AI English Translation, Pages 476-500
T / 54/278
1954/2/16
• Request for a copy of an endowment deed •
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status in Amarah, the respected
After greetings
We reiterate our letter numbered 53/3257 and dated 1953/12/⟦27⟧
regarding providing us with a copy of the endowment deed for the shrine of the Prophet of God Ezra (PBUH) issued by
your esteemed court on 1938/5/16 under file number 38/126 and in the name of
Abdullah Ezra Gabbay •
⟦On behalf of⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
T/ ⟦227⟧ / 54
16/2/1954
The Case of the Al-Uzair (PBUH) Endowment
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To -
The Honorable Mr. Yaqub Munshi Khamara
President of the Jewish Community in Basra
After greetings,
We confirm our letter No. 53/3256 dated 12/27/1953;
Regarding sending the file related to the shrine of the Prophet of God, Al-Uzair (PBUH), please be so kind
as to provide us with what was mentioned therein as soon as possible.
Please accept our highest respect.
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
T / ⟦252⟧ / 53
12/27/1953
The case of the Al-Uzair (PBUH) Endowment.
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To -
The Honorable Mr. Yaqub Munshi Khamara
President of the Israelite Community in Basra
After greetings,
In view of the urgent need to review the file related to the shrine of
the Prophet of God, Al-Uzair (PBUH), I request -
1 - Kindly send the file pertaining to the aforementioned endowment.
2 - Kindly provide us with whatever information you have regarding this subject.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T/ 54 / ⟦...⟧
Subject ⟦line⟧
Date 30 / 7 / 1954
Personal Status Court in Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered S/ 1148 and dated 29 / 6 / 1954, there appeared on
13 / 7 / 1954 the person named Yaqub son of Khedhouri with his fiancée Jahla daughter of Nassim before
the committee under our presidency, and the divorce ceremonies were performed for them according to the rituals of the Mosaic Law, and they have become
legally divorced.
Furthermore
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 54 / ⟦...⟧
Date 28 / 3 / 1954
Telephone Number
3531 President
5452 Secretary
Subject
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings,
I request your order to provide me with a certified copy of the decree issued by your
respected court in the notification numbered 156 / 924 regarding the properties endowed by
the late Menachem Salih Daniel to the poor of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
And the matter is yours to decide.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
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The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
His Excellency the First Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered L-6 and dated 20/6/1954, the required
restoration has been completed, and the Ministry of Social Affairs received the rental on 19/6/54, and attached herewith
is a copy of the aforementioned letter from the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Please accept our highest respect.
Faraj Samira
President of the Administrative Committee of the
Jewish Community in Baghdad
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A copy to:-
Ministry of Social Affairs (Directorate of General Services) for your kind information
and confirmation.
The Administrative Committee of the Israeli ⟦Community⟧
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 1467 / 54
Date: 6 / 7 / 1954
Subject Summary:
His Excellency the First Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered ⟦N - ST⟧ and dated 20 / 6 / 1954, the required
restoration has been completed, and the Ministry of Social Affairs received the leased property on 19 / 6 / 54. We attach herewith
a copy of the letter from the respected Ministry of Social Affairs.
Please accept our highest respect.
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Farid ⟦Samira⟧
President of the Administrative Committee of the Israeli
Community in Baghdad
Copy to:-
Ministry of Social Affairs (Directorate of General Services) for your kind information
and confirmation.
Number :: 54/80/20
Date :: 19/5/1954
Subject Summary:
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His Excellency the First Judge of the Court of First Instance in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 11/5/1954, the work has been completed and the renovations and repairs specified in
the contract signed between us and the respected Ministry of Social Affairs have ended, and therefore the mentioned Ministry can take over the leased property.
Please accept our highest respect
Farid Daoud Samra
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
To the Honorable First Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 11/5/54, the work
has been carried out <del>accordingly</del> and the renovations and improvements specified
in the contract signed between us and the respected Ministry of Social Affairs have been completed.
