is the one closest to the law
and requiring the least modification of it.
Therefore, it appears that such a decision, once taken, is alone capable of restoring the legal situation to its proper order, so there would be
an acting president, a general council, and a lay council. The election that took place recently can be considered leading to the election of a lay
council without the need for a new election, and all that remains to return matters to their proper order is the election of a general council
and confining the Ministry's relationship with the community to the existing legal and regulatory texts.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 58
Date: 23 / 6 / 1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
Greetings and Respect,
Law No. 77 of 1931 and the two regulations issued thereunder in the years 1931 and 1932 contain sufficient flexibility to organize the Mosaic community in its present situation legally, and there is no necessity to leave its affairs to negligence or to address them with illegal instructions.
The law along with the two regulations is based on the consideration of Iraqi Mosaicists as five groups. It is self-evident that the current situation of the community justifies only one group encompassing all of Iraq. The decision for this can be taken by a regulation if it is considered a purely legal decision, or by a decision of the Council of Ministers if it is considered a political decision.
If it is decided that the Mosaic community is one group, it is naturally necessary, in order to facilitate the implementation of the law literally, to specify in the decision the equivalence of this group with one of the groups specified in the law. There is no doubt that equivalence with the previous Baghdad group is incorrect, but equivalence with the Basra group in terms of the number of souls and the importance of administration represents a realistic equivalence. In any case, whether in terms of population or importance, the current group of Iraq exceeds the Mosul group or the Diyala group.
The legal basis for this decision is analogy, i.e., the legitimate pillar upon which legal reasoning (Ijtihad) may be based when a wide gap occurs between the texts and the reality for which that text was established. The condition for the validity of analogy and reasoning is that it aims at and succeeds in implementing the law and does not become a pretext for neglecting it. The preferred choice between two reasonings is the one closest to the law and requiring the least modification of it.
Accordingly, it appears that once such a decision is taken, it alone is sufficient to restore the legal status to its proper course, whereby there would be an Acting President, a General Council, and a Lay Council. The election that recently took place can be considered as leading to the election of a Lay Council without the need for a new election, and all that remains to restore matters to their proper course is the election of a General Council and the limiting of the Ministry's relationship with the community to the existing legal and regulatory texts.
Please accept the utmost respect,
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 58
Date: 23 / 6 / 1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Minister of Justice, Respected
Greetings and respect,
Law No. 77 of 1931 and the two laws issued pursuant to it in the years 1931 and 1932 contain
sufficient flexibility for the Mosaic community in its present legal status, and there is no need to leave its affairs
to the unknown or to treat them with illegal operations ⟦line⟧.
The law is among the laws that consider the Iraqi Mosaic community to be five groups. It is obvious that the
present situation of the community affects only one group that includes the whole of Iraq. A decision on this can be taken by regulation if it is considered
a purely legal decision, or by a decision of the Council of Ministers if it is considered a political decision.
If it is decided that the Mosaic community is one single group, it is necessary, in order to facilitate the implementation of the text of the law, to designate in
the decision an equivalent for this group from one of the groups designated in the law. There is no doubt that the equivalence with the previous Baghdad group
is incorrect, but the equivalence with the Basra group in terms of the number of souls and the importance of administration represents a realistic equivalence.
In any case, whether in terms of population or importance, the present Iraq group exceeds the Mosul group or the Diyala group.
The legal basis for this decision is analogy or the legitimate pillar upon which jurisprudence may be based
when a vast gap occurs between the text and the reality of the situation for which that text was intended. The condition for the validity of analogy and jurisprudence
is that they aim for the spirit of implementing the law and do not serve as a pretext for neglecting it. The preference between two interpretations is the one that leads to the law
and is less demanding of compensation ⟦line⟧.
Accordingly, it appears that such a decision, once taken, is alone sufficient to restore the legal status to its proper course, so there would be
an acting president, a spiritual council, and a lay council. The election that took place recently can be considered a precursor to the election of a
lay council without the need for a new election, and all that remains for the benefit of the funds is their ratification by the election of a general assembly
and the restriction of the Ministry's relationship with the community to the existing legal and regulatory texts.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect ⟦line⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadouri
Acting President of the Community
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The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦281 / 1 / 8⟧
Date :: 5/1/1958
Subject Summary:
To -
The Presidency of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
Reference to your letter dated 4/28/1958
The Administrative Committee, in its session held on 4/28/58, has approved a loan to your stadium of 500/-
dinars (five hundred dinars). Attached is a check drawn to your order on the Ottoman Bank under number
170167 and dated 4/29/58. Please acknowledge receipt.
