Correspondence between the Meir Elias Hospital and Jewish Hospitals Committee; Baghdadi Jewish Courts; Estates and Inheritances
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Meir Elias Hospital, Jewish Hospital Committee, and the Jewish courts. Included is correspondence regarding the hiring and employment of Dr. Sonia Tokar as Director of the Meir Elias Hospital. Other correspondence includes: issues regarding obstetrics and medical care of newborn babies in the hospital, hospital renovations, physicians and nurses, and employment issues such as salary payments. The item also contains correspondence from Rabbi Benjamin H. Moshi, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and a receipt from a hardware dealer. The item contains documents of correspondence between the Jewish Courts and several third parties. A sub folder in these records contains correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Iraq Jewish Community concerning the estates and inheritances left by deceased individuals.
The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD For the Honorable Rishon LeZion, may his light shine Laundry expenses 85 Due to Zacharia and Susan for 6 months 260 From previous account We received and signed, and peace ⟦line⟧ Maurice son of Abraham, Chai son of Shimon and Abraham El Kabir 1510 Maurice son of Abraham Chai son of Shimon
Appellate Court of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it Jewish Court of Cassation in Baghdad Number: 77 Date: 6 / 7 / 98 Table of expenses for ⟦estate⟧ ⟦...⟧ 1938/7/6 | Dirham | Fils With blessings | 655 | ⟦...⟧ | 70 | ⟦...⟧ poison ⟦...⟧ | 35 | ⟦...⟧ | 28 | ⟦...⟧ | 116 | ⟦...⟧ | 100 | ⟦...⟧ | 22 | ⟦...⟧ | 285 | 1 321 Dirhams only, one thousand three hundred and twenty-one dirhams ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp⟧ 3 Dirhams ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
The Chief Rabbi of the Holy City of Baghdad Baghdad, may God protect it Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi CHIEF RABBI BENJAMIN H. MOSHI BAGHDAD Number: 745 Date: 8 / October / 98 To the Honorable Committee and the Board of Directors of the Meir Elias Hospital In the city of Baghdad Dear and honorable managers, the intercessors sent to me regarding the girl ⟦daughter of⟧ ⟦Samuel⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ In Baghdad, and they wanted to save her and heal her, and they asked me to write to you, and hereby I request From your excellence and the managers, may they live, to receive her and to heal her ⟦Benjamin⟧ ⟦H. Moshe⟧ The humble servant Benjamin H. Moshe May his end be good
Appellate Court of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it Jewish Court of Cassation in Baghdad Number: 745 Date: 8 / 8 / 98 Estate of the deceased A. Rashid Yosef 28/8/ Dirham | Fils Entry | 515 | Foreigner to his granddaughter daughter of Nissim entry | 215 | 5 Estate of Menashe | 96 | Estate of A. Kadouri Simhon | 100 | Faraj | 70 | Burial | 120 | | 1116 | 6 Exactly 6 from one thousand one hundred and sixteen dirhams ⟦illegible signature⟧ 3 Dirhams fee! Its writer
Religious Court Expenses Fils | Dinar 116 | 6 | Court of Cassation for the month of 8/28 400 | 2 | Religious 15 September 926 for the month of August 926 060 | 3 | " " 241 " " September " " 576 | 11 | for the month of July 928 231 | 1 | " Cassation " 7/928 807 | 14 | Deficit
Account L. Plus | Dirham | Plus Princess K.M. Plus | | 4 Fresh milk | | 20 Milk K.B. 7/1 from it plus 22 | 2 | 240 Milk K.B. 7/1 from it plus 12 | | 840 Hot bread plus | | 80 ⟦line⟧ 7 180 And they owe L. Plus ⟦line⟧ 5 180 Paid to the collectors Rahamim and Shmuel Avraham plus 38/9/5 ⟦MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL BAGHDAD⟧
21/9/10 My teacher and rabbi The excellent sage H' Sasson Kadoorie, may his name be preserved Crown of Torah Entered upon the table of his honorable Torah, Mr. Shimon son of Kadoorie The honorable yeshiva, Mr. Pinhas Kadoorie in Baghdad turned and said and requested and requested And Pinhas said and Pinhas requested mercy for Shimon in Baghdad, kissed his hands And Pinhas said and requested - let it be and the blessing of his name Mr. servant of God the minister - The young one ⟦illegible⟧ For preservation < >
