AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
5/⟦illegible⟧/1947
To the honorable wife of the late Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
After greetings,
I list below for you a copy of the Lay Council's resolution regarding your late husband of blessed memory
for your information ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Resolution
(( In view of the first meeting of the Lay Council after the death of the late Rabbi Raphael
(( Isaac Hayyim, the Council decided to stand for one minute of silence in mourning for the deceased, and after resuming
(( the session, it decided: -
(( First - To terminate his salary as of the end of April 1947.
(( Second - In view of his long service amounting to (55) years and considering his financial
(( and family circumstances, it decided to allocate an exceptional pension starting from the first of May 1947
(( in the amount of fifteen Dinars per month, excluding cost-of-living allowances, provided that this
(( salary be granted to his wife and that it be reviewed upon the marriage of his two young daughters. ))
I pray to the Almighty that no harm befalls your family. Please accept my respects.
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Vice President
Copy to: - His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community - for information
The Spiritual Council - for information
The Accountant of the Lay Council - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
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Personal Affairs
(Finished)
Jewish Lay Council
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
No. :
Date: 6 / 7 / 947
Subject Summary: Promotion of Employees
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respectfully
After greetings,
I list for you below a copy of the Lay Council resolution No. 7 taken on 26 / 6 / 1947
For your kind review, please accept our respect.
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The President
Employee Name | Salary Before Promotion | Promotion Amount | Salary After Promotion
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | 50.000 | 4.000 | 54.000
Salim Murad Khabbaza | 30.000 | 2.000 | 32.000
Menua Zion Shamash | 15.000 | --- | Nothing
The Doorman Gul Muhammad | 5.000 | --- | 5.000
The Attendant Salman Shaloul | 4.500 | --- | 4.500
The Attendant Shaul Yaqub | 4.500 | --- | 4.500
The Attendant Ibrahim Yusuf | 4.500 | --- | 4.500
Ms. Nessim Heskel | 4.000 | --- | 4.000
The Council has decided to pay cost-of-living allowances to all those mentioned according to the established scale and set
the cost-of-living allowances for the community secretary Salim Khabbaza according to the established scale as well.
Copy to
The Accountant of the Lay Council - to act accordingly
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To: Baghdad Secretary of the Israelite Community
Due to train crowding we are delayed until tomorrow
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Undertaking of telegraphic matters
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Summary of the Subject:
Number::
Date:: 1/8/947
Administrative Order
The Council has decided to appoint Mr. Aboudi Menashi Sofair as a clerk for the Community administration with a monthly salary
of (8/- Dinars) eight Dinars to which is added high cost of living allowances in the amount of (5/250 Dinars)
five Dinars and a quarter effective from 15/8/947 forenoon.
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The President
A copy to His Excellency the Head of the Community - for kind information
Mr. Aboudi Menashi Sofair
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Presidency of ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦21 / 8 / 947⟧
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
Number ::
Date :: /8/947
His Eminence the President of the Honorable Spiritual Council:
Subject Summary:
After greetings
With reference to your two letters numbered 871 and 1874 dated 6/8/947 regarding
the new formations in the Religious Court and the Sharia Court of Cassation.
I list below a copy of this Council's resolution No. (4) taken in the session of August 28,
947, for your information and to notify the concerned parties of its content.
Please accept our respect!
The President
Copy to
His Eminence the Head of the Community - for information
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Draft Resolution
4 - After reviewing the two letters of the Spiritual Council numbered 871 and 1874 dated 6/8/947
The Council decided the following:-
First - Given the election of His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hooki Aboodi as President of the Spiritual Council
in the General Council session held on August 4, 947, his nominal salary shall be
(21/500 Dinars) monthly instead of (17/- Dinars).
Second - Given the election of His Eminence Rabbi Yehoshua Moshi Hesqel as President of the Religious Court
on 5/8/947, his nominal salary shall be (17/000 Dinars) monthly
instead of (14/750 Dinars) with the increase in high cost of living allowances at the prescribed amount.
Third - Given the election of His Eminence Rabbi Moshi Ibrahim as a member of the Spiritual Council
in the General Council session held on August 4, 947, his nominal salary shall be
(14/750 Dinars) monthly to which (5/250 Dinars) shall be added as high cost of living allowances
and (7/250 Dinars) as fees allowances, provided that all
salaries he currently receives from the Community Fund are cancelled, whether in his capacity
as an alternate member of the Spiritual Council or the Kahbub.
Fourth - Given the election of His Eminence Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hayyim as an alternate member of
the Spiritual Council in the session of 5/8/947, it was decided to grant him a salary of five Dinars
monthly without high cost of living allowances.
These increases and allocations shall be implemented as of each of their aforementioned dates.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Number ::
Date :: 11 / 1 / 1948
Subject Summary:
His Eminence the President of the Honorable Jewish Spiritual Council
Greetings,
The Council has reviewed your letter No. 1939 dated 11 / 1 / 1948 and decided to approve the appointment of
Shalom Rahmani as a slaughterer in the Jewish slaughterhouse in Baghdad with a monthly salary of (4.500 Dinars)
to which is added a high-cost-of-living allowance in the amount of (5.250 Dinars) monthly starting from the date of his commencement
instead of the deceased Yosef Hakham Nassim.
Please inform us of the date the aforementioned person begins at the slaughterhouse for the purpose of instructing the accountant to pay
his salaries accordingly. Best regards;
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Vice President
Copy to ⟦line⟧
His Eminence the President of the Community - for your kind information
The Accountant - to act accordingly
A.
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
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Subject Summary ::
Number ::
Date :: 3 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1948
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1948
Administrative Order
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In view of the resignation of the "Oheb Shalom" committee, it was decided to cut the salaries and allowances of the employees of this committee
starting from the first of February 1948.
Vice President
Copy to -
His Excellency the President of the Community - your letter No. 579 dated 13 / 2 / 1948.
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad.
The Accountant - to act accordingly.
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For filing
Personnel
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Vice President
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His Excellency the Head of the Commu⟦line⟧nity,
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His Eminence the Head of the Spiritual Council
Mrs. Hanini daughter of Abdul Aziz - wife of the late Isaac Munir Hakham Saleh
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
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Jewish Lay Council
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
in Baghdad
"BAGHDAD"
Telephone Number 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Number :: 188
Date :: 3 / 3 / 1948
Subject Summary ::
Administrative Order
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The Lay Council has decided to grant Mr. Nassim Heskel Dahan, clerk of the Jewish Religious Court of Appeals,
a bonus in the amount of fifteen Dinars for the period between 4 / 1 / 1948 and 18 / 2 / 1948, as the
administrative order concerning him was issued by the Ministry of Justice on 18 / 2 / 1948, while he commenced his work on
4 / 1 / 1948.
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Excellency the President of the Community ⟦line⟧ for information
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court of Appeals - with reference to his marginal note dated 26 / 2 / 1948
Mr. Nassim Heskel Dahan - with reference to his petition dated 26 / 2 / 1948
The Accountant ⟦line⟧ to act accordingly
File
Personnel Affairs
A. A.
THE JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
IN BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
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Number :: ⟦122⟧
Date :: 5 / 4 / 1948
Subject Summary :: Administrative Order
Based on the issuance of Royal Decrees appointing their Eminences the Rabbis to their new
positions and granting them lump-sum allowances in the amount of twenty Dinars to the members of the Court of Cassation and fifteen
Dinars to the members of the Court of First Instance, effective from 6 / 1 / 1948, the Lay Council has decided the following :-
First - Granting them the difference between their original salaries and the allowances paid to them by the Ministry of
Justice starting from the date mentioned above until the end of March 1948.
Second - Granting their Eminences the Rabbis whose names follow the following lump-sum allowances
monthly starting from the first of April 1948, provided that they be reconsidered when the Ministry of Justice decides to adjust
their current allowances and increase them to the appropriate limit :- Fils Dinar
Rabbi Salman Khochi | President of the Court of Cassation | 23 | 000 | Twenty-three Dinars
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshi | President of the Court of First Instance | 23 | 000 | Twenty-three Dinars
Rabbi Yosef Rabie | Member of the Court of First Instance | 17 | 250 | Seventeen Dinars and a quarter
Rabbi Elia Yehoshua | Member of the Court of Cassation | 13 | 250 | Thirteen Dinars and a quarter
Rabbi Daoud Shaul | Member of the Court of First Instance | 21 | 750 | Twenty-one Dinars and 750 Fils
(This includes allowances for performing clerical matters for the Spiritual Council amounting to 3.500 Dinars) | | | |
Rabbi Daoud Musfi | Member of the Court of Cassation | 8 | 500 | Eight Dinars and a half
Third - Continuing to pay the salary of each of Rabbi Moshi Abraham and Rabbi Sasson Ishaq
amounting to (27.250 Dinars) in their capacity as members of the Spiritual Council.
Fourth - Granting the clerk of the Religious Court, Mr. Heskel Qattan, the difference between his previous salary
and the salary granted to him by the Ministry of Justice for his services from the date of his appointment on 2 / 3 / 1948
amounting to (2.250 Dinars) per month, provided that this decision is reconsidered in case of a salary adjustment
by the Ministry.
Fifth - Stopping the salaries of the bailiffs and servants in the Court of Cassation and the Court of First Instance starting from
the date they are granted their salaries by the Ministry of Justice.
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Vice President
Copy to :- His Eminence the Head of the Community
His Eminence the President of the Court of Cassation - for information
His Eminence the President of the Court of First Instance - for information
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Archive
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Jewish Lay Council
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
in Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. ⟦illegible⟧
Date 5 / 4 / 948
Number :: ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 5 / 4 / 1948
Subject Summary ::
Administrative Order
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The Lay Council has decided to appoint Mr. Yusuf Aqirab as a clerk for the Jewish Community Property Committee with a salary
monthly amount of eight dinars, to which shall be added the cost-of-living allowance at the standard rate, effective from
1 April 1948, provided that he performs the regular duties of the community during his spare time and during official working hours
for a period of two months on a probationary basis ⟦line⟧ .
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Eminence the President of the Community - for information ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Property Committee - with reference to your letter No. 14 dated 28 / 3 / 948
Mr. Yusuf Aqirab - for information ⟦line⟧
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect.
My husband, Hakham Isaac Meir son of Hakham Salem, was employed in several positions at the
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad for a period exceeding (24) years, and he performed his duties in the best manner as
is known to your Excellency. His last salary was six and a half Dinars, including the high cost of living allowance.
With this meager salary, he struggled against the distress that gripped him until it caused his death. He left me with his mother
and his young children, who are three daughters and a son, including one of his daughters who is ill with tuberculosis. We remain between
ruin and hunger without any other supporter, which forced me to knock on the door of your kindness to intercede with
the venerable Secular Council to continue paying us the salary of the deceased that he used to receive, so that we may be saved
from the evils of hunger and want as a reward for his services and to rescue us from certain death. This is for your Excellency's command.
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Wife of the deceased Hakham Isaac Meir
Kingdom of Iraq
40 Fils
Revenues
Habiba daughter of
Abdul Nabi
Baghdad on 2/26/1948
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Court of Appeals in Baghdad, the respected.
I, Nissim Saqeel Dahan, the clerk employed in the Court of Appeals for the Jewish community
in Baghdad, have commenced my duties in this court since the date 1/4/1948. Given the issuance of
my appointment order on 2/18/1948 according to the Ministry of Justice letter No. 227 dated 2/18/1948
I no longer have the right to claim my salaries from the Ministry for the period preceding the issuance of the ministerial order
referred to, despite the Council's letter addressed to the esteemed Ministry of Justice No. 1/16 dated
2/19/1948, which stated the date I commenced work, which preceded the date the ministerial order was issued
referred to and rejected by the esteemed Ministry of Justice in its letter No. Dh/2/1 dated
2/24/1948. Thus, my commencement in this court became effective from 2/18/1948
in accordance with what was stated in the ministerial order referred to above. Therefore, I have come with this letter of mine, appealing
to Your Eminence to mediate with the leadership of the Jewish community in Baghdad to resolve this issue.
I offer Your Eminence my further thanks and respect.
Nissim Saqeel Dahan
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Clerk of the Jewish Court of Appeals
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
Special Number: 707
Date: 2/27/1948
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the respected
We request you to kindly mediate with the esteemed Ministry of Justice
to pay the salary of the clerk Nissim Saqeel Dahan, who commenced
from the date he started work, i.e., from 1/4/1948
And in the event that this is not possible, we request mediation with the
Lay Council to pay his salary for the aforementioned period, as
he actually performed the duties of clerk of the Jewish Rabbinical Court of Appeals
starting from 1/4/1948, i.e., the date
of the start of the work of the aforementioned Court of Appeals in commencing
its duties after the issuance of the Royal Decree providing
for its formation. With great respect.
Baghdad 2/26/1948
Salman Saka
Aboudi
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President of the Jewish Rabbinical
Court of Appeals
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
In Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. 429
Date 21 / 4 / 948
Number :: 120
Date :: 21 / 4 / 1948
Subject Summary ::
His Eminence the President of the Community, Respected ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected ⟦line⟧
Greetings,
You will find below a copy of Council Resolution No. (1) taken in its seventeenth session on
20 / 4 / 1948 regarding the promotion of community employees for your kind review and action accordingly, please.
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Vice President
Copy to ⟦line⟧ the Accountant - for action accordingly ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Resolution
Vice President
Copy to ⟦-⟧ the Accountant ⟦-⟧ for action accordingly ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Resolution
1 - The Council deliberated on the issue of providing relief to the community's employees and servants on the occasion of the financial
hardship that has intensified recently, and deemed it necessary to provide assistance to them as far as the community's finances
allow. Based on that, and after reviewing the available statistics, it decided the following:-
2 - All community employees, servants, and affiliated institutions, including retirees, the needy,
and the looted, shall be granted a grant equivalent to half of the nominal salary received by each of them on the first day of the month of
April 1948 (without cost-of-living allowances or any other allowances), provided that this grant does not exceed
ten dinars as a maximum and is not less than five dinars as a minimum, with the exception of janitors, servants,
and guards, who shall be granted a lump sum grant of four dinars only.
B - This grant does not include lecturers in schools or doctors in hospitals.
C - If one of the employees or servants receives more than one salary from the community fund, their
various nominal salaries shall be combined and the grant given to them on that basis, provided it does not exceed the maximum limit referred
to in paragraph (A).
D - The allowances paid by the Ministry of Justice to the presidents, members, and employees of the community courts are considered part of
their nominal salaries for the purpose of calculating the grant.
E - Based on the verbal review that took place with the Schools Committee, the said committee shall bear 25% of the total
costs of the grant regarding the schools and institutions affiliated with the said committee, while the remaining 75%
to the accountant
himself
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
Number::
Date::
Subject Summary::
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Likewise, the rest of the grant costs regarding the Hospitals Committee and other community institutions shall be paid from
the community fund ⟦...⟧
F- The aforementioned grant, as well as the salaries of the community's officials and employees for the current month of April, shall be paid on the 22nd of it
in view of the occurrence of the Passover holiday.
G- The expected surplus in the budget of the Lay Council for the fiscal year 1948/1949 shall be allocated to cover the expenses
of the aforementioned grant. In view of this, the construction of the second floor of the community administration headquarters
is postponed for the time being, according to Council Decision No. (4) taken in the fourteenth session on 3/18/1948, until
the necessary amount for this project is available.
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On behalf of /
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
Presidency of the Jewish Community
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12 / 5 / 948
Number :: 122
Date :: 2 / 4 / 1948
Subject Summary :: Administrative Order
In view of what the Council has observed regarding the low salaries of the slaughterhouse employees and the Jews, the Council decided to grant an increase
of two Dinars per month starting from the first of April 1948 to the following named gentlemen :-
1 - Rabbi Daoud Masfi 2 - Rabbi Eliyahu Abraham 3 - Rabbi Yaqub Masfi
4 - Moshe Eliyahu Lance 5 - Rabbi Yusuf Hay 6 - Rabbi Yusuf Dori
7 - Rabbi Haron Dori 8 - Rabbi Saleh Naqqar 9 - Ibrahim Khadhouri Tahhan
10 - Ishaq Moshe 11 - Yusuf Hayyim Masfi 12 - Salim Cohen
13 - Ezra Mukammal 14 - Saleh Mukammal 15 - Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman
16 - Naim Hakham Eliyahu Abraham 17 - Shalom Rahmani 18 - Moshe Zion Levi
19 - Salim Hakham Eliyahu 20 - Ishaq Shemesh 21 - Ishaq Faraj
22 - Rabbi Yusuf Abraham Eber 23 - Rabbi Yaqub Shaul 24 - Rabbi Michael Yermia
25 - Rabbi Moshe Hakham Hesqel 26 - Rabbi Nissim Khadhouri
It also decided to grant an increase of one Dinar per month starting from the first of April 1948 to each of :-
1 - Nuri Ezra Tabbakh 2 - Yusuf Hesqel Tabbakh 3 - Salman Shaul
The Council decided to request the Head of the Slaughterhouse to state the names of the slaughterers and other slaughterhouse employees
who are actually working at the present time, while stopping the payment of salaries to those for whom no appointment order has been issued
starting from the first of May 1948.