President
A copy to -
The Accountant
Assistant Trustee of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Endowments to receive a receipt for the amount.
⟦A receipt was issued according to ...⟧
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EZRA M. DANIEL'S
SPORTS-GROUND COMMITTEE
Baghdad
Committee
Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
No. ⟦line⟧ } { Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ } Tel : 85267 { Date 4/28/1958
} { Telephone: 85267
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Please advance us 500 Dinars to manage the stadium's affairs for the next three months
and to realize some of the projects we listed in the temporary budget, as the money we have
is not sufficient for these purposes. We will provide you with the details of the expenses in due time.
Please accept our deepest thanks and respect.
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On behalf of
The Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Committee
Mister President,
I request to advance the stadium 500 Dinars
from the endowments of Ezra Menahem ⟦illegible⟧
4/28
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⟦illegible⟧ Received from receipts
4 / 29 / 58
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531
5452
No. T/ 58/
Date 6/8/1958
Subject:
His Excellency the Military Governor General ⟦Respectfully⟧
Greetings and Respects
It is no secret to your Excellency that our Mosaic community consumes meat slaughtered according to the rituals of the Mosaic Law, and the costs of
selling it are always higher than the prices of other meats.
Since the High Supply Committee has fixed the price of a kilogram of mutton at two hundred fils, we request your Excellency's approval
to sell meat designated for the Mosaic community as before, at a price of 285 fils per kilogram, and we list below the names of the butchers and their
places of work.
Please accept our highest respect
Issued
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
Name of Butcher | Place of Work
1 - Isaac Asher | Hanoun Market
2 - Isaac Ezra | " "
3 - Khammas Aziz | " "
4 - Moshe Shallo | Bataween Bustan al-Khass
5 - Shawqi Ahmed | " "
6 - Zion Buban | Bataween Market
7 - Rabi Mohammed | " "
8 - Ali Hussein | Al-Alwiyah Market
9 - Mahdi Saleh | " "
10 - Dawood Yusuf | Al-Rakhita Market
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 580
Subject:
Date: 6 / 8 / 1958
His Excellency the Director of Baghdad Land Registry - Al-Rusafa - Respected
After greetings
Since the Baghdad Municipality has expropriated a part of the property belonging to this Presidency
Sequence 574/1 located in Faraj Allah district, therefore we request Your Excellency to order the fixing of boundaries
for the remaining plot belonging to us, and also please provide us with two copies of the land registry record and two maps.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
⟦By⟧
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To the Director of the Baghdad Al-Rusafa Land Registry
Submitted for your excellency's consideration
I request the dispatch of the competent employee to the property with serial number 574/1 and numbered ⟦...⟧
Located in Faraj Allah neighborhood, for the purpose of establishing the boundaries and providing us with the land registry map
For the remaining part of this property, and it is for you to decide
To the Director of the Baghdad Land Registry
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 574/1 ⟦...⟧
Therefore, please order the establishment of the boundaries ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Dimshiya
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
19/⟦...⟧
To ⟦...⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/581
Date: 10 / 8 / 1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency, Director of Land Registry for Baghdad Governorate - Rusafa - Respected
After greetings
Please provide us with copies of the registration records and maps for properties sequence 424, 432, 430, and 418
Al-Tawrat neighborhood belonging to this Presidency.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
Sassoon
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The Mosaic Community Committee
In Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531
5452
No: T/ 58/
Date: 8/ 8/ 1958
Subject:
To the respected Manager of the Ottoman Bank
After greetings
The Frank Iny School belonging to this presidency has a current account in your bank under No. 3088 and the
Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews has restricted withdrawals and deposits for this account to Messrs. Munir Shaoul Basri, Heskel Yusuf
Setty, and Mr. Abdullah Shaoul Abidya, provided that checks are signed by any two of these aforementioned persons
and we list below a copy of their signatures.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
Signature Sample | Signature Sample | Signature Sample
Abdullah Shaoul Abidya | Heskel Yusuf Setty | Munir Shaoul Basri
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T/581
Date: 27 / 8 / 1958
Subject: Removing external electrical installations from a dangerous wall.
⟦JC⟧
His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad Province Electricity Service, Respectfully
After greetings
Due to the danger of the wall in the property numbered 40 D / 233 Al-Sinak Street belonging to this Presidency,
Please kindly instruct the removal of the electrical installations connected to it from the outside to enable us to demolish the wall and rebuild it
anew.
Please accept our highest respect.
/ Rabbi Sasson Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
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8/27
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These fences
Due to the danger of the wall in property No. 40/4 C Banks Street, which belongs to the endowments of your community
Please kindly give instructions to remove the structures attached to it from the outside
So that we can demolish the wall and rebuild it
With our thanks.
Please accept our highest respect
on behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦illegible⟧
Tawfiq
5/11
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Number T/ ⟦58/8⟧
Date 1/9/1958
Subject:
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Honorable Director of Customs and Excise of Baghdad
After greetings
We request your approval to allow us to export 39 Sefer Torahs outside of Iraq, 22 of them to Iran, 16
to Australia, and one to Canada. They are kept on parchment inside wooden boxes and wrapped in silver foil.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting Head of the Community
Sassoon
A copy to:-
Directorate General of Antiquities
Directorate General of Broadcasting and Guidance
" General Trade
" Foreign Exchange
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 581
Subject:
Date: 3 / 9 / 1958
His Excellency the Director of Central Telephones, Respected
Greetings,
Due to the danger of the property wall numbered 40 K / 233 in the Sinak neighborhood, which requires the demolition of
the wall, and due to the presence of telephone wires on this wall, please instruct to remove these wires
so that we may demolish the aforementioned wall.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Sasson Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
⟦date⟧
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Excellency ⟦illegible⟧ Director ⟦illegible⟧ respected
Due to the high volume of official property tax collection ⟦...⟧
which requires <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> collection, and due to the presence of ⟦...⟧
Please instruct to grant the wire collectors ⟦...⟧
With high respect
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Wire campaign
⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/58/80
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 3 / 9 / 1958
To the honorable Mr. Yaqub Munshi Khammara
President of the Mosaic Community in Basra, respected
After greetings
I have received your letter No. 315 dated 22 / 6 / 58 and have reviewed all its contents
and we are sending you by mail the Shofar requested by Mr. Ephraim Munshi in London. I hope you will send it
to him, and I am returning his letter attached within your aforementioned letter.
On the occasion of the arrival of the Hebrew New Year, I pray to the Creator that it returns to you
and to all members of our community with goodness and blessing.
Please accept the highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Property Committee
No. ⟦line⟧
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
BASRAH (IRAQ)
Telephone No. 05-395 | ⟦2857⟧
No :
Date :
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected
Greetings,
We refer to your letter numbered ⟦illegible⟧/7/81 No. T 58/10/8, and based on what was stated therein, we have sent
⟦illegible⟧ the burial for the death, and as you mentioned in ⟦illegible⟧ it has become known
that our letter No. 47 between and the delay in answering it until ⟦illegible⟧/6/8, and since it occurred
with the competent departments, His Excellency of Rights, to postpone work according to instructions ⟦illegible⟧ and since the budget
also has the duty that compels us to perform religious rituals for these deceased and bury them in the cemetery designated for us
⟦illegible⟧ constructing graves for each one, and by studying it, we complain with a word that everything in the cemetery is empty houses
and we placed each one separately in the (Alna) cemetery due to the lack of rent and sale, but rather purchasing graves for every poor person from
⟦illegible⟧ the dead, and there donations are made by the relatives of the deceased, which is what some offer for the dead
⟦illegible⟧ your concern and with an amount of money in advance for the purpose of spending Mr. Ephraim Meshaal according to instructions
⟦illegible⟧ and mentioning ⟦illegible⟧ lands and houses
⟦illegible⟧ that the buried persons are 60, among them adults and children from poor families of the dead
⟦illegible⟧ the dead among them the late Zaboun Khedouri and Abdullah Cohen, my maternal uncle, the house of Shaul, and you know well that
⟦illegible⟧ non-employees, and they were distributed according to religious principles for each one with conscience, and what came in the last paragraph for lack of verification
⟦illegible⟧ in building each of these graves in it
⟦illegible⟧ Mr. Ephraim searches for the deceased, requesting a death certificate and its certification, and where there is no ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ from their families ⟦illegible⟧ and the poor ⟦illegible⟧ the owner in ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ for the sake of God, thanking your cooperation with us, and please accept our highest respect
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TELEPHONE:
⟦3531⟧
President of the Jewish Community
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦22⟧
BAGHDAD 4th September, 1958
His Eminence,
The Haham of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews,
London.
