AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
The Midrash Committee
Baghdad
Number
Date 10/31/1943
His Excellency the Chairman of the Honorable Lay Council
Our committee recommended in its meeting held on 10/26/1943
to retire Mr. Hoki Abboudi due to his old age, weak eyesight, and inability
to carry out teaching duties.
In view of the length of the aforementioned person's services and his sincerity, we have recommended that his pension be
one and a half dinars per month, which is half of his current salary. Please inform us of your approval of this
proposal. Sincerely yours.
⟦Daoud Sassoon⟧
⟦David Sassoon⟧
Chairman of the Committee
A copy thereof to the Honorable Schools Committee to provide their opinion if necessary.
Approved
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Midrash Committee
Baghdad
Number 6
Date 8 / 11 / 943
His Excellency, President of the Honorable Lay Council
After greetings and respect
Our committee decided in its meeting held on 3 / 11 / 943
1) Dismiss Mr. Daoud Shukur, teacher at the Midrash school, from his position due to his inability
to perform it, and due to his old age and weak vision, and granting him a gratuity of five
and twenty Dinars.
2) Dismiss the servant Ezra Shlomo, gatekeeper of the Mandai school, from his position and granting him a lump sum
gratuity of ten Dinars.
We request your approval of this proposal and to inform us.
With great respect to your Excellency,
⟦Daoud Sassoon⟧
Chairman of the Committee
A copy thereof to the Schools Committee for their opinion if necessary.
Approved
10 / 11
Schools Committee
Baghdad
Date: August 5, 943
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Lay Council
Reference to your letter No. 3411 dated June 17, 943
Our committee agreed in its meeting held on 8/3/943 to pay three dinars per month to the
former accountant Mr. Yusuf Lawi starting from the first of June 943, considering him on leave at half salary.
Chairman of the Committee
A copy of it to the Honorable Schools Committee with reference to its letter No. 1193 dated July 13, 943
A copy of it to the schools' accountant to act accordingly.
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Midrash Committee
Baghdad
Number 4
Date November 5, 943
Honorable Chairman of the Schools Committee
We request your approval to second the services of Mr. Pinhas Fawzi Yousef Shaul
the teacher at the Menashi Saleh School to the Midrash Talmud Torah for a period of one year,
as the aforementioned teacher is the most suitable for the needs of our institution.
⟦Dawood M. Meir⟧
Chairman of the Committee
⟦Midrash⟧
Midrash Committee
Baghdad
Date: June 1946
General Report on Midrash Schools
943 - 945
Our committee was formed in 1942 and we took it upon ourselves to reform the Midrash schools
from all aspects, and indeed we have carried out some of these reforms and will complete them, God willing.
The School Building
The building of the Great Midrash was dilapidated, unhealthy, and in a deplorable state,
and the inspectors of the Ministry of Education and others had pointed out to close it many times due to the
damages it might cause. Finally, the Ministry of Education decided to withdraw its permit and make it a Kuttab after it was
an elementary school for it. So we renovated the Great Midrash, paved its courtyard and porches, paved four
classrooms, roofed two classrooms, carried out some other renovations, and constructed a second staircase in view of
the overcrowding of students due to their large number, and painted the major part of it. Since the Midrash budget
does not allow for spending large sums approaching 1200/000 Dinars for such constructions and renovations,
our committee intended to collect a portion of these expenses through donations from some
benefactors and spend the rest from the Gabbay estate as agreed upon with the respected Schools Committee
to spend the necessary amounts on the renovations of the Midrash and its endowments from the aforementioned estate, and we show
below the total donations in the school year 43 - 44.
Fils | Dinar |
750 | 302 | by Mr. Hakouli Shua and Mr. Ephraim Sadqa.
500 | 360 | by Mr. Salman ⟦Ezra⟧ Shahrabani.
250 | 662 |
Only six hundred and sixty-two Dinars and two hundred and fifty Fils and nothing else.
And herewith we add here that the Great Midrash after these renovations has become in a very good condition
from a health perspective and in a satisfactory state in terms of cleanliness, appearance, ventilation, and number
of classes. We hope that these renovations will keep it in this state for several years.