Therefore, we request the aforementioned Ministry to take delivery of this leased property. Please
accept our highest respect.
Farid Daoud Samouh
Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish
Community
⟦...⟧ His Excellency Mr. ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Mr. Naeem Ezra Al-Tayeb
⟦...⟧ Mr. ⟦...⟧
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Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number
Date 14 / 5 / 1954
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter number M / 103 / 554 dated 7 / 4 / 1954
Since more than a month has passed since the date you were notified of a copy of the petition filed by
the lawyer Mr. Muhammad Tawfiq al-Ani, the agent for the Ministry of Social Affairs, without you carrying out the restorations and repairs
necessary despite the expiration of the grace period you requested in your above letter. Therefore, this court has decided that you must complete
the work within (48) hours, and if your response is not received, this court will authorize the Ministry of Social Affairs
to commence the work.
First Judge
Abdul Hamid Kubba
A copy of it to:-
Lawyer Tawfiq al-Ani.
Received on date
19 / 5 / 54
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 / 5452
No. T/ 82 / 27 / 54
Date 2 / 7 / 1954
Subject: Permission for the marriage of Heskel Khedhouri ⟦Isaac⟧
To -
Personal Status Court - Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered Sh and dated 24 / 6 / 1954, it has become clear to us from the testimony presented by
the petitioner Heskel Khedhouri Isaac dated 13 / 5 / 1954 and number 271 / 949, recently amended, that the judgment
obtained by the aforementioned against his wife Farha daughter of Nassim was not appealed and has acquired final status; therefore, we see no objection to
the marriage of the aforementioned to another woman.
Please accept our highest respects.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Sassoon
Contracts Registry
For notification
⟦signature⟧
7/22
Notified
⟦signature⟧
22/7/954
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Baghdad Court of First Instance
Court of Personal Matters in Baghdad
Issue Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 24 / 6 / 1954
Case File Number: 195 / ⟦illegible⟧
To: - The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Heskel Khedhouri submitted a petition to our court on 23 / 6 / 954 stating that he obtained a judgment from the
Community Court under Notification No. 443 and Base No. 371 / 49, ruling against the defendant Farha bint
Nissim for her recalcitrance (nushuz) and granting the plaintiff Heskel Khedhouri Isaac permission to marry another woman, and that the aforementioned judgment has acquired
final status, and that the petitioner approached your department to obtain a marriage permit and his request was rejected.
Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the reason for not granting the petitioner permission to marry despite the issuance of a judgment from the
Community Court granting him the right to marry another woman and the aforementioned judgment acquiring final status. Please inform us of
that so we may take the necessary measures regarding the request with the required speed.
Judge
Abdul Hamid Jamil
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Outgoing Number 257
Date ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
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Baghdad Court of First Instance
Case Number - 195 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 949/27
- Personal Matters in Baghdad -
Outgoing Number ⟦line⟧
Date 1954/5/13
To: - To whom it may concern ⟦line⟧
Heskel bin Khedhouri Ishaq had obtained a judgment from the Presidency of the Community on 13 / 11 / 949 with number
949/271 and notification number 443 ruling the recalcitrance of his wife, the defendant Farha bint Nassim, and the wife Farha was notified of the mentioned judgment
on 18 / 11 / 949. Accordingly, the mentioned judgment has acquired final status, and upon request, the petitioner was provided with this
certification.
First Clerk of the Personal Matters Court
Al-Hajj Saeed Al-Najm
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number:
Date:
Subject - Permission to Marry
Heskel Khedhouri
Respectable
Mr. Rabbi
Personal Status Court
Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered Sh and dated 24 / 6 / 1954
It has become clear to us from the testimony presented by the petitioner Heskel Khedhouri Ishaq dated
13 / 5 / 1954 and number 271 / 949 and recently amended that the judgment obtained by the aforementioned
against his wife Farha daughter of Nassim was not appealed and has acquired final status, and therefore we see no objection to
the marriage of the aforementioned to another woman.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad Acting
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number:
Date:
Subject - Permission to Marry
Heskel Khedhouri
Personal Status Court
Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered Sh and dated 24/6/1954
It has become clear to us from the testimony presented by the petitioner Heskel Khedhouri Ishaq dated
13/5/1954 and number 271/949 and recently amended that the judgment obtained by the aforementioned
against his wife Farha daughter of Nassim was not appealed and has acquired final status, and therefore we see no objection ⟦for you⟧ to
the marriage of the aforementioned to another woman.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, Acting
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
B - 3
Iraqi Government
Form for notification of judicial papers
⟦line⟧
Applicant for notification:
Person to be notified:
Name of the process server:
Papers to be notified:
Number:
I have been notified of the papers whose details are written above by the process server
For the purpose of statement, this paper was given.
On ⟦line⟧ year 195 ⟦line⟧ Signature
The Iraqi Government
The Jewish Community Court
Baghdad
Case Number 271/49
Judgment Number 443
The Jewish Community Court in Baghdad was formed on 11/13/49, presided over by Rabbi
Yehoshua Moshe Heskel, and the membership of Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi and Rabbi Daoud Shaul Shamash,
authorized to adjudicate in the name of His Majesty the King of Iraq, and issued its following judgment -
Plaintiff - Heskel son of Khedhouri Isaac
Defendant - Farha daughter of Nassim
The Decision - The plaintiff requested to bring the defendant, his wife, and require her to obey him, and upon her refusal, to rule her
recalcitrant (Nashiz) and grant him permission to marry another woman. Since it appeared as a result of the proceedings that the defendant refuses to
join the plaintiff in the legal housing provided by the plaintiff despite the legal warnings addressed to her,
it was decided to rule the defendant recalcitrant and to authorize the plaintiff to marry another woman, a judgment in presence subject to appeal,
and it was issued by consensus and announced publicly.
The President
50 Fils
REVENUE
A true copy
The Jewish Community Court in Baghdad
⟦illegible signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 President
Telephone Number 5452 Secretary
Number: T / 54
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 26 / 12 / 1954
His Excellency the Honorable Judge of Personal Matters
After greetings
With reference to your confirmation No. 24 / 53 dated 14 / 12 / 54, this
Presidency commenced, pursuant to your letter No. 24 / 53 dated 21 / 9 / 54, to record the statements according
to Mosaic Law, and their completion was postponed until the date of 23 / 12 / 54, however the litigants
or their representatives did not attend on the appointed day.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Governor of Personal Matters
In his respected hand
Reference to your endorsement numbered 54/22 and dated
12/14/54 <del>regarding</del> this presidency according to your letter
numbered 54/22 and dated 9/21/54
<del>regarding</del> the recording of statements and the breaking of the aforementioned wax seals
and returning to them on the date of 12/22/54, and since
the ⟦adversary party⟧ or their representatives did not attend
on the appointed day, please have your esteemed court notify
the ⟦adversary party⟧ to attend at the time you designate
for this, and please accept the highest respect
The Rabbi
Baghdad Court of First Instance - Personal Matters
Issue Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 15 / 12 / 954
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The individual named Koji Sassoon Al-Naftali has passed away and did not choose a guardian for his minor children during his lifetime.
It has appeared that among his heirs is his minor son named Edwar Ezra, and the individual named Shaul Sassoon Al-Naftali has approached this court
requesting to be appointed as a guardian for the aforementioned minor. He is the brother of the deceased and the uncle of the minor. Please provide your opinion regarding the proposed
appointment based on Paragraph 2 of Article 58 of the Minors' Property Administration Law.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Judge
Sadiq Haidar
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 5412
Subject:
Date: 15 / 12 / 1954
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status, respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 5412 and dated 15 / 12 / 954
And based on paragraph 2 of Article 58 of the Minors' Property Administration Law, this
Presidency supports the proposal to appoint Mr. Shaul Sassoon Al Naftali as a guardian over his
young nephew named Edwar Ezra, son of the deceased Gurji Sassoon Al Naftali, due to Mr.
Shaul Sassoon Naftali's qualifications and full fitness to be a guardian.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Judge of the ⟦Police⟧ Court, respected
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 5412 ⟦and⟧ ⟦...⟧
And based on paragraph ⟦...⟧ of Article 58 of the Law of
Administration of Minors' Property, we support this proposal to appoint Mr.
Shaul Shaul Sakkoun, Mukhtar of the community, as guardian over the son of
his ⟦deceased⟧ brother named Ezra Anwar Karmi ⟦pursuant to⟧ the death of
the son of the deceased Karmi Sakkoun, provided that ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ends for Mr.
Shaul and ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ of the qualifications and full fitness
⟦to be⟧ a guardian, to be a guardian for this. Please accept the highest respect.
The Rabbi
⟦stamp⟧
9 ⟦...⟧
Personal Status Court
Date: 28 / 3 / 955
File Number: 17 / 1954
Based on the lawsuit formed between Dr. Aflaton Mirza Yaqub and Mr. Abdul Jabbar Faez
Al-Dilami, the general agent for the two guardians of the mentally incompetent Ibrahim Mirza Yaqub, our court has decided,
based on paragraph 3 of Article 21 of the Estate Settlement Law, to audit the aforementioned agent. Please
audit him and provide the court with a report on the results of these accounts and state your opinion for taking Sharia
and legal actions against the two guardians and their agent in accordance with what is required by paragraph 4 of the mentioned article regarding the lawsuit
under discussion.
The Judge
⟦Personal Status Court⟧
A copy of it to:
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Since the two guardians, Layla and Noor, daughters of Dr. Aflaton, over their interdicted uncle
Ibrahim, are absent from Iraq, and for the purpose of managing the affairs of the mentally incompetent person, it is necessary
to appoint a temporary guardian for him. Please inform us of the name of the person you nominate to perform
the duties of guardianship from among those who meet the legal requirements as quickly as possible,
and instruct him to visit this court to issue the necessary legal certificate for that.
A copy of it to each of the selected guardians, Layla and Noor, daughters of Dr. Aflaton:
Since you are the guardians of the mentally incompetent Ibrahim, and a lawsuit has been filed by Dr.
Aflaton requesting your removal from guardianship due to your absence from Iraq, it was necessary
to inform you that it is not legally permissible to appoint an agent on your behalf to manage the affairs of the mentally incompetent person.
Therefore, please inform us of the date of your return to Iraq and whether you are ready
to carry out the guardianship duties directly. In the event of your failure to come to Iraq and perform the
guardianship duties directly, inform the court so it may consider your removal and the appointment of a
permanent guardian for the mentally incompetent person. The aforementioned lawsuit has been adjourned until 5 / 6 / 1955.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number: 2826
Date: 28 / 3 / 955
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 President
Telephone No. 5452 Secretary
Number: T/551
Subject:
Date: 3/31/1955
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
With reference to your letter number file 17/1954 dated 3/28/1955, this
Presidency nominates Mr. Salim Munshi Gabbay, the employee in the Railways, for his position as a temporary guardian.
Please accept our highest respect
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
A copy of it to: -
Mr. Salim Munshi Gabbay - Please follow up with His Excellency the Judge of Personal Matters.
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12/21/1952
His Excellency the Governor of the ⟦Province⟧ of ⟦Baghdad⟧, Respectfully
Through ⟦...⟧
Through ⟦...⟧
That ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Mr. Salim Shukr Allah
The employee in the educational service, for himself as head of our division
⟦...⟧ the necessary conditions according to this
Please accept the highest respect
Al-Iqdam
A copy of it to Mr. Salim Shukr Allah Kabbay at the shrine of
His Excellency the Governor of Food Supplies
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