AI English Translation, Pages 151-175
The Jewish Religious Court in the Holy City
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
N | Year | Number
Date: May 27, 1940
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to place a precautionary attachment on the trust
deposited in file number 840 / 939 in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against an amount
of one thousand eight hundred dinars belonging to the deceased Baruch bin Meir Somikh, and it was decided to place this
attachment as security for the fulfillment of the marriage contract of the plaintiff Toba daughter of Saleh Isaac, wife of the deceased Baruch
Meir Somikh, the aforementioned, until the outcome of the lawsuit;
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
Number: 422 (⟦Book ⟦...⟧⟧)
Date: 5 ⟦...⟧ 500
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Number 1274/10
Date 18 March 940
Plaintiff: Nazima Haskel
Defendant: Moshe Daoud
Based on the occurrence of divorce between the plaintiff Nazima Haskel and her fiancé Moshe Daoud, the
Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has ruled for the aforementioned plaintiff Nazima the amount of her dowry, totaling twenty-
seven dinars, to be collected from her fiancé, the defendant Moshe Daoud. This judgment has been issued
to serve as a notification in the hands of the plaintiff;
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the holy community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 569
Year: 569
Date: 17 Shevat ⟦illegible⟧
Affidavit for Habiba daughter of Isaac S. Salem
and her husband Salem son of Isaac S. Kadoori
According to what has been clarified before us in the office
by the testimony of the witnesses recorded in our register
We, the undersigned below
It has been clarified before us the truth and correctness of the claim of the petitioners
Habiba daughter of Isaac S. Salem and her husband Salem son of Isaac S. Kadoori
in that the aforementioned petitioners are of the Mosaic faith
and according to the noble law of the Mosaic faith, it is permissible for them to marry each other
and there is nothing that prevents that legally and according to what is recorded in our register
and we have certified that
Ezra Sassoon
Hakham Bashi
1285
282
5 November 936
Plaintiff: Salima Rahim
Defendant: Her father-in-law Ibrahim Yusuf Sawdayee
Based on the condition stipulated in the marriage contract, by which the husband's father
Ibrahim Yusuf Sawdayee undertook to pay alimony to his son's wife Salima Rahim, the
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to issue an in-person decree for the aforementioned
plaintiff Salima Rahim against her father-in-law Ibrahim Yusuf Sawdayee, requiring him to pay
a monthly alimony of one Dinar, to be collected by the aforementioned plaintiff Salima starting from the
first day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-six.
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Righteous Court of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 649
Date: 22 Av, year 5700
Telephone number: 2583
We hereby inform your honor that a
complaint has been filed against him by Mrs. H. Khatun
daughter of Abraham
regarding the claim for her maintenance and the maintenance of her children
Na'ima, Salim, and Saleh, as you have not given them maintenance for some time
Therefore, he must appear before our court on Monday, 26 Av 5700
at 3:00 PM
Torat Shalom
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦star symbol⟧
The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No. Date Year
Number 612 / 1940
Date June 3, 940
Plaintiff - Naeema Suleiman Balas
Defendant - Khedhouri Ephraim Shabi, the appointed guardian of the minors Clara and Ida
children of the deceased Sion Ephraim Shabi
The woman named Naeema Suleiman approached the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad and claimed that
she is owed by her deceased husband Sion Ephraim Shabi an amount of three hundred Dinars, which is her dowry
documented in the marriage contract. Upon examining the marriage contract, it appeared to be free of forgery and correction,
stating the husband's acknowledgment to his aforementioned wife of the aforementioned amount. Accordingly, the court has ruled
for the plaintiff Naeema Suleiman Balas for the mentioned amount of three hundred Dinars to be collected from the estate of
her deceased husband Sion Ephraim Shabi. Accordingly, this judgment was issued to be in the hands of the plaintiff
as a notification 4
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 475
Date: 28/10
Year: 5700
Telephone Number: 2583
To the honor of the excellence of the Rabbis
Sitting in judgment here in the holy city of Baghdad
Life, peace, blessing, and all good forever
After seeking [your] welfare
