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1182
June 18, 1930
Postponement of your case until the convening of the new council
⟦His Excellency the Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the Respected⟧
Director of Meir Elias Hospital
Based on the letter from the Communal Hospitals Committee No. 601 dated 6/18/1930, in which
the committee agreed to maintain the status quo until the convening of the new
Lay Council.
We hereby notify you of the necessity to return to your duties at the hospital. The upcoming council
will look into your case upon its convening.
⟦stamp⟧
Acting Chief Rabbi
A copy of it to the Respected Hospitals Committee
With reference to its letter mentioned at the beginning of the document.
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Telephone No ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Hospital
Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone No ⟦line⟧
No. Number: 602
Date: 18 / June / 1930
Subject:
His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the Respected
Greetings and respect.
With reference to your letter numbered 1182 and dated 18 / June 930.
The intention of our letter No. 601 dated today was not to return Sasson Effendi to his position at the
present time, but rather the intention was to maintain the current situation until the Lay Council convenes -
to consider the committee's decision.
With our utmost respect to your Eminence.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
A copy of it -.
To the former hospital director Sasson Effendi for information.
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 520
Date 18 / 6 / 930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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18 / 8 / 58
0621 Committee for the Care of D
To the Management of Rima Khedouri Hospital
Via the Resident Physician at Meir Elias Hospital, Respected
Kind greetings
The Committee for the Care of Patients and the Poor has re-examined the patient Zakia Isaac Cohen previously
at Meir Elias Hospital, and it appeared from her clinical examination at Rima Khedouri Hospital previously
that she is in need of a surgical operation to remove the gallbladder at Rima Khedouri Hospital
Therefore, we request you to perform a comprehensive examination for her and set a date for the surgical operation
as soon as possible, with appreciation
JEWISH COMMUNITY
BAGHDAD
Committee for the Care of Patients and the Poor
BAGHDAD
The Israelite Community
N. Q.
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⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable District Governor of Bab al-Baghdad
After greetings and respect. Attached is a copy of a report organized by
members of the previous inspection committees in Khanaqin
containing your statement of testimony regarding the gentleman, for your review
and to keep it with my case files and take the necessary legal action
With respect to your Excellency
July 12, 1920
Jewish Hospital
Alawiya Khanaqin
Health
⟦illegible⟧
Office of ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad:
Number: 558
Date: 1920/7/12
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI:
BAGHDAD:
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We, the undersigned members of the committees of Meir Elias Hospital, in full conviction of our capacity, do hereby
testify that the director of the aforementioned hospital, Sassoon Effendi Hakham Hassan, has accepted the service of the patients ⟦...⟧
and those visiting the aforementioned institution in an excellent manner, and secured their comfort materially and morally. He has been known for his integrity,
diligence, and sincerity for the progress of the hospital throughout the duration of his work there. For the record, this
certificate was organized and given into his hand. Baghdad, April 17, ⟦920⟧
Heskel Salman Sheer
Daniel Shoob | Mosha Sassoon | Aaron Meir | Hakham Sassoon | Zion Ezra | Thikour
Selim Isaac | Ibrahim Ezra Sweig | Daoud Yaqub Shaul | Menashi Ibrahim ⟦Kurji⟧ | Ezra Sassoon Bahar
Sassoon Menashi | Ezra Reuben Sweig | Ibrahim Nahum
True Copy
10/7/920
The Director
Salman Khadhuri
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Please refer to
General Number
29
Section: Codification of Laws
General Number: A/91/11
Special Number:
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Date: 26 / 6 / 1930
Subject Summary:
Acting Chief Rabbi
The Vice President of the Management Committee of the Jewish Community Hospitals
in Baghdad has submitted a petition to us stating that you:
1- Instructed the committee to terminate the contract concluded between it and the
permanent internal physician of Meir Elias Hospital, which was approved by
the previous Lay Council, on the pretext that there is no need for a permanent responsible physician
for the aforementioned hospital.
2- Cut a portion of the hospital's allocations designated for the aforementioned
physician and the allocations for the community school clinics with the intention of closing them.
3- Gave an order to the revenue collector not to hand over the aforementioned revenues
to the hospital, while these revenues have belonged to Meir Elias Hospital for
twenty-five years and it manages its affairs with them.
We request that you clarify to us the nature of the case and your observations regarding what has been attributed to you
as soon as possible.
⟦signature⟧
22 / 6 / 30
Minister of Justice
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 547
Date 2 / 7 / 1930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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4/1212
July 15, 1930
His Excellency, the Esteemed Minister of Justice
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings and respect:
With reference to your letter No. 7/1/19 dated 2/7/1930
I have reviewed the three items listed in the statement of the community's hospitals committee, and therefore I submit the details
and an explanation of the issue under discussion as follows, to inform your esteemed ministry of this matter:
1) The case revolved around the dismissal of the hospital director, Sassoon Effendi Hakham Heskel. Two months after
I assumed the position of Acting Chief of the Israeli community, I received a letter from the Vice Chairman of the Committee, the judge in
the Court of First Instance, Heskel Effendi, requesting the dismissal of the aforementioned Sassoon Effendi from his post and the termination of his salary
starting from June 1, 1930. At the same time, I also received letters and petitions from the hospital's Chief Physician
Dr. Kani Bey, Dr. Abdullah Effendi, and from the hospital's founder Simha Eliyahu, as well as a petition signed by
more than one thousand five hundred people, and other petitions from members of all previous hospital committees, protesting
against the dismissal of the aforementioned director and requesting his retention until the formation of the Secular Council, in view of his previous
services to this institution for twenty-five years and his experience in managing its affairs. Consequently, this
issue became of great importance, so I scrutinized it from various aspects and decided to keep matters as they were until the formation of the
Secular Council to decide on this matter.
The internal regulations of the committee do not grant the committee the authority to appoint or dismiss the director and the accountant; rather, it entrusts
this to the Secular Council alone. Furthermore, no decision was issued to dismiss the aforementioned director by the
previous Council. What draws attention is the certified copy of the paper issued by the aforementioned Heskel Effendi addressed
to the Council Secretary, Anwar Effendi, attached to this letter, which was found in our office among the papers. It clearly
indicates that the corrupt measure taken to remove Sassoon Effendi, the hospital director, is not free from being lacking
in good faith. The lack of good faith in this regard is apparent upon simply reviewing it, a matter which we leave to the
judgment of your esteemed ministry. I deeply regret being forced to narrate this case to illuminate the truth.
2) The salaries and allocations of all community institutions set in the general budget are still being paid
according to the rules month by month. Granting amounts outside of these is beyond my capability. I hope you note
that I did not decide to cut the allocations for dispensaries and others. ⟦line⟧
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(3) As for the revenues collected by the collector, it is a religious matter that falls under the jurisdiction of the Rabbis.
By their order, payment was postponed until the formation of the Lay Council, due to a dispute between the Rabbis and the Committee.
These are very minor amounts that do not affect the course of administration. Therefore, in view of the data presented above, my
recommendations were justified and intended to calm spirits in order to maintain the calm atmosphere required for conducting
the sectarian elections.
With highest respect to Your Excellency;
Acting Hakham Bashi in Baghdad
Acting Hakham Bashi
in Baghdad
Aslan Yehuda
ACTING CH. RABBI ABR. ASLAN YEHUDA
N. M.
⟦illegible⟧ / 1 / 1
⟦illegible⟧
4 / 1 / 5
0621 Entry Record 5
Subject: Mar Elias Hospital
⟦illegible stamp⟧
6 / 7 / 0621 On 17 / 1 / 21 ⟦...⟧ the Rima Committee was established in Kalb
In minutes No. 4, the amount of accounts opened long ago in Lam Rima, whose name is located in Kalfa with its profits north of Balqa
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20-
August 20, 1930
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings,
In response to your letter dated August 19, 1930, we are sending you herewith file number
⟦1⟧ (containing 41 papers) regarding Dr. Stanley and Sassoon Effendi Heskel.
Please return it after reviewing its contents - with respect;
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
Professor ⟦...⟧ Director of Rima Hospital ⟦...⟧
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April 25, 1930
To
The Vice Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Based on the reasons explained by Dr. Abdullah in his letter dated 1/6/1930
submitted to this department, it was necessary to keep him at his current salary, provided that the next
Gismany Council considers the fate of his salary in terms of increasing or decreasing it,
Acting Hakham Bashi
⟦Hakham Bashi in Baghdad⟧
⟦BAGDAD⟧
N. M.
Hospitals
With the record
⟦illegible⟧
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631 ⟦T⟧ from April 5
Please
School Health Inspection
211063 on 11/4/53 Raya came out of the ophthalmology clinic and said to me there are no books
And her companion, the girl Anwarieh Nael, has a clinic there and we found a ring in her ear from her and in her
In a wallet received from the hand of someone from the health department regarding her daughter in health
Head of Nurses and Midwives
⟦illegible⟧
Dr. Yanousha
From her ⟦and⟧
And N
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May 12, 1930
Salary of Dr. Abdullah
Respected Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
With reference to your letter dated April 28, 930, numbered 553, since the decision
on the matter of the salary of Dr. Abdullah Effendi and the internal regulations of your committee is dependent on the formation
of the Lay Council due to its dissolution according to the obeyed Royal Decree, waiting for
the formation of the Lay Council and keeping things as they were is a necessary matter. Therefore, I have seen
it appropriate to continue giving the salary of the aforementioned as before until the case is audited
by the Lay Council, which is expected to be elected. Best regards;
⟦illegible⟧ Hacham Bashi A. Lani Yehuda ⟦illegible⟧
ACTING CHIEF RABBI ADM.
Acting
Hacham Bashi Ibrahim
Aslan Yehuda
Acting Hacham Bashi
A copy of it to the respected Dr. Abdullah Effendi for information
N. M.
Hospitals Committee
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1920
12 May
20
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His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, Respected
Greetings and respect
Based on your letter numbered 2/1141 and dated 12 May 1920 which
states that my grievances which are in my ⟦in⟧ name have been written to the hospital director requesting
the salary for the month of April 1920, and here I am sending attached the response that
I received from the Director for your review, and please accept my respect.
Doctor
⟦illegible⟧
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad:
Number: 492
Date: 20 / 5 / 927
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI:
BAGHDAD:
The Hospital
⟦illegible⟧
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May 20, 1930
Respected Dr. Abdullah Effendi,
With reference to your letter dated May 20, 930, your monthly salary until this day is 1500 Rupees
according to the committee's decision. Since the committee has transferred 200 Rupees instead of Dr. Samani's salary
and 700 Rupees for service only, we cannot pay you your salary for the month of April 930 at
the present time, as the 1200 Rupees for the salaries of the rest of the doctors and employees have
not reached us yet. This deficit is a result of appointing Dr. Samani and paying 505 Rupees
as registration leave for the aforementioned doctor, and approximately 200 Rupees to purchase furniture
to build his residence, and other expenses for which there is no objection.
With respect,
The Manager
Youssef ⟦Qasim⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Telephone No ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧
Society of the Founders of the Hospital
in Baghdad
No. Number: 556
Date: 28 April / 1930
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the Respected
After offering respects.
We present to your Excellency the check received by us from the Director of Al-Almans in his capacity as trustee of
the endowments of Riqa Nouriel in the amount of thirty thousand rupees, endorsed for receipt, which is for our account with the
Lay Council from the original rent of the Khan Bakr plot, and we state that the Council has deducted the debts that were
since ancient times owed by the hospital, and there remained to settle the amount of this check 7353/9 rupees
The Council sent us a check for two thousand rupees dated 30 March / 1930 and number 104893
And likewise we recently received from your respected department one thousand and two hundred rupees by check on this account
And we requested in our letter dated 24 April / 930 and number 549 and also in our letter dated 27 April
1930 the payment of what remains for us from this account, so we hope to be informed of the arrival of the mentioned check to you
and to send us a check for the remainder in settlement of the mentioned account. With much thanks and respect to your Excellency.
Vice President
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 474
Date 29 / 4 / 930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
F. H.
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4/1155
May 25, 1930
Milk Contract
Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
This department has received a report signed by several people claiming that
they have contacted the administration of Meir Elias Hospital and stated that they are ready to conduct
the bidding for the milk contract, and they understood that the committee had already awarded this
contract without notifying any of them.
We request your committee to inform us of the truth of the matter;
⟦Acting Hakham Bashi in Baghdad⟧
Acting Hakham Bashi in Baghdad
Hakham Bashi Abraham
Hakham Bashi Ibrahim
Aslan Yehuda
In Baghdad
N. M.
Hospitals
(To Hakham Bashi)
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Telephone No ...........
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S HOSPITALS Management Committee
BAGHDAD HOSPITALS
ESTABLISHED
Baghdad 1884
Society of the Founders of the Medical House
Baghdad
No: 577
Number:
Date: 29 May 1930
History:
Established in 1884:
Telephone Number: ⟦line⟧
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Subject:
To His Sovereignty, the Respected Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 1155 / H dated 25 May 1930.
If you wish to know the truth of the matter as mentioned in your aforementioned letter, we say to your sovereignty that
the signatories of the petition lied in what they stated. The details are that the committee had given
the milk by contract for the first time on 25 May 1929 until the end of 31 March 1930 (for a period
of ten months and five days) and before giving it by contract, it had informed all milk sellers,
among them the hospital director Sasson son of Rabbi Heskel, who used to sell milk to the
hospital for four years or more without any tender, likewise through the director himself.
On the last day of the contract period, Director Sasson informed the committee that no milk seller
had approached the management, nor had anyone approached the committee or one of its members directly, and therefore
the contract was given to the person named Khadhouri son of Yusuf, who applied after the aforementioned period had passed, and the committee
agreed with him. For the second time, i.e., upon the expiration of the first contract period, no person whatsoever approached the committee
in this regard, and therefore negotiations took place with the first contractor, and he agreed to reduce the price, <del>so</del>
the committee extended the contract with him for another six months starting from 1 April 1930. However,
the person named Khadhouri son of Menashi recently approached the committee, specifically on 8 May 1930, requesting to take
the milk by contract, so the committee informed him through the director that he could approach the management in this
regard after the end of the contract period, which was extended for six months starting from the first of April 1930.
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What must be drawn attention to on this occasion is that the previous committees did not
think of providing milk through a contract; rather, the director Sassoon Afif, son of Rabbi Heskel,
under another person's name, was the one selling milk to the hospital without any tender whatsoever. Furthermore,
the contract he granted to himself was for an unlimited duration. It is no secret what
damages this caused to the hospital administration. Some of these are officially documented,
meaning under official records that still exist in the hospital; that the ⟦seller⟧ milk seller
mentioned, namely Sassoon Afif son of Rabbi Heskel, used to sell to the hospital
all the milk obtained from his cows—not only from his cows that were grazing and roaming in
the hospital garden, but even from his cows in Baghdad, even though the hospital administration
did not need more than half of what he was selling to it daily, and he used to carry over every day
15, 16, or 17 pints of milk to the next day. Is stale milk given to patients, one wonders?
When asked about that at the time, ⟦he⟧ he replied that he used to make
yogurt for the patients from the surplus milk, even though no such entry appeared in the tables or ledgers;
rather, the milk was carried over from day to day as milk. Even if we assume his statement was correct,
why was he making yogurt for the patients from cow's milk when yogurt made from sheep's milk
is much cheaper and much more beneficial for the patients? This, of course, was because he had a quantity of stagnant milk,
so he sold it to the hospital despite its lack of need for it. This is in addition to the fact that the price of milk
charged to the administration by the current contractor is less ⟦than what⟧ was charged by the aforementioned Sassoon
Afif son of Rabbi Heskel.
This is the summary of the milk story only.
With utmost respect to your Excellency,
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
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To the Charity and Kindness Committee, may the Lord be upon them, may they live, Amen, in Baghdad
A kiss to the offering of your excellence from your servant the attendant Shlomo Ezra. Please, I am a servant of the least of the least
and I am poor. And I received and performed a deed, and I and my students of the holy tent of the laboratory, and they did not give
me anything from the Rabbinical Court. And I, on the Sabbath day, passed by and a man gave me a piece of bread
because they heard about me that I am from the grandchildren of Hakham Yosef Hayyim, of blessed memory. And I live in the Rabbinical Court
I heard about you that you are members of the laboratory and I did not learn from the laboratory. And I ask of you
mercy. And I did not know what to do besides you and I am very weak and ill. Not upon you.
And I am neither the laboratory nor mercy and charity from heaven from the charity of your excellence
and I shall send you blessing and success from heaven from the laboratory of
my lord charity of charity of charity of the laboratory of Shlomo Ezra
your servant of the laboratory
Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 89
Date 1 / 7 / 92
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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Telephone No ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Medical Center
Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
No: 67
Number:
Date: 5 July / 1930
Date:
Telephone Number: ⟦line⟧
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Subject:
To Moshe Mordechai Al-Ajami
Milk vendor in Bab Al-Agha quarter
Based on your letter to the committee dated 3 July / 1930
The committee has agreed to enter into a contract with you for the sale of milk to Meir Elias Hospital
for a period of one year starting from 1 October / 1930, which coincides with
the expiration date of the contract concluded with the current contractor Khedhouri
Therefore, we request your presence at the hospital next Tuesday, falling on 8
July / 1930 at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, where the committee will meet for the signing
of the necessary contract by both parties.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Copy to: -
His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi, the respected, for information
With the note that the current contractor has reduced the price of milk from seven
qirsh to six qirsh per bottle for the remaining three months of his contract
Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 552
Date 6 / 7 / 1930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
F H