Accounting
The accounts of the Midrash schools were very turbulent to the extent that it was impossible to know the claims
and debts of the Midrash fund exactly. Therefore, a special accountant was appointed for the Midrash schools
responsible for all revenues and expenditures, and he cannot spend without the approval of this committee
except for partial cash expenses.
⟦The Accountant⟧
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Number of Classes and Students
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The number of classes in the year 1942 was (18) classes in Midrash Talmud
Torah and eight classes in Midrash Mandani. One class contained approximately ninety
students according to the school register. But in reality, we do not find in one class more
than thirty students, as most students are absent from school and attend it
whenever they wish without supervision. Therefore, their number was nominal only. As for the present time,
the number of classes has become (14) classes in Midrash Talmud Torah and (10) classes in
Midrash Mandani, with an average of (70) students in each class. Daily inspections of delays
and absences are conducted, and a student is considered to have left the school if they are absent for an unacceptable period
without a legitimate excuse. In view of the progress of the Midrash schools in all respects, the
applications for entry to the Midrash have become very numerous, and for this reason we were forced to
open two additional classes in each of the two Midrashes, the cost of which was donated by some benefactors. Thus,
the total number of classes in the two Midrashes at the present time is (28) classes, while the total
previously was (26) classes. We still encounter many problems at the beginning of each year
during registration due to the large number of applications for entry to the Midrash schools.
Assisting Students
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Our committee collects donations from some benefactors every year to purchase
suits, shirts, or dishdashas and other clothing and distribute them to the students of the two Midrashes.
It can be said that we distribute approximately (⟦...⟧) pieces of clothing to
the students in a single year.
Student Health and Hygiene
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Since we took upon ourselves the management of the Midrash schools, we have requested
the doctor of the two Midrashes to take care of the health of the Midrash students and give them the necessary medicines
when required, and to combat diseases that may spread, such as typhus, typhoid, smallpox, and scabies
and others, through vaccination or medicine. Also, in each of the two Midrashes, there is a permanent nurse
who treats the students' eyes upon the doctor's recommendation, knowing that most of them suffer from eye
diseases, especially trachoma. Because they are all from the poor class, we have requested all
teachers to observe the cleanliness of the students and guide them on the necessity of taking care of their health, in addition to
the presence of a special teacher who supervises the cleanliness of all students in general.
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Administration and Teaching Staff
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The administration was entrusted to Mr. Moshe Haskel, the agent.
Since the aforementioned person was busy most of his time with his private business and was often
outside the capital, it was facilitated to appoint a special director for each of the two Midrashim to be responsible
for the management of his school. As for the teachers, we dismissed some of them who were not fit for teaching
and appointed others from among holders of secondary and intermediate certificates. We borrowed a teacher from the
Menashi Saleh school for a period of years, after the approval of the respected Schools Committee, for his skill in the principles of
teaching children.
Curriculum and Level of Study
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We have established a special curriculum for the Midrash of Sciences and Languages
which the student studies after reaching a certain level in the study of religion and the Holy Bible, whereby
a student graduating from the Midrash can enroll in the fourth primary grade of our schools
if he wishes; otherwise, we would have saved him from the prevailing illiteracy should he wish to work in one of the
free professions. We also reduced physical education, singing, and health lessons in ⟦illegible⟧ all classes,
noting that the study of religion in all classes is on a large scale, such that the student who
reaches the fourth grade of the Midrash - i.e., the final grade - reads all parts of the Holy Bible
regularly with the melody and translation. In addition to that, he learns various types of prayers and religious
ceremonies. We hope to add here that promotion from one grade to another only occurs after the success
of the student in ⟦illegible⟧ the final examinations conducted by the school teachers under
the supervision of the director, whereas previously promotion took place from one grade to another by the passage of years without restriction
or condition.
Salaries
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There is no doubt that the teachers' salaries are very meager, as only one of them receives six
and a half dinars, and the salaries of the rest range between five and three dinars. As for the
cost-of-living allowances, they are one and a half dinars for those who receive more than five dinars, and one dinar
for those whose salary is five dinars or less. We have increased the allowances from the first of April 945 by half
a dinar for each employee. Therefore, it is very necessary to improve the condition of the teachers by increasing
the cost-of-living allowance at least and making it in the amounts received by school employees. For
the lowest-paid among them receives four and a half dinars per month as cost-of-living allowances.