I hereby submit before you this request in the name of Mrs. Rachel daughter of Ezra
The widow of the late Isaac son of Abraham, of blessed memory, who passed away on the 26th of Elul
Year 5699 ⟦illegible⟧
Your faithful servant
⟦illegible⟧
::
1282
614
Number
Date June 6, 940
Plaintiff - Rima Suleiman Nahum
Defendant - Yaqub Ishaq
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Rima
Suleiman Nahum, ordering her husband, the defendant Yaqub Ishaq, to pay a monthly alimony
amounting to seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Rima monthly starting from
June 3, 940 (nine hundred and forty)
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
147
24
The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone number: 2583
No.: 896
Date: ⟦line⟧
Year: 5704
Mashud son of Hanokh Aharon Posen for ⟦illegible⟧
And from his wife for Habiba daughter of Khedouri
⟦line⟧
To the honor of ⟦illegible⟧
That we thus agree upon ⟦illegible⟧ as it was in ⟦illegible⟧
Record 924 on the date 122/1247 seven Dinars and eight
hundred Fils on the date 12/5/4 to ⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
and the remainder ⟦illegible⟧ and likewise thus ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Hazani Ezra
122/1247
12/10/74
The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No.:
Year:
Number: 128/611
Date: 20 May 940
Plaintiff: Khatoun daughter of Moussa
Defendant: Salim Nahoum
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to consolidate an amount of two hundred and fifty fils onto the decree
numbered 1247/143 and dated 16 October 1934 issued to the plaintiff Khatoun daughter of Moussa
against the defendant Salim Nahoum, so that the total amount of monthly alimony received by the aforementioned
Khatoun becomes seven hundred and fifty fils per month, starting from 12 May of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty;
⟦Salim⟧
Head of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice in the Holy City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.:
Date: 18 ⟦illegible⟧ 57
Year:
Telephone number: 2583:
Receipt from Mr. Salman Habib
The sum of ⟦...⟧ twenty Dinars only, no more.
And that is for the rent of ⟦...⟧ which ⟦...⟧ in Baghdad
Debtor and Receiver
We have taken from Mr. Salman Habib the sum of twenty Dinars
on account of the rent of the house which is in the neighborhood of ⟦...⟧ which he was living in
Year of the Hijra ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
And that was by the order of ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Hezekiah ⟦...⟧
The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No.:
Date:
Year:
Number: 128/614
Date: June 24, 1940
Plaintiff: Khatoun Yaqub Eliyahu
Defendant: Abdullah Naji Salman
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Khatoun Yaqub
Eliyahu, ordering her fiancé, the defendant Abdullah Naji Salman, to pay a monthly
alimony of one Dinar to be received by his aforementioned fiancée Khatoun monthly starting from
June 24, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty;
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Year: 569
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.
Date Year
Date: July 14, 1940
Number -
Telephone Number: 2583
Plaintiff: Jahla daughter of Saleh
Defendant: Siddiq Faraj
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Jahla daughter of
Saleh, ruling that her husband, the defendant Siddiq Faraj, shall pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils to be received by his aforementioned wife Jahla starting from the third day
of the month of July 1940 (nine hundred and forty).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 874
Year: 569
Date: 4 ⟦illegible⟧ 569
Before us in the Court of Justice of the Holy City, Baghdad, may God protect it
appeared Mrs. ⟦Habiba⟧ daughter of ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧
and between Mrs. ⟦Habiba⟧ daughter of ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Habiba⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hezekiah⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Judge in Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
With the Help of Heaven
<del>Number</del> Year
Number - 1686/617
Date - 17 July 940
Plaintiff: Hanna Hoki
Defendant: Abdullah Haskil Ezra Beto
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a ruling confirming an amount of a quarter dinar on
the notification numbered 1603/534 dated 26 March 939 issued to the plaintiff Hanna Hoki
against her husband, the defendant Abdullah Haskil Ezra Beto, so the total amount of monthly alimony
that the aforementioned Hanna receives from her mentioned husband Abdullah becomes one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils
starting from 4 July 940.