( 1 ) Small account for ⟦Shimon⟧ From Prague From Prague On ⟦Weeks⟧ 28/8/4 Wage 120 Deposit 28/4/7 280 David's wage 25/4 100 Purchase of Prague by Rafe 175 Travel expenses for the children 200 975 On ⟦day⟧ 28/8/4 Deposit 250 Wage 120 Deposit 28/4 280 650 1 625 Wage of David and his brother on Prague 12 1 060 Purchase of silk and Al Dor 200 Organization 140 Silk organization 30 On ⟦Weeks⟧ 28/8/5 2 275 Deposit 250 Wage 120 Prague 200 Deposit 65 Deposit 28/4/7 280 Water and ⟦Shimon⟧ and Prague 10 925 4 200 925 Of the children 4 200 On ⟦day⟧ 28/8/8 Wage 120 Prague 200 Deposit 85 Deposit 28/4/7 280 685 4 885 685 On ⟦Weeks⟧ 28/8/9 Wage 120 Deposit 2/4/7 210 Deposit 100 430 5 315 430 On ⟦Weeks⟧ 28/8/10 Wage 120 Deposit 28/4/7 280 Deposit 2/4/100 200 Deposit 85 685 Hanna's wage ⟦...⟧ 6 100 685 416 Hanna's wage ⟦...⟧ 752 7 268 On ⟦day⟧ 28/8/11 Prague 200 Wage 120 Deposit 1/4/100 200 Deposit 60 Deposit 12/5/7 250 Deposit 28/5/7 250 1 080 8 448 1 180
(2) Madame Haddad | Madame Haddad 448 8 | 270 19 500 | From her balance Ledgers No. 250/21 | On 8/8/28 800 1 | Account balance No. 241 from Madame Misso Haddad | Humility 300 140 | Old promissory note on 1/2/68 | Expenses 120 55 | Wood door repairman | Paid on 1/5/70 350 8 | Painting the wood door on 1/8/70 | Paid on 2/2/75 150 60 | Two wood floor shelves on 1/4/75 | Paid on 2/800 200 892 | Repairman for 2 faucets humility | Ledgers No. 250/2/1 500 903 11 | On 22/800 from Misso Haddad 240 | Remainder from Misso Haddad 25/8/28 180 260 1 | Our balance from a washing machine on 1/3/2 Misso Haddad | 1800 21 800 500 1 | Account balance No. 15/ | On 8/8/25 Store 175 | Store for wood dye, door, and handle | Humility 300 272 | Old promissory note on 1/4/68 | Expenses 120 1900 | On 2/800 from Misso Haddad 950 | Paid on 1/6/75 450 5300 17 | On 8/8/25 | Paid on 2/800 200 Humility 300 | Paid on 1/2/70 140 Expenses 120 | Paid on 15/85 85 Paid on 2/800 200 | Ledgers No. 250/2/1 500 Paid on 2/2/75 150 | 1795 1 Paid on 1/2/60 120 | 865 22 Paid on 1/5/70 350 | Repairman for 3 faucets humility 400 Ledgers No. 250/2/1 500 | 1 Wood board 150 1740 1 | Painting 27 wood boards 8 1740 | Repairing 2 wood doors 30 270 19 | Old promissory note on 1/2/68 126 589 23 Our balance | From our balance
( 7 ) Fouad Darwish Fouad Darwish 589 23 for salaries 256 28 for salaries 64 miscellaneous expenses 24/ 250 cash payment 40 raw gold production 780 food preparation until 8/4/26 4 exchange expenses 740 salaries of 85 workers until 697 23 balance until 8/8/17 675 debtor until 7/25 amount ⟦illegible⟧ 401 30 balance until 8/8/21 400 payment 400 payment 120 allowance 120 allowance 200 payment 2/100/ 200 payment 2/100/ 200 payment 4/75/ 225 payment 4/75/ 210 payment 5/70/ 750 payment 5/70/ 60 payment 220 payment 8/8/4 until payment 690 1 500 payment 2/250/ 916 31 1015 787 25 169 414 salaries of 103 workers until 200 fruit and vegetable supply 7/ 108 worker wages until 9/24 64 miscellaneous expenses 24/ 75 cigarettes 25 chairs 422 2 for salaries 24 until 25 domestic geese 7 3 for fruits and vegetables until 12/25 280 1 worker wages until 28/ 7 3 worker wages until ⟦illegible⟧ 981 26 balance until 8/8/28 60 fruit transport wages 100 geese 400 payment 303 41 balance until 8/8/31 120 allowance 884 worker advances 200 payment 2/100/ 400 worker wages until 2/100/ 225 payment 4/75/ 200 payment 9/9/1 750 payment 5/70/ 785 42 375 1 payment 9/4/80 356 28 75 17
( 4 ) Madame Hoda 785 42 from balance 2500 Radio cleaning and repair fees 500 " " in the kitchen 1 Small radio ⟦line⟧ 785 46 4000 Exchange difference and radio repair and radio repair and radio repair 10/9/48 ⟦illegible⟧
Hospital Committee Kitchen Baghdad 865 Received from Mr. Cohen Yehezkel Nissim the sum of 118/400 one hundred and eighteen dinars and four hundred pi fils ⟦...⟧ Received the sum of 118/400 one hundred and eighteen dinars and four hundred fils 2/9/48 For safekeeping
Shlomo and Naeem, sons of Yahya Telegraphically: Naeem Yahya Sabbagh Dye sellers, Al-Rashid Street No. 224-1 Baghdad Baghdad on 29 / 9 / 1938 We spent on our order for painting work the amount of 882 for the renovation of the Israeli Spiritual Court in Baghdad Container paint, its price at a rate of 600 | 660 Cooker zinc | 8 Condition | 4 White with spirit, its price at a rate of 700 | 210 Only eight hundred and eighty-two fils and no more 882 Shlomo Yahya 29 / 9
S. & M. I. I. Saleh and Mikhail Isaac Abrah Al-Mustansir Street (Al-Nahr) 9/99 Baghdad on 3 / 8 / 34 In the statement of timber spent on Fils | Dinar | Centimeter | Inch Cubic Foot | Length | Measurement | Number of Boards | Price Fils | Notes 150 | — | 50 | 1 | | 1 x 12 | 1 | 100 | Only one hundred and fifty fils and no more I acknowledge receipt of the timber listed above and we have recorded it for you in the account. Signature of the recipient
Fils Dinar 222 4 Value of Tafa gravel - weight Price of the extinguisher 950 - 11 4 I have received from Rabbi Daoud four dinars and three hundred and twenty-two fils, which is the value of four extinguishers' gravel and eleven weights of gravel for the reconstruction of the Religious Court, and for that reason I have given this receipt 1257 On Thursday 27 Jumada 2 On behalf of Yassin the scribe Aifan Daoud Salman 2 ⟦illegible⟧
On Dinar | For masters' reward | Secret of the water fils 120 | 200 | 420 Only four hundred and twenty dinars and no more I received the amount mentioned above from Daoud Shasha, only 120 dinars And the remainder, which is three hundred dinars, and the remaining fees are set this receipt ⟦illegible signature⟧ 12 / 7 / 1928
S. & M. I. I. Saleh and Mikhail Ishaq Obeida Al-Mustansir Street (Al-Nahr) 9/99 Baghdad on 11 / 8 / 28 Statement of timber disposed of Fils | Dinar | Centimeter | Inch / Cubic Foot | Length | Measurement | Number of Boards | Price / Fils | Remarks 800 | 1 | -- | 18 | | 2 x 2 | 24 | 100 | Pine wood | | | Only one dinar and eight hundred fils | | | | | I acknowledge receipt of the timber listed above and we have credited it to your account. Signature of the recipient ⟦signature/mark⟧
S. & M. I. I. Saleh and Mikhail Isaac Abdo Al-Mustansir Street (Al-Nahr) 9/99 Baghdad on: 22 / 8 / 1952 In the statement of timber disposed of to: Fils | Dinar | Centimeter | Inch Cubic Foot | Length | Measurement | Number of Boards | Price Fils | Remarks | | | 14 | | 1 x 8 | 14 | | | | | ⟦1⟧ | | ⟦1 x 8⟧ | ⟦1⟧ | 100 | Pine 500 | 1 | | 15 | | | 15 | | Only one dinar and five hundred fils I acknowledge receipt of the timber listed above and we have credited it to your account. Signature of Recipient
FATHI P. O. B. No. 8 BAGHDAD Machine Fee Hour | Minute | Fils | Dinar - | 45 | 150 | - One hundred and fifty fils only ⟦M. Sadouri⟧ 27 / 6 / 68 Porterage According to list 4 / 68 272 4 25 272 297
The Religious Court of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: 125 Year: 1939 Date: 21 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 28 ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 850 ⟦...⟧ | 300 ⟦...⟧ | 220 ⟦...⟧ | 150 ⟦...⟧ | 100 Total | 1620 The Religious Court Baghdad ⟦...⟧ ⟦red ink markings⟧
Appellate Court of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it Jewish Court of Cassation in Baghdad Number: 728 Date: 22 October 1929 Spent By Shimon Eliyahu until 28/10/1928 | Dirhams Remainder until 28/10/9 | 470 Telephone until 24 July | 120 ⟦Sugar⟧ | 100 Wood, water and oil | 130 ⟦illegible⟧ | 140 Total until 28 October, Dirhams | 960 ⟦illegible⟧ From number 4 Dirhams ⟦illegible⟧ For safekeeping 2/24
The Chief Rabbi of the Holy City of Baghdad Baghdad, may God protect it Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi CHIEF RABBI BENJAMIN H. MOSHI BAGHDAD Number 748 Date 22 / ⟦Adar⟧ / 99 Honorable trustee L. Ezra L. Nissim L. Samuel L. Amra After L. Nissim We request here from the dear appraisers L. Salim L. Abraham L. Hezekiah L. Elijah ⟦...⟧ for us the assets of the deceased Joseph Abraham Isaac L. Ezra L. Simeon Kahana And the appraisers shall be trustworthy ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Name Honorable L. Ezra L. Benjamin Decided 24 / 2 / 49 ⟦signature⟧ For filing 24 / 2
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD. No.: 172 Date: 8 ⟦Kislev⟧ Year: 5699 ⟦Mitzvah fees⟧ ⟦Mitzvah 22⟧ Eliyahu Nissim Dalal 28 Pocket money 200 ⟦Orach Chayim⟧ 500 ⟦Chelkat Mechokek⟧ 250 ⟦Synagogue fees Rabbi⟧ Chamanya Or 660 ⟦Malachi⟧ 1890 Total ⟦Eliyahu Nissim Dalal⟧ pocket money ⟦For the deceased⟧ Hugi Habib P. ⟦Paid 2/12/38⟧ ⟦For safekeeping⟧ ⟦P⟧