Inspectors and their Visits
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After most ⟦illegible⟧ // inspectors indicated the necessity of closing the Midrash schools
as we mentioned previously, Mr. Hashim al-Alusi, Director of Education for the Central Region, visited four
months ago at the request of Mr. Shimon Moallem Nassim, Director of the Rachel Shahmoon School, and he took
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Wondering at the new arrangements and raising the level of education in the Midrash, and for that reason it was requested from
this committee to request the necessary permit from the Ministry of Education to make it a school.
His Excellency promised to facilitate all possible measures for that after he had visited it previously,
and it was decided not to visit this institution in the future due to the poor management of its teachers and students
and the unsuitability of its building to be a school.
Also, Mr. Hassan al-Dujaili, the inspector of private and foreign schools, visited this institution
about two months ago and suggested that we submit a request to the Ministry of Education to make it a school
instead of a Kuttab.
Also, His Eminence the Head of the Community visited the Midrash many times, including on May 21,
year 945, accompanied by their Eminences the respected members of the Spiritual Council, and they all
expressed their admiration for the progress of this institution in all aspects in terms of management and organization,
cleanliness, and the level of study in science and religion.
Midrash Endowments and their Renovations
Most of the endowments of the Midrash schools are dilapidated to a degree that they are not fit for habitation,
and we are carrying out the necessary renovations from time to time to obtain ⟦illegible⟧ revenue in the largest amount ⟦illegible⟧.
The endowment revenues in the year 1942 were (1936/938) ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars, while the realized
property rents for this year to date are (2850/000) Dinars, bearing in mind that
increasing the rent for tenants is very difficult given the existence of the Rent
and Lease of Real Estate Law, which does not allow the lessor to increase the property rent.
Accumulated Salaries
The total claims of the teachers in May 942 were (1898/107) Dinars.
Our committee found that the first action it could take to reform the Midrash was to pay these
salaries after the approval of the respected Schools Committee to alleviate the distress of these poor people
due to the smallness of their salaries, their accumulation, and the lack of their allowances for the high cost of living, especially in these
difficult circumstances. Indeed, we have paid these debts gradually until the remaining balance
became (437/846) Dinars.
I would like to add that we are still serious about raising the level of this institution in all
aspects and making it at the level of other schools, with the help of the Almighty, in terms of cleanliness, order,
behavior, and sciences, in addition to the religious lessons present in it on a large scale.
Schools
Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number 1482
Date 9 November 943
His Eminence the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
Reference to your letter numbered 4 dated 5 / 11 / 943
We agree to the secondment of the services of Mr. Pinhas Fawzi Youssef, the teacher at Menashi Saleh School, to the schools of
Talmud Torah for a period of one year according to your request.
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Secretary
A copy of it to the Directorate of Menashi Saleh School to act accordingly, with the request that the aforementioned remains
counted on the staff of your school during this academic year.
A copy of it to the aforementioned to act accordingly.
Schools
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Based on what we presented above, and since the actions of the aforementioned individuals harm the interests
of some of our clients abroad, it has been decided to take the necessary measures against them by
sending a copy of this report to all Iraqi missions abroad to not grant them
an entry visa to the Iraqi Republic except after consulting our department and requesting our opinion on their applications
. We also request that you provide us with all available information about them.
Our department is ready to provide you with all the information available to it about these persons if
requested by you in the future, and in the event that any new information about them is received from you, please provide us
. with it for the purpose of taking the necessary action.
Rasul 16 At the same time, we request that you provide us with all the information available to you about all
persons who frequent Iraqi missions abroad for the purpose of obtaining
. entry visas to Iraq or for any other purpose, while stating your opinion on them and providing us with their personal photos.
We also request the review and approval of the Presidency of the Diwan of the Presidency of the Republic on the proposals
shown above, with appreciation.
We are pleased to attach herewith a list of the names of the persons mentioned above:
1- Nouri Yusuf ⟦illegible⟧ formerly Director of Accounts at the Ministry of Finance, and a decision was issued against him
by the State Security Court (826/3621) on 3/21/1963, which ruled to confiscate all his
movable and immovable property (586,000) five hundred and eighty-six thousand Iraqi dinars only
deposited in Rafidain Bank, Basra branch, in the name of his wife mentioned above, and other sentences were issued against him
. for imprisonment and life hard labor, and he fled outside Iraq to England.
Continuation of the list on the next page
2- Nouri (8381/751) sequence 32 sent him on a study mission to London in 1958
. He studied at the University of London and obtained a PhD in Economics in 1963
He joined the University of Baghdad as a lecturer in the College of Commerce and Economics in 1964, then fled to
Britain after resigning from his aforementioned job under the pretext of completing his higher studies abroad
He currently receives a monthly salary from the Iraqi government in his capacity as a professor at Cambridge University
. in London (763/838) for the year
Based on the above and based on the information we received about him, it was decided to revoke the Iraqi
citizenship from him, confiscate all his movable and immovable property, and deprive him of public office
. and withdraw all his ranks, medals, and rewards that he obtained from the Iraqi state until further notice.
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
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Subject Summary ::
Number :: 2421
Date :: 18 November 943
For filing
His Eminence, the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
Reference to your two letters No. 3 dated 31 / 10 / 943 and No. 5 dated 8 / 11 / 943
The Lay Council, in its meeting held on 17 / 11 / 943, approved the following :-
1) Referring Mr. Hawki Abboudi to retirement with a pension of one and a half Dinars per month.
2) Paying a gratuity of twenty-five Dinars to the dismissed teacher, Mr. Daoud Shukur.
3) Paying a gratuity of ten Dinars to the person named Ezra Shlomo, the dismissed doorman of Midrash Mandani.
4) The aforementioned pension and gratuities shall be paid from the Schools Fund.
⟦signature⟧
The President
A copy of it to the Respected Schools Committee for information.
Midrash
Khedhouri Meir Levi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Youssef Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
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Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Jijak
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Zion Sheena
Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
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Meir Shaul Menashi Shamshua
Meir Menachem Halab
Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor
Menashi Ibrahim Karji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo David
Moza Ita
Moshe Shaul Sofer
Dr. Nurullah Momi
Nunu Mukammal
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Haroun Heskel Samouha
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Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zelouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh El-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Aboudi
Schools Committee
Baghdad
Date: July 13, 943
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 971 dated July 2, 943,
We request that you note that our committee, in its first meeting held on Sunday evening, July 12, 942,
Has elected His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi as Chairman and Mr. Israel Nassim Hay as Secretary.
Respectfully yours,
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Secretary
A copy to His Eminence the Head of the Community, Respected
A copy to His Excellency the Chairman of the Lay Council, Respected
A copy to the Directorate of Schools for information
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The Midrash Committee
Baghdad
Date: July 13, 1942
Honorable Chairman of the Schools Committee
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 971 dated July 3, 1942,
We request that you note that our committee, in its first meeting held on the evening of Sunday, July 12, 1942,
Has elected His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoke Aboudi as President and Mr. Israel Nissim Hai as Secretary. This
And stay with respect.
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Secretary
A copy to the Honorable President of the Community
A copy to the Honorable Chairman of the Lay Council
A copy to the Directorate of the Midrash for information
For the schools
Midrash
Israeli Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number 979
Date July 3, 942
His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi, the respected
The honorable and distinguished notables:
Israel Nassim Hay
Abdullah Hakham Ibrahim Hillel
Sion Shohet Homsi
Menashe Hezekiel Semeichi
After greetings and respect,
Based on the proposal of His Excellency the Head of the Community in the meeting held on July 1, 942, and based
on the authority granted to our body in Article 9 of its bylaws, it has been decided to task you with forming
a subcommittee to manage and reform the schools, provided that it has all the powers granted to the Schools Committee
itself, on the condition that the budget it organizes is coupled with the approval of the Schools Committee.
And you, to achieve the desired reform in this important charitable institution, please accept
the highest respect.
Secretary
A copy to:
His Excellency the respected Head of the Community
His Excellency the esteemed President of the Lay Council for information
The Directorate of Schools to act accordingly.