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Court of Justice of the City of
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Year: 569
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 4 ⟦illegible⟧
Who attended ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
The Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.
Year
Date
Number: 168/218
Date: July 17, 1940
Telephone Number: 2583
Plaintiff: Abboudi Khadouri Sofer
Defendant: Marcelle Hoki Ishaq
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a ruling to reduce the amount by three Dinars
from the notification numbered 541 / 1610 dated June 1, 1939, and from the amount of twenty Dinars issued
to the defendant Marcelle Hoki Ishaq from her husband, the plaintiff Abboudi Khadouri Sofer, so that
the total monthly alimony amount that the aforementioned Marcelle receives from her aforementioned husband Abboudi becomes seventeen
Dinars only, effective from June 24, 1940.
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The Religious Court of Justice
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No: 682
Year: 569
Date: 12 ⟦Nisan⟧ 5700
Doubtful L' Maneh Shimon opened L' Maneh
Every M' L' Maneh L' Maneh L' Maneh L' Maneh
We were convinced ⟦and⟧ you said
Before us, valid witnesses signed below
In M' Shimon ⟦and⟧ you said ⟦and⟧ you said ⟦and⟧ you said ⟦and⟧ you said
And he said ⟦and⟧ you said ⟦and⟧ you said 1940 ⟦and⟧ you said ⟦and⟧ you said
⟦and⟧ you said
The Religious Court of Justice
In Baghdad
The Rabbinical Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No.
Date Year
Number 128/219
Date July 24, 1940
Plaintiff - Rachel Yaqub
Defendant - Naim Meir Tatanji
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Rachel Yaqub, ruling
against her husband, the defendant Naim Meir Tatanji, to pay a monthly alimony of one dinar to be received
by his aforementioned wife Rachel monthly, starting from July 10, one thousand nine hundred and forty;
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
The Righteous Court of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Year: 569
No.:
Date: 12 ⟦illegible⟧ 57
Witnesses for Hasson Sasson David for Haron
And from for Hasson for Avraham Yitzhak for Kadoori
⟦illegible⟧ and signed
Also entered signed and written this ⟦illegible⟧
And Hasson David (Haron) Cohen here with us 206 Dinars
My gates ⟦uncertain⟧ David and they laughed from the payment to Hasson
1940 ⟦illegible⟧ and signed
⟦illegible⟧
Moshe Tsedaka
The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number No: 169/201 Year 569
Date: 23 July 940
Plaintiff: Khatoun Khedhouri Jenkeneh, representative Ezra Nebo
Defendant: Menashe Eliyahu Jenkeneh, his representative Matta Nahum
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Khatoun Khedhouri
Jenkeneh, ruling that her fiancé, the aforementioned Menashe Eliyahu Jenkeneh, must pay a monthly alimony of six
dinars to be received by his aforementioned fiancée Khatoun monthly starting from 18 July 940 (nine hundred
and forty)
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
The Religious Court of Justice in the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 219
Date 16/11 year 1970
Telephone number: 2583
⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 12 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 27 ⟦illegible⟧ 8 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
545 / 1969
12 / 4 / 1969
The Jewish Religious Court of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Year 569:
Date:
Number: 1691/122
Date: July 25, 1940
Plaintiff: Jahla Heskel Dankour
Defendant: Saleh Heskel Shammash
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to increase the amount by seven hundred and fifty fils on
the decree numbered 1594/529 and dated 2/16/1939 issued to the plaintiff Jahla Heskel
Dankour against her husband, the defendant Saleh Heskel Shammash, so that the total amount of alimony that
the aforementioned Jahla receives from her mentioned husband Saleh becomes two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils per month
starting from January 8, 1940.
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad