Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: marriage certificates from the President of the Jewish; birth certificates of a father and son; request for divorce and marriage certificates; receipts from the Jewish Lay Council; request from the President of the Jewish community to facilitate hiring teachers for Jewish schools; some certificates translated to English and Judeo-Arabic.
⟦5661⟧ 19 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage record number 87, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naeem Shaul known as Naeem son of Moshi son of Ishaq Maouka was married in Baghdad to Miss Farha daughter of Hayyim son of Hazqi Namardi on the eighteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦17⟧ Head of the Community
5664 19 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage record numbered 292, we hereby certify that Mr. Shlomo Nazim known by the name Shlomo bin Eliyahu bin Shlomo married in Baghdad Miss Rahel daughter of Manshi bin Dawud Cohen on the eighth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/18 Head of the Community
5665 Certificate 6 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 61, we hereby confirm that Mr. Robin son of Rahmin Bassoon married in Baghdad Miss Jahla, known as Rachel, daughter of Menashi Hayyim on the twenty-ninth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty -four. ⟦signature⟧ 7/8/9 Head of the Community
⟦5226⟧ Certificate 19 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 20, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saul Salim, known by the name Saul son of Ezouri son of Saul Bano, was married in Baghdad to Miss Rosa daughter of Khedhouri son of Saul Babai on the thirteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 8/19 Head of the Community ⟦515⟧
5626 Certificate 19 August 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salih Salman, known by the name Salih bin Abdullah Ezra, became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Juliet, daughter of Khedouri bin Ibrahim Shakarji, on the thirteenth day of the month of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven ⟦illegible⟧ To the honor of our dear and exalted friend To the honor of the great Rabbi, the pious and humble, the honored teacher Rabbi Abraham HaLevi, may his Light shine In the city of Amarah, may God protect it After inquiring of his peace and welfare as is fitting for him. Behold, your dear letter from the 26th of the past Shevat has reached us and we understood all that is written in it. And regarding the matter of the orphans' money that is in your hand, we have sent to you receipts for the sum of ⟦line⟧ 200 for the sum of ⟦line⟧ 200 Total sum 400 Rupees The servant of God, Ezra Sassoon The servant of God, Isaac Sassoon S.T. (May his end be good) The servant of God, Shimon Agassi The servant of God, Isaac Sassoon S.T. (May his end be good) ⟦illegible⟧
⟦5660⟧ Certificate 19 / 3 / 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we certify hereby that Mr. Victor son of Abdullah Haraki Muzayyin has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Doris daughter of Saleh son of Ibrahim Shiri on the twenty-sixth day of the month of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 8 / 18 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
With the help of the Almighty ⟦line⟧ 706 Before the authorized Rabbi, H.Y. Yitzhak Nissim, may his light shine, The parties mentioned below appeared and accepted upon themselves by a complete and perfect acquisition, valid for a court act, etc. regarding the claim of a sum of 706 gold liras that the late Yitzhak son of Ezra Haj Yamin, of blessed memory, lent to the heir Ploni son of Avraham, may his end be good, and they accepted upon themselves a complete and final compromise as follows: Total ⟦line⟧ 706 On account, paid in cash 75 Remaining as debt 75 Total 150 Witness Yitzhak Nissim Witness Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ Witness ⟦illegible⟧ Witness Sasson Ezra " Ploni "
5668 Certificate August 19, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Khadouri, known by the name Yusuf bin Eliyahu Shaul Khabbaza, became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Simha Madeline daughter of Nassim Samira on the fourth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 8/19 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 7/12/50 To the Honorable Community Committee of the Jews in Baghdad, may their light shine Today, Friday, 27th of Kislev, the year 5711 from the creation of the world, may its light shine Here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it We, the undersigned, have come before your Excellencies and testify with complete and clear testimony regarding Mrs. ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ that she is a widow from her late husband ⟦illegible⟧ son of ⟦illegible⟧ who passed away on ⟦illegible⟧ 200 Meshmesh Sassoon 200 Nissim 400 David ⟦line⟧ 800 Meshmesh Sassoon Haskel Sassoon The humble Ezra Sassoon The humble Sassoon ⟦illegible⟧ Belonging to Elias Samira
Certificate 19 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Abdullah has divorced his wife Sabiha, daughter of Rahmin, on the fourth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦illegible⟧ 19/8 Head of the Community Note. Let it be known that this certificate does not include the authorization and permission for the aforementioned to marry before referring to the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad for permission for engagement and marriage.
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD ⟦line⟧ Number: 974 / 8 Date: 25 / 9 / 46 File Number: 114 / 965 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Please provide Sabiha daughter of Rahmin Sharada with a document confirming her divorce from her husband Ibrahim Abdullah Dated September 16, 946, corresponding to 4/9/946 ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the President Note: Let it be known that this certificate does not constitute authorization or permission for the aforementioned to marry before consulting the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad for permission for engagement and marriage
Certificate August 19, 1946 Based on the marriage certificate number 535, we hereby certify that Mr. Nassim Mthir, known as Mthir son of Yusuf son of Haskel Barukh Dangoor, married in Baghdad the named Heila daughter of Khedhouri son of Menashi Shoua Qassab on the fifth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 19/8 Head of the Community
Certificate 19 / 6 / 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Nassim bin Eliyahu bin Rahmin has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Seniora daughter of Yaqub Abu Hayuni on the third day of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 7 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦faded_stamp_or_signature⟧
2 Av 706 Before us in the court signed below, the following came and testified the distinguished Mr. Abraham Joseph Hayyim, may his light shine, son of the honored Mr. Abraham Joseph Valid, Abraham son of Abraham On the fifth day of the week, on the sixteenth day of the month of Tishrei, the year five thousand seven hundred and eight of the creation of the world, according to the count we count here in Baghdad, the city situated on the Tigris River the undersigned came before us and testified and told Shimon Aaron Ma'tuk Sassoon The servant of God, Shimon Aaron " Kadouri Hazkan No prior entry Number ⟦signature⟧
5271 Certificate 20 August 946 Based on the marriage record number 35, we hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Hayyim, known by the name Yusuf bin Dawud bin Yusuf Shabay, married in Baghdad Miss Elin daughter of Khedhouri bin Saleh Sheena on the twenty-fourth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦527⟧ Certificate 25 August 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 19, we hereby certify that Mr. Ezra Anwar known as Ezra son of Eliyahu Rahmin was married in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Ezra Munir on the thirteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 20 August 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Pinhas son of Moshe son of Hesqel has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Saida daughter of Yati son of Dawud on the tenth day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 8/20 Head of the Community ⟦872⟧ ⟦946⟧ ⟦Status Record⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 706 I the undersigned acknowledge that I received from the hand of the dear Avraham HaLevi, may his light shine, the sum of 25 pounds for the marriage certificate I testify [valid] in the year 706 and they were also recorded in the marriage register Ben Yitzhak Bracha son of Kadouri thus recorded page Kadouri 121 groom of the Loya family Ashon Shimon Cohen in Baghdad The servant of God Shimon Ma'ala Sasson The servant of God Shimon Ma'ala Sasson The servant of God Shimon Ma'ala Sasson
Certificate 20 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Anwar son of Yusuf Nawi has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Layla daughter of Eliyahu Zulekha on the thirteenth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/20 Head of the Community
706 ⟦illegible⟧ According to our words just now, this is a wrong ⟦illegible⟧ as explained above ⟦illegible⟧ The amount to their credit The sixth, on the day 4 Sivan, year ⟦illegible⟧ for the honorable young man, his entry ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ his honor, the honor of ⟦illegible⟧ Account worked ⟦uncertain⟧ for them ⟦illegible⟧ 1800 0200 0040 ⟦line⟧ 2040 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ By ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ In the name of my Lord, He wills ⟦illegible⟧ Wednesday
5675 Certificate 20 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hawari son of Yaqub Haddad has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Al-Bazzah daughter of Bashmiyah, known as Nunu daughter of Salih Khulaif, on the twenty- eighth of the month of July in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ N C Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven, Tuesday, 6 Adar II, 5651 To the honor of the excellence of my dear and exalted friend, the honor of his name The dear and respected, the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine and glow Like the morning light, Amen, forever, Selah After the honor of your high and respected excellence, life and peace and blessing and all good May they reach your excellence and all that is yours, peace and blessing like a river of peace and all ⟦illegible⟧ The young one Abdullah Sassoon May his end be good The servant of God, Sassoon Ma'tuq Sassoon Your faithful servant Isaac Salman Peace be upon you
Certificate 21 August 1946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Kourji son of Reuben Moshe Masri has entered into an engagement in Baghdad to Miss Maryam daughter of Yaqub Benjamin on the ninth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
With the help of God ⟦illegible⟧ For the day of the Holy Sabbath, 26 Adar 5656 On this blessed day, I was awakened in my heart to do for the Name of the Heavens With the help of the Name, may He be blessed, I will write here a memorial of the time that passed so that the last generation may know that the Name, may He be blessed, performed miracles and wonders with us Expenses ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Teacher's salary ⟦illegible⟧ 400 House rent 400 Candle for light Expenses Money Salary By the servants " " " For a memorial