Presidency of the Court of Justice
in Najaf
No. 739 on November 16, 1971
Memorandum to the Judicial Secretariat in Najaf
Via the Clerk of the Najaf Court
No. 739 on November 16, 1971, attached to our letter No. 179 on 11/16/1971
The aforementioned has received an amount of 17 Dinars and 500 Fils according to Check No. 739 on 11/16/1971
The aforementioned amount has been paid to the Judicial Secretariat in Najaf according to Receipt No. ⟦illegible⟧
Please be informed and order the necessary action, with appreciation.
⟦signature⟧
Chief of the Court
A copy of it to the Judicial Secretariat in Najaf with the check above
A copy of it to the Presidency of the Court of Justice in Najaf with the check above
A copy of it to the Presidency of the Court of Justice in Najaf with the check above
Israeli Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number
Date July 3, 942
971
His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi, Respectfully
Respected Honorable Notables
Israel Nassim Hai
Abdullah Rabbi Ibrahim Hillel
Sion Shohet Gege
Menashe Heskel Sehayek
After greetings and respect
Based on the proposal of His Excellency the President of the Community in the meeting held on July 1, 942, and based
on the authority granted to our committee in Article 9 of its bylaws, it has decided to task you with forming
a sub-committee to manage the Midrash and its reform, provided that it has all the powers granted to the Schools Committee
itself, on the condition that the budget it organizes is subject to the approval of the Schools Committee.
May you succeed in achieving the desired reform in this important charitable institution. Please accept our
highest respect.
Secretary
A copy to:
His Excellency the Respected President of the Community
His Excellency the Honorable President of the Lay Council for information
Midrash Schools Directorate to act accordingly.
⟦Murad⟧
Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 531
Jewish Schools Committee
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 531
Number: 611
Date: July 28, 940
Subject Summary:
His Excellency the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Reference to your letter No. 3288 dated July 24, 940
We agree with the esteemed Council on the necessity of placing all expenditure and revenue transactions in
the Midrash schools under the supervision of a special committee, as well as appointing an accountant with the trustee who would be
responsible to the aforementioned committee; however, we believe that appointing members from among the
community employees is not in the best interest and we ask you to nominate non-employee persons for this purpose,
⟦for them⟧
The President
The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2472
Date 16 March 945
His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Schools Committee
Reference to the last paragraph of your letter No. 2005 dated 18 February 945 and after
noting what was stated in the letters of the Midrash Committee No. 75 dated 29 / 11 / 944 and No. 104
dated 8 / 3 / 945, our Council decided in its meeting held on 13 / 3 / 945:
1 - Ratification of the Midrash schools budget as organized by the specialized committee and approved by
your committee, and submitting it to the General Assembly to obtain its approval.
2 - Disbursement of the amount of four hundred dinars as the non-ordinary aid to the mentioned committee, which was decided
for the past year, for this year as well.
3 - Allocation of another additional amount of two hundred dinars to be paid to the Midrash this year, granted
temporarily for the exceptional circumstances of this year to assist the specialized committee in reconsidering
the cost-of-living allowances it pays to its employees.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to the Accountant to take these decisions into account when advancing funds to the Midrash schools
on the account of allocations until the General Assembly's approval of the budgets is received.
For filing
19 / 2
Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number 104
Date 28 / 5 / 45
His Excellency the Chairman of the respected Schools Committee
After greetings and respect
Further to our letter numbered 75 and dated 29 / 11 / 45
We have been informed that your esteemed committee has decided on additional cost-of-living allowances for school employees in addition
to the cost-of-living allowances currently paid to them, and that these allowances are pending
the approval of the esteemed Corporal Council. Therefore, our committee finds that fairness calls us all to
support the teachers of the Midrash schools and deems it necessary to add one Dinar as an additional allowance for each
employee in the Midrash due to the low and meager nature of their salaries on one hand, and the small cost-of-living allowances paid
to them on the other hand. As it equals approximately half of the cost-of-living allowances paid to school
employees, we therefore request you to mediate with the Corporal Council to grant the Midrash schools fund
eight hundred Dinars instead of the four hundred Dinars estimated in the current year's budget attached to our letter
referred to above, so that we can include the Midrash employees in the same additional allowances that your
respected committee found necessary to add for the teachers.
With highest respect to your Excellencies
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The President
I suggest that a copy of it be sent to the Corporal Council
before issuing its decision regarding the budgets
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4/2/1957 in Baghdad
Welcome with your arrival in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 8/20/1956
My most noble, zealous, and virtuous master, Mr. Sion Shohet, the respected, may God prolong his life, Amen.
Greetings and respect.
And after, what I know of your noble person in terms of superior zeal and excellent chivalry is what has encouraged me now
to approach your Excellency with this letter of mine in humility and supplication, hoping for mediation in my case, which you will learn about after reviewing
what is enclosed - (a copy of the petition I submitted to the presidency of the esteemed Lay Council, which was of no use to me) - just as I
at the same time had presented this case of mine to the Spiritual Council, the leadership of the community, and the Schools Committee, and the
result of that was nothing but disappointment as well - and by this I will be grateful to you and thankful for life; rather, I and my family, towards
this great favor of yours and your abundant kindness, will persist in praying for your Excellency for long life, happiness, and prosperity, asking
Him, the Almighty, to keep you as a treasure for the oppressed and miserable, and a supporter for the weak and wretched. He is the All-Hearing, the Responder.
4/2/940
The supplicant, your sincere
Yousef Yaqoub Akoubi
And this is a copy of the letters we submitted:
1 | A petition to His Excellency the Presidency of the esteemed Lay Council dated December 24, 939
2 | Then I presented this case of mine to the Spiritual Council on the date of 24 " " "
3 | A petition to the Schools Committee (24) January 940
4 | A petition to His Excellency the esteemed Lay Council dated January 27, 940, number 2478, a copy of which you will find
enclosed
The Keeper
To the presence of the masters of the esteemed Communal Council, may God prolong their glory, Amen.
The Presentation:
We, the undersigned, teachers at the Midrash school, are heads of large families; undoubtedly, your excellencies
can imagine the extent of our poor condition and what we and our families endure in misery and hardship, as we show you that our monthly
salaries range between two and four dinars. However, whatever our situation, we were not requesting in this petition
of ours an increase to these meager salaries, but rather there is a matter more bitter and calamitous, which is the non-payment of our salaries for several months.
What would be the condition of an employee with such a salary amount who receives nothing from it during all those long months?
How can he be able to live, and consequently, how can he perform his duties as desired?
Various debts have accumulated upon us, and we have reached a state that the pen fails to describe. Therefore, we raise
our plea for mercy and our cry for help to your high position, hoping to save us from this ordeal of ours, or rather to save families suffering from the hardship
and bitterness of life beyond what humans can bear, by instructing the headmaster of our school to pay us a portion of our salaries
mentioned below.
The sole excuse of the aforementioned headmaster for the reason for the delay in paying our salaries all this time is the deficit occurring in
the school budget. If that is the case, then why does this reason not include all the teachers and is restricted to us
only?
We await your sublime compassion toward us and your kindness in granting our request, as there is no one worthy of protecting
our rights but you. This matter is entrusted to you, our masters, on 4 / 2 / 944.
Teacher | Teacher | Teacher
Ezra Hakil | Yusuf Habib Ishaq | Yusuf Yaqub Akri
Monthly Salary Amount | Unpaid Salaries | Number of Months | Until the end of the current month | Name of Teacher | Signature
Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | | | |
3 | - | 54 | 867 | 18 | '' '' '' '' | Yusuf Yaqub Akri | ⟦signature⟧
2 | - | 22 | - | 11 | '' '' '' '' | Yusuf Habib Ishaq | Yusuf Habib Ishaq
2 | - | 22 | - | 11 | '' '' '' '' | Ezra Hakil | Ezra Hakil
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To the Honorable ⟦illegible⟧
After greetings and respect,
I submit to your Excellency that Nathan Hai Rouven Yapan, one of the graduates of your school in completing ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in it as an assistant to our house with a salary of one hundred and fifty rupees, which is equivalent to eleven dinars
and eighty and fifty fils, and that is for a period of fourteen years, as ⟦illegible⟧
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Furthermore, my house is for ⟦illegible⟧ a large family such that it is not possible ⟦illegible⟧
the current year, this is in addition to the high cost of living ⟦illegible⟧
we must ⟦illegible⟧ what is requested of you ⟦illegible⟧
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Nathan Hai
With appreciation
To the Honorable President of the Sub-Council
The petitioner is in extreme need and is the head of a large family and has spent his life in schools. I hope
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For filing
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