My dear Haham,
1. I acknowledge with the greatest pleasure your
letter of 29th August 1958, with your good wishes,
on the occasion of the New Year, for my Community
and for the people and Government of Iraq. In my
turn, I pray the Almighty God to send to your Sephardi
Community, and indeed to all the nations of the world
a year of peace, prosperity and understanding.
2. I have taken note of the contents of your second
letter also dated 29th August 1958, concerning the
guet of Farha, daughter of Ezra Khadi. I shall be much
obliged if you will let me know about the delivery of
the guet to the said woman in due course.
With all best wishes, and kindest regards,
I am, my dear Haham,
Very truly yours,
⟦Sassoon⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedoury
Act. President.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 58 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 7 / 9 / 1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency, the Respected General Director of Police
Greetings,
On the occasion of the arrival of the Mosaic holidays (New Year, Kippur, and Sukkot), and since during these holidays followers of the Mosaic faith
frequently visit places of worship (synagogues) - whose names are listed below - to perform religious rituals, your Excellency is requested to order
the dispatch of some of your force members to these synagogues during the following days: -
The evenings and mornings of the days 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30 of the month of September of the year 1958, and 5, 6, and 7 of the month
of October of the year 1958.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
1 - Al-Rakhita Synagogue | - | in Al-Rakhita neighborhood
2 - Al-Alwiya Synagogue | - | in Al-Alwiya neighborhood
3 - Taweig Synagogue | - | in Al-Bataween neighborhood
4 - Ezra Dawood Synagogue | - | in Al-Orfaliya neighborhood
5 - Masuda Shetoub Synagogue | - | in Al-Orfaliya neighborhood
6 - Shemash Synagogue | - | in Al-Sa'adoon neighborhood
7 - Zelkha Synagogue | - | in Al-Tawrah neighborhood
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Seed
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14, 15, 16 and ⟦illegible⟧
and 70 of September year 1958 and ⟦illegible⟧
and 71 of October year 1958
With highest regards and respect
A copy to:
The Chief Rabbinate on the Al-Rusafa side
Restoring the logical completeness in full
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Urgent
Number 78
Date 17 / 9 / 1958
Subject: Removal of electrical wires
Honorable Director of the Baghdad Electricity Service
Greetings and Respect
The Secretariat of the Capital has notified us in its letter numbered 19952 and dated 14 / 9 / 58
and delivered to us on 17 / 9 / 58 of the necessity of demolishing dangerous shops in the property at door number
78 / 127 located in the Torah neighborhood within three days from the date of our notification, and since
there are electrical installations on the mentioned property, please order their removal,
And please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
Adel
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/ ⟦58/8⟧
Date: ⟦20/10/1958⟧
Subject:
Respected Ms. ⟦Qanawati⟧
Principal of Khan Menachem Daniel School
After greetings,
Please accept the students Habib Shaul and Ezra Shaul free of charge in your school
And thank you in advance
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/58/
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 8 / 10 / 1958
His Excellency in charge of French Interests respected
- The Swiss Legation -
Greetings and respect
With reference to your letter numbered B 72 and dated 3/9/58 regarding the issuance of marriage
and birth certificates for the persons mentioned in your above-referenced letter, this Presidency has previously contacted you
by telephone.
1 - Regarding providing us with the full names of the husband and wife to enable the issuance of marriage certificates for that.
2 - As for the issuance of birth certificates, we have excused ourselves from doing so due to the lack of special records
regarding the dates of birth of members of our community, and we have not received your reply regarding the first paragraph, so please if
it is within your power, provide the required information.
Please accept the expression of our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community