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Excellency the President of the Community
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council for kind information
His Eminence the Head of the Slaughterhouse
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
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A. A.
Jewish Lay Council
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
in Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
422
12 / 4 / 948
Number :: 121
Date :: 4 / 4 / 1948
Subject Summary ::
Administrative Order
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The Council considered the petition of the poor of Sheikh Ishaq who are currently granted monthly allowances of
3/435 Dinars plus high cost of living allowances at a rate of 1/250 Dinars, and decided to increase the monthly
allowances and raise them to five Dinars effective from the first of April 1948.
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Excellency the President of the Community ⟦line⟧ for kind information
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council ⟦line⟧
The Accountant ⟦line⟧ to act accordingly
Filing
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
Number: 127
Date: 10 / 5 / 1948
Presidency of the Jewish Community
440
10 / 5 / 48
Subject Summary:
Administrative Order
The Council reviewed the letter of Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman dated April 22, 1948
containing his resignation from the slaughterhouse and decided to accept it as of the date of his separation. It also decided to increase his salary amounting to
(4.100 Dinars) monthly in the Heshibot to (6.100 Dinars) six dinars and one hundred fils, from
the date of his separation from the slaughterhouse as well.
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Vice President
Copy to:
His Excellency the Head of the Community
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Slaughterhouse
Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman
The Accountant - to act accordingly
For filing
Personnel
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
Presidency of the Jewish Community
441
10/5/48
Number: 128
Date: 10 / 5 / 1948
Subject Summary:
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
1 - In view of what appeared to the Council that the high cost of living allowance granted to Rabbi Dawood Masfi
Head of the Slaughterhouse, amounting to (3/750 Dinars) monthly, is less than the amount decided according to the scale of
high cost of living allowances, it decided to increase the mentioned allowances and make them (5/750 Dinars) effective from the first of
May 1948.
2 - In view of what appeared to the Council regarding the low salary of Rabbi Yaqub Masfi in the Yeshivot and its
disproportion with what his colleagues receive, it decided to increase his salary from (3/500 Dinars) to (5/500 Dinars)
monthly effective from the first of May 1948.
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Excellency the President of the Community
His Eminence Rabbi Dawood Ezra Masfi
His Eminence Rabbi Yaqub Ezra Masfi
Accountant - to act accordingly
For filing
Personnel
on behalf of /
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 429
Date 10 / 5 / 948
Number :: 126
Date :: 10 / 5 / 1948
Subject Summary ::
Administrative Order
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In view of the death of the late Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, member of the Lay Council, on 28 / 4 / 1948
Administrative Order
In view of the death of the late Rabbi Moshe Abraham, member of the Spiritual Council, on 28 / 4 / 1948
The Council decided to cut his salary starting from the end of April 1948, and also decided, in view of his services to the community, to grant his widow
a pension salary of ten Dinars per month starting from the first of May 1948, to which cost-of-living allowances are added
according to the established scale ⟦line⟧
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Vice President
Copy to :-
His Eminence the President of the Community
Vice President
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Certificate of the President of the Community
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council
Widow of the late Rabbi Moshe Abraham
The Accountant - to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
For filing
Personnel
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 450
Date 20 / 5 / 948
Subject Summary ::
Number ::
Date :: 20 / 5 / 1948
Administrative Order
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After reviewing the letter of Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi dated 7 / 4 / 1948.
In view of what appeared to the Council regarding the smallness of his nominal salary, it decided to increase his salary from 25/500 to
26/500 Dinars (twenty-six and a half Dinars), provided that the allowances he
receives from the Ministry of Justice, amounting to 15/000 Dinars per month, be deducted from this salary, effective from the first of May 948.
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to: - His Eminence the President of the Community
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi
The Accountant - to act accordingly
For filing
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Subject Summary:
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Private Number 448
Date 21 / 5 / 1948
Number :: 147
Date :: 21 / 5 / 1948
Administrative Order
The Lay Council has decided to approve the extension of the monthly allowance amounting to two Dinars
to Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom for his task of training those interested in studying the principles of ritual slaughter according to
the Israelite Law, for a period of one year starting from the first of May 1948.
⟦Wadih Kabbi⟧
Vice President
Copy to:-
His Excellency the President of the Community
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom
Accountant - to act accordingly
For Filing
11 / 5
AA