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17 February year 930
Regarding the case of Khedhouri Al-Kolel
Honorable Vice President of the Spiritual Council
I have been instructed by His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi to refer to you the ⟦referenced⟧ letter received from the Ministry of Justice
Numbered 26 / 30 / A and dated 13 February year 930 regarding the case of
Khedhouri Al-Kolel along with the file pertaining to this case, requesting its review -
As quickly as possible and informing us of the result while returning the file.
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Secretary of the Hakham Bashi
Secret
Attachment: Hebra Qaddisha file number (39) containing 23 papers
N. M
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Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad.
Administration of the Lay Council
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Telephone : 200 Central. Telephone: 200 Central
Secret Registered
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No. Number:: 555 / J S / 1930
Date Date:: 25 February year 1930
Subject regarding the case of Khedhouri Al-Kolel
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His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, Respected
The Council considered in its session held on February 23, 1930
the case of Khedhouri Al-Kolel and decided to notify Your Excellency that the Council still sees the necessity of
dissolving the Hebra Kadisha association in view of the fact that it was not formed according to the regulations, nor has it
submitted to the communal authorities responsible for the administration of the community.
Therefore, we request you to approach the competent authorities regarding this matter.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
Office of the Chief Rabbi in Baghdad
Number 415
Date 26 / 2 / 930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
Attached: The special file for this case
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4/1069
February ⟦year 1930⟧
4 March ⟦year 1930⟧
Regarding the Hevra Kadisha Society
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Excellency, the Respected Minister of Interior
Reference the correspondence that took place regarding the Hevra Kadisha Society, which ended with
your Excellency's letter dated 25 February 1929, number 5 - 29
It has appeared during this period that the Hevra Kadisha Society is not a charitable cooperative society
but rather a monopoly society. The greatest evidence of this is that it suppressed the family that was working
in preparing and shrouding the dead, and prevented them from working, citing the permit of your Ministry
as a pretext. This is on the one hand; and on the other hand, this society has not submitted to the communal authorities
(the Lay Council and the Chief Rabbinate) regarding providing the necessary statements, reports, accounts,
etc. It is not hidden from your Excellency that the responsibility for organizing the community's affairs lies upon our department
and the department of the Lay Council according to the texts of the Rabbis' Regulation.
We have repeatedly requested the aforementioned committee, based on the decision of the Lay Council, to submit
its accounts, but it paid no attention to this request. Therefore, its affairs remained mysterious, especially regarding the amounts
it collects from the members of the community.
As for the family that was working in the matter of preparation and shrouding, they have remained starving, so they petitioned
His Excellency the Prime Minister and His Excellency the Minister of Justice, pleading for consideration of their complaint. The case was referred to us,
and we expressed our opinion regarding the petition of the wife of Khedhouri Al-Kofel, who was practicing the profession of preparation
and shrouding.
We have seen fit to attach herewith a copy of the petition of the aforementioned woman referred from the venerable Ministry of Justice,
and our opinion on this petition with the response of the Ministry of Justice in this regard. From studying that, your Excellency
will see that the communal departments are not satisfied with the actions of this society and therefore do not desire its existence.
Furthermore, they aim to form a society that is subordinate to the communal council because the affairs of this society concern
all members of the community.
Therefore, we hope you will be so kind as to reconsider the matter of this society's permit and inform us of what you decide
in this regard. With great respect to your Excellency,
Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
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Baghdad on January 9, 1930
To the presence of the Honorable Acting Chief Rabbi, Haham Sassoon Khedouri
After kissing your hands.
We inform Your Eminence that your obedient servant's profession, on which my livelihood and the livelihood of my family and children depends,
is the (profession of Talfin), which is a craft I inherited from my fathers and grandfathers. After the death of my father, I continued in the mentioned job for seventeen
years approximately, and throughout all this period I did not see anyone dispute my job among all the members of our community.
Three years ago, the Lay Council formed a society called Hevra Kadisha. But the late president, Nissim Zilkha, felt with his hand
his mistake and abolished it and returned me to my job because it became clear to him its misuse on one hand and due to my excused state on the other hand. It happened
afterwards that the president fell ill, the term of the Lay Council neared its end, and the Chamber of Deputies dissolved. So the Vice President resorted to striking the only one present
in the community who is known to you in order to assist him in the election. Based on the claim of that party, it was suggested to him to form a society of ten individuals
under the name "Hevra Kadisha" to deceive people that it is a charitable society, but it is a society for propaganda to elect the Vice President as a deputy for the community.
Your Eminence is aware of all this, no need to narrate it to you, but an influence occurred upon your presence and they made you request the ratification of that society
from the Ministry of Interior, which ratified it as you know, despite the fact that Your Eminence requested the suspension of its ratification when you felt its bad intentions.
And so I remained for approximately two and a half years without work, and all that I owned of jewelry and house furniture I spent on the livelihood of my family
and children. And now I possess nothing, even my bedding, and my family and I are about to die of hunger, and I have no ability
to obtain my livelihood through any other than this despised profession. Since my youth and before the death of my father, this was my craft.
And it is not hidden from Your Eminence that a craft such as this is hated by everyone, and therefore I have become an outcast among people because of
my craft.
Therefore, I have resorted to Your Eminence, hoping that you look into my case and return me to my job before we die of hunger. May you remain.
By this you would have saved eight souls, and to Your Eminence many thanks and respect, my Lord.
⟦...⟧
The petitioner, your servant
On 1 / 9 / 1930
Dal ⟦...⟧
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 155 Sh
Date 1 / 9 / 1930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
Hevra Kadisha
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Capital Municipality
No. - 13569
Date - 26 Jumada al-Awwal 1354
29 August 1935
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To
The Presidency of the Israelite Community
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With reference to your letter No. 3301 dated August 1, 1935
As you are aware, the swamp in question has become a source of danger threatening public health, especially
as it is surrounded by populated buildings and located near sites of significant interest. Therefore,
filling it has become a matter of great importance. On this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to your letter No.
3278 dated July 10, 1935, in which you state that you have issued instructions to bury this swamp,
whereas you are now returning to attempt to evade doing so under a pretext that has no basis in
reality—a matter we did not hope to receive from the Community Council, that council which should
treat a task such as this with the necessary care and attention. Furthermore, we do not believe that your stewardship over
the lands where that swamp is located is limited to managing and profiting from them alone, without bearing
what is required for their development and removing the danger arising from them. Therefore, as the persistence of the aforementioned swamp
is a cause of harm to public safety, and leaving it as it is does not align with the plan the Government has determined
to follow in eliminating the swamps surrounding the capital entirely, we—to avoid resorting
to using the direct legal measures authorized to us, which do not suit the moral standing of the Community
Council, as is our way with other individuals—request finally that you undertake what is necessary to bury it during
the fixed period of 4
Mayor of the Capital
A copy of it to
The Ministry of Interior for your kind information
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Statement
Account of Income and Expenses of the Committee of the
Hevra Kadisha for the Spiritual Council
From Nisan [56]88 until the end of Shevat [56]89
With the sign:
And it shall be as this word, prolonging days upon the land
Here—Baghdad—May God Protect it
Elisha Shohet Printing Press
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Record of revenues for the Hevra Kadisha Committee to the Spiritual Council for the month of Nisan 88
Anna Rupiya
Anna | Rupiya | Statement
2 | 2939 | What preceded it
| 10 | From Setam for the deceased Khatun daughter of Moshe
4 | 9 | " Gurji Meir for the deceased Yaakov Rahmin Agami
| 25 | " Rahmin Natach Mallohi for the deceased Natach David
| 28 | " Yehezkel Baruch for the deceased Ghazala Meir Kinmanhan
| 70 | " Hayawi Tayti " Doctor Yitzhak Samikha
| 30 | " Narji Avraham Yaakov for the deceased Yaakov Avraham
| 7 | " Hayu David Salha for the deceased Tafaha daughter of Dahoud Salha
| 6 | " Mordechai Salman for the deceased Salman Mordechai
| 10 | " Menashe Mordechai for the deceased Gurji his son
| 50 | " Rifka daughter of Nissim for the deceased Habiba daughter of Nissim
| 20 | " Hanini daughter of Yosef for the deceased Simcha daughter of Yosef
4 | 10 | " Ezra Samouh Tayek for the deceased Lulu daughter of Shmuli
| 31 | " Yaakov Ezra for the deceased Masuda daughter of Yaakov
10 | 41 | " Nazha daughter of Yitzhak for the deceased Yitzhak son of Ezra
| 20 | " Yona Nissim Yona for the deceased Nabiha daughter of Yona Nissim
| 12 | " Avraham Ezra Sumaykh for the deceased Sara
| 15 | " Yaakov H. Moshe for the sake of " Moshe Abdal' Sakhouri
| 45 | " Yaakov Rahmin Nissim for the deceased Yehuda Halalan
| 17 | " Naji Avraham Zulekha for the deceased Habiba
1 | 33 | " Abboudi Kawas for the deceased Yosef Abboudi Kawas
| 30 | " Tayko Ezra Kalash for the deceased
| 40 | " Nissim Yehezkel Nissim for the deceased Hanini Nissim Yehezkel
| 100 | " Yitzhak Meir Aharon for the deceased Meir Aharon
9 | 11 | " Leon Yehezkel Ezra Inbar for the deceased Yehezkel Ezra
| 32 | " Yaakov Avraham for the deceased Habiba daughter of Rahamim
| 80 | " Yaakov Avraham Kahli for the deceased Avraham Samouh Kahli
| 20 | " Natach Abboud for the deceased Agouri Abdal' Natach Hibi
8 | 44 | " Rachel daughter of Samra for the deceased Samra daughter of Yosef
| 7 | " Yehezkel Ezra David for the deceased Aziza daughter of Yehezkel
| 10 | " Rahma daughter of Yitzhak Zulekha for the deceased Yaakov Yitzhak Zulekha
| 25 | " Yaakov Yehezkel Sartan for the deceased Nazha daughter of Yaakov
| 10 | " Yosef Abdal' Yosef for the deceased Abdal' Yosef Abu Hayu
6 3849 Total collected
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To the Expenses
In the statement of expenses of the Hebra Kadisha committee for the Spiritual Council from the month of Nissan 688
to 12 Shevat 689
Anna | Rupees |
11 | 2117 | Total receipts for labor wages according to receipts from
| | number 1 to number 235
| | Purchase of books from those mentioned below according to
| | receipts as follows
14 | 1637 | From Ezra Laila 175 length books and receipts
0 | 257 | From Meir Nahum Serhi 284 " "
5 | 84 | Purchase of Tefillin 6 " "
3 | 72 | " through Kaduri Ajami 9 " "
⟦3⟧ | 2051 |
8 | 48 | Purchase of milk from 7 according to receipts
13 | 36 | Purchase of linen [Kethoni] for the poor of the drought, 3 for God, according to receipts
| 7 | Purchase of spun cloths from Nissim Moallem
| 120 | Salary of the clerk for 11 months from the month of Nissan 688 to the end of
| | Shevat 689 according to receipts
| 130 | Salary of the messenger for 11 months from the month of Nissan 688 to the end of
| | Shevat 689 according to receipts
| 45 | Commissions on labor according to receipts
1 | 118 | Printing of ledgers and circulars for the account of the Hesed Ve-Rahamat committee
| | and miscellaneous expenses, purchase of ledgers and others according to receipts
| 45 | Purchase of clothes for a child 30 according to receipts
12 | 4718
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Statement
of income and expenditure accounts of the society
Chevra Kadisha from the date of 24 Adar I
689 until the end of 2 Iyar 690
⟦decorative graphic⟧
With a good omen
And by this thing you shall prolong your days upon the earth
Here in Baghdad, may God protect it
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On expenses
In the investigations and the incomes and outcomes of the Hevra Kadisha committee for the Spiritual Council from
Nisan 88 to 12 Shevat 89
Ana | Rupee
12 | 6092 | Total income from various aspects | 10
12 | 4718 | Total outcome deducted | 11
1374 | In his hand
8 | 865 | Remainder of the total for Tzadok Nakur
Remainder of the total for Ambar as follows
Ana | Rupee
318 | Linen, top length | 264
159 | Salt and vinegar | 106
8 | 485 | 8 | Linen and frankincense and thread
23 | Remainder of the salted
1374
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1374
485 | 8
1859 | 8
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The Incomes
Iyar 690
Anna Rupee
Preceding amount | 7979 | 15
From Shaul Sasson together for the late his wife Hannah | 30 |
" Shua Shuweini " " and his wife | 6 |
" Sasson Yehezkel Avraham Shimon for the Mrs. Na'ima wife of Sasson Shimon | 25 |
" Shlomo Yitzhak Halima for the late his wife Ghazala | 57 | 2
" Shaul Ephraim Basa " " and his wife | 25 |
" Shlomo Moshe Sawdayi " " his wife | 20 |
" Shlomo Sasson Azzouri " " and his wife | 28 |
" Tifaha daughter of Fathi " " for Leah daughter of Avraham Pinchas | 6 |
" Tibu Moshe " " and his wife | 22 |
" Avraham Yehezkel " Aziza daughter of Baruch Ajami | 15 |
" Avraham Tiyya Laila " Mirah daughter of Shua Daoud Bikkur | 25 |
" Tiyya Takiya " Tifaha daughter of Mordechai | 4 |
" Hester daughter of Tiyya " Moshe Daoud Arab | 15 |
" Tayeb Meir Aboudi " Samra daughter of Tayeb Basa | 5 |
" Daoud Yehezkel " Rima daughter of Shaul | 6 | 6
" Mr. Avraham H.R. Nissim H.R. Tibu for the late and his wife | 80 |
" Yosef Yaakov Shashua for the late his son Yaakov | 30 |
" Yosef Ezra Simah " for Leah daughter of Nahum Hana Balbul | 32 | 1
" Yosef Shaul Mandlawi " and his wife | 15 |
" Yosef Menashe Kalatshi " " | 35 |
" Yosef Ala Jithiyat " Rina daughter of Tibu Dasht | 37 |
" Yehezkel Kamil Pinchas " and his wife | 20 |
" Yaakov Meir Denannor " Aziza daughter of Kamil Jithiyat | 40 |
" Yitzhak Ezra Ganach " his daughter Na'ima | 22 |
" Kanouri Abba Gabbai " Habiba Menashe | 30 |
" Kanouri Rahamim Santov " Habiba daughter of Yehezkel Balbul | 5 |
" Khatun daughter of Moshe " Yosef Mayas Moshe Lehayig | 13 | 8
" Moshe Nissim Tayyek " for the late Mazli daughter of Yehezkel Sail | 30 |
" Menahem Ephraim Ala Daniel " Aziza daughter of Yaakov Periwat | 70 |
" Meir Hayyim Harwali " Salman Daoud Harwali | 19 | 12
" Menashe Yehezkel Ezra " Yehuda Yehezkel Ma' | 10 |
" Moshe Tibu " Mirah daughter of Tibu Duk | 6 | 8
Following amount 8765 4
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The Income
Year 5690 - Iyar 690
Hevra Kadisha
12 9450 from receipts
The deceased Avraham Yitzhak Naftali
"" Ezra Yosef Kalaf
"" H. Meir
"" Yaakov Yirmiyah
"" Yaakov Yitzhak Habusha
The deceased Pinhas daughter of Yitzhak Agami
"" Masouda daughter of Yehezkel Habusha
"" Sira daughter of Melamed
The deceased Moshe Hayyim Karkukli
"" Mordekhai Nissan Abu Batoola
"" Siman Tov Dania
The deceased Reihana Mahajeri
"" Lulu daughter of Yehezkel
"" Simha daughter of Daoud Sahi
"" Rahma daughter of Meir Gurji
The deceased Yitzhak Menashe Abu Galas
"" The young man Reuven Harari Mulla Habib Askari
The deceased Gazala daughter of Ezra Twig
"" Rosa daughter of Farhad Agami
The deceased Salman Avraham Sahi
The deceased Ghazi Mahajeri
The deceased Aboudi Sassoon Abu Maswi
"" Yosef Daoud Halawi
12 9450
12 9450
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On Expenses
In the statement of income and expenses of the Hebra Qaddisha society
| Rupee | Anna
Total income from p. 14 | 9450 | 12
Deduct total expenses p. 15 | 8548 | 14
| 901 | 14
With Ezra Lillah | 83 |
Its explanation | 985 | 10 6
With Haskel Beg | 350 |
Available for the Duke | 147 | 10
Available in thin cloth length ⟦line⟧ 39 | 341 | 11 6
Available in Mali, Kar, Lahbun, and others | 146 | 5
| 985 | 10 6
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