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Kirkuk on December 23, 45
The Honorable Dear Uncle, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected
May God prolong his life and preserve him, Amen
After kissing your noble hands and offering the most abundant greetings from the bottom of the heart, I present:
Joy and happiness overwhelmed us when we received the news of the engagement of my cousin, Miss Marcelle
And I am almost unable to describe the extent of our joy on this happy occasion, in which we offer
our highest congratulations and heartfelt wishes to the betrothed couple in particular and to all family members
in general.
I hope that you and all the dear cousins and my mother Simha are in the best of health, wellness, and joy
In conclusion, I ask you to convey our greetings to my cousin Dr. ⟦Muthir⟧ Habib and Mr. Salman Saleh
and to my cousin Miss Marcelle, and please accept, along with my mother Simha, the kissing of your noble hands.
We pray to God to keep you as a treasure for this family, and may you remain well.
Your nephew
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Telegraph 12
Number 73
Telegram receipt number ⟦line⟧
Addressed to ⟦line⟧
Name ⟦line⟧
Place of delivery ⟦Baghdad⟧
Fils Dinar Value of the stamps affixed to it
Number of words for which the reply is paid in advance
The receiving officer
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram
Number of words | 15
Date | ⟦28/10/45⟧
To |
BAGHDAD TELS 28 OCT 45
AS-SAMAWA 28.10.45
Our hearts are with you, we congratulate you on the arrival of your dear daughter
We share your joys / Louise . Dawood
The competent authorities in this matter, and I will inform you of the result in due course.
Please accept my heartfelt wishes and my greetings to the members of your family
May you stay well.
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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Number:
Telegram Type:
Time of registration: 1510
Arrived at hour: 19
Minute: ⟦illegible⟧
From: 16 Basra
Received by: ⟦illegible⟧
Word count: 15
Administrative instructions:
Date: 27
Issuing office: Basra
To: Head of the Jewish Community Baghdad
BAGHDAD TELS
28 MAR 26
Baghdad
We offer congratulations on the arrival of your dear daughter
We share your joys / Louise . Daoud
Please accept my heartfelt wishes and greetings to your family members
May you remain well .
Sincerely
Sassoon
Head of the Community
His Excellency the Rabbi
For blessings
7 /
⟦100⟧
⟦Kadoorie⟧
8 R
9
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
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December 27, 1945
The Honorable Mr. Daoud Nassim
Silas Khedouri National Secondary School
Basra
After greetings,
I received your letter dated 12/21/945 and I hope that you and your
family members enjoy good health.
As for your request submitted to the Telephone Department in Basra to install a telephone set
in your school, which was referred to Baghdad, I will seize the first appropriate opportunity to approach
the competent authorities on this subject, and I will inform you of the result in due course.
Please accept my heartfelt wishes and my greetings to your family members.
May you remain well.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦His Excellency the Rabbi⟧
⟦For the favor of...⟧
12 / 47
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Dear Dr. Ezra Korine
Warm greetings.
I request you to treat the bearer, Imam Sayyid Taha, one of my friends, free of charge
And I also request you to provide him with the necessary care, with my utmost respect and much
thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Baghdad, 6 November 945
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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To the respected Professor Mr. Kamal al-Din al-Tai
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
The news of the death of your late father had a painful impact on me, so I hasten
to offer my sincere condolences, praying to the Almighty to grant the deceased a place in His spacious
paradise and to grant you patience and solace.
Sincerely
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
Baghdad 13 / 11 / 945
Any general car
⟦...⟧
7/12
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2517
27 / 10 / 945
Respected Professor Shalom Darwish,
The Lay Council, in view of your strong insistence, could not but accept your resignation from the secretariat of the administration of
the Jewish community, effective from the end of October 945.
In informing you of this decision, I would like to express to you, on behalf of the Council, its regret for being deprived of your services
and its great appreciation for the work you have performed. You have accompanied the administration of the community through a long phase of its life,
first as a clerk and then as a secretary, and you were the