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That ⟦the⟧ Association, upon its formation, saw extensive facilities
and superior assistance from the families of ⟦the⟧ deceased, as they used to pay the costs
of preparation even if they were from the first and second categories, on the grounds that
their deceased deserved to be finished from the place of entertainment, and by this ⟦the⟧ means
⟦the⟧ Association was able, within a period of five years, to obtain a surplus in
its fund, and indeed it obtained that and purchased from this
surplus a piece of land next to ⟦the⟧ cemetery and two villas, and also 132 shares
from the Qaddouri orchard and also a shop, and spent large sums on the
cemetery when ⟦the⟧ government began opening ⟦the⟧ Sa'adoon Avenue, and it assisted
with full assistance the relatives of ⟦the⟧ deceased from the members of ⟦the⟧ community
according to ⟦the⟧ registers kept by the Association, but unfortunately
in recent years these aids have decreased and
the Association met problems, and for this reason the fund of the Association has become
continuously decreasing, and that is for the following reasons:
First — that the fourth category has ceased paying more
than the cost.
Second — that the second and third categories started paying only
twenty or thirty percent of the cost.
Third — that the first category (⟦the⟧ poor) has become paying nothing.
So it appears from wh⟦at⟧ preceded that ⟦the⟧ mentioned cases have reduced
the revenues of ⟦the⟧ Association, and if it continues in this form, ⟦the⟧
Association will become, ⟦God⟧ forbid, exposed to extinction, and ⟦the⟧ matter ⟦which⟧
removes the purpose for which this Association was formed will not stand.
And the Association believes that no one who has zeal for
the interest of the community would be satisfied with that, and let every individual know that this Association
has no source other than donations and the generosity of the members of the ⟦the⟧
beloved community, and let it also be known that what is taken in excess is spent
on others, and to obtain the information we list below the number of
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Fils Dinar F. Dinar Revenue ⟦u⟧ Income
| | 311 627 | Previous balance
| 3 500 | | From Khawaja Joseph Sassoon Benjamin to Mr. Joseph Sassoon Benjamin
627 | 311 | 5 000 | " Khawaja Hanini Ezra Daoud T. Bij " Lyon Sinai Magdelani
| | | Sale of linen
| | | Fils Dinar
| | 2 | Linen length 61 1/2 on account of Sinai Halabi
2 | 610 | 610 | " " 1 " Sassoon Kh. Salman
10 | 780 | | Rent of shop in Souq Hanoun, salary ⟦L⟧ 12 per year Nissan 698
| | | Rent ⟦u⟧ pits
| | | Fils Dinar
| | 6 500 | Qalour for the rent of pits for Kh. Farhan year 1355
| | 3 | On account of " from the total transferred to account " 1356
14 | 500 | 5 | " " " for Tazouri from total Halabi 355
1 | 152 | | Addition to the linen schedule length 2
656 | 353 | |
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Expenditures
Fils | Dinar
225 | 795 | Total for clergy clothing from Vol. 7 to Vol. 31 from No. 2491 to No. 2860
Value of book purchases according to receipts from ⟦th⟧ose mentioned below
Fils | Dinar
290 | 195 | From Haji Hassan Rizli, length 466
18 | 900 | To Hadiq Haji Muhammad " 27
11 | 962 | " Meir Silhoui " 18 / 14
1 | 650 | " Hamid Abd al-Karis " 3
2 | 250 | " Ezra Laila " 3
2 | " Daoud Rahouban " 3 by the hand of Shaul Aziwan
326 | 957
Value of my book purchases according to receipts from ⟦th⟧ose mentioned below
6 | 463 | From Abdal' Ziko, length 30
562 | " Rahmi Masa'al " 3
7 | 25
3748 | Value of rose water and onions 661 with Tayyab commission from Nissim Sukarji
4535 | " Labneh from 9 from Dina Mikha and Muhammad Hassan
1180 | " Kandil set of 4 from Ibrahim Hayyim and George Moshe
95 | " Thyme and onions 1 for Safriao
1 | Virgu tax on Hanoun Market shop for year 1
15738 | Effort for rose water collection 72 for Khaluri Shaul on harvests from the people of the endowments
18 | Clerk's salary for month 12 for the start of Shawwal 97
455 | " Joseph al-Samah " 12 " " "
240 | " Lady Laban for wiping the Harounat " " " "
13500 | " Mubakir month 12 " " " "
495 | " Habu Samah from Iyar 97 according to a decision for two months, 100 Fils
7375 | For the currency exchange with the clerk for the calculation of Passover and Sukkot
Value of seven vowed items including Harounat clothing and value of a book with a belt
2998 | For charcoal and other items
452 | To Hanoun Market shop: burial, relocation, lock, and rent increase
201 | Value of a notebook for the water supply with Rahamim and for the machine and the Mahayil's clothing etc.
2500 | Fee for printing the schedule for the year 961, 700 copies
Expenditure for Beit Qadu garden which was paid as a deposit
The capital on a share of 132 out of 800 shares as follows
883 | To the judge of the learned court to prevent the agreement on the house
290 | Value of stamps, a letter, and for the green-grocer
1 | 173 | 632 | 289 | And what follows
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Persons who received aid from the association and the number of poor
and that as shown below.
1 | The mother Rima Shmuel Mehalab
2 | " | Nazima Salman Darwish
3 | " | Reuven Zion Reuven
4 | " | Khatun Moshe Mabivah
5 | " | Masuda Avraham Benya
6 | " | Eliyahu Moshe Banakin
7 | " | Basu Dahud Zakho
8 | " | Salcha Avraham Dali
9 | " | Dahud Eliyahu Aziz
10 | " | Shafiqa Yitzhak Abu Dana
11 | " | Shantob Siman Tov
12 | " | Hanna Avraham Barkukhli
13 | " | Yehezkel Ezra Yaakov
14 | " | Rima Abda Maslawi
15 | " | Leah Meir Hamrawi
16 | " | Sira Avraham Moshe Halevi
17 | " | Yaakov Yosef Mandalawi
18 | " | Murad Reuven Nissim
19 | " | Dahud Ch. Aharon
20 | " | Yehezkel Nahum Tamu
20 | those who were given from the association's fund for free
132 | " | aid | " | " | " | "
14 | " | those who have not received anything until now
166 |
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It is no secret that in the ⟦last⟧ days, residences have spread
in the suburbs of the ⟦capital⟧, so they have become far from the center, i.e., in
( ⟦Al-Adhamiya, Al-Karrada, Al-Kayyara, Ma'mun, and Al-Arfali⟧ ). And when
a death occurs in these areas, the association and the relatives of the
deceased face great difficulties and long delays as a result of
preparing the necessary ⟦requirements⟧ for the deceased, and that is for reasons of
the lack of transport means under the management of the ⟦association⟧ and the lack of knowledge
of the deceased's relatives of the association's center to inform it of the matter so that
it may perform the ⟦duties⟧ incumbent upon it. Therefore, to remove these difficulties
and establish facilities, it thought of preparing the following ⟦means⟧:
— 1 Buying a private car for the association to transport the deceased
from his temporary place to his permanent place.
— 2 Buying a second car to transport ⟦tools and requirements⟧
along with the workers with the possible speed to prevent delays.
— 3 Allocating a house to be a center for the association to oversee
its location and installing a telephone line to receive the
necessary information to bring the workers.
And it has bought a house on Ghazi Street and made it a center for its work,
but the shortage in its fund does not allow it to buy ⟦the cars⟧
which are among the essential necessities for its tasks, as
previously mentioned. Despite this, it will buy cars in installments provided
it receives the assistance of the association specifically to pay the installments.
And our hope is firm that no individual will delay in helping us in that
for the advancement of the association with the details presented above to inform
the members of the community of its activities and its financial status
and the reforms it intends, and at the ⟦same⟧ time it awaits with eagerness.
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Fils | Dinar | F' | Dinar | Following Expenditures
289 | 632 | 173 | 1 | What preceded it
| | 228 | | Alim and Khaddad with the living on the head of the burrow and two carts
| | 100 | | Car rental for the shroud in the hand of Hussein Al-Haliq
| | 800 | 1 | Lead, rope of a Dinar 200
| | 250 | | The donkey in the hand of the Sheikh
| | 622 | 1 | Delta the weaver
| | | | During Dinar 200 from February 5, 937 to April 18
| | 800 | 2 | 937 with the annual living
| | 358 | | Lead, justice script, stamp, and cart for Dinar 200
| | | | During Dinar 200 with the living for year ⟦1⟧ from 15 Nissan
| | 12 | | 937 with Aziza daughter of Moshe on the head of the orchard burrow
| | 433 | | Expenditure for liberation by Bekhor, wages for two carts and plowmen
| | | | The paid for the red ones, the scholars as per Khattar from the book
| | | | of Justice, lead, burial wages of the orchards and preventing by the burrow hand 132
140 | 386 | 276 | 365 | From burrow 800 according to weight
1018 429
In the statement of account of receipts and expenditures
Fils | Dinar |
429 | 1018 | Total resources
353 | 656 | Deducting the expenditures
76 | 362 | In our hand
| | From Aziza daughter of Moshe on the head of burrow 131 from
| 200 | 800 the orchards, advance for year 1 from 15 Nissan 937
76 | 362 | 76 | 162 | From the association's drowning
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So he extended a helping hand to it and encouraged it in its mission
so that this charitable project remains firm and established on a
solid foundation, and it awaits assistance from the generous sons
of its community to be able to pay the car installments and complete its deficiencies.
And whoever comes forward and participates with assistance, history shall record for him
pride and a name of gold.
Hevra Kadisha in Baghdad
⟦ornamental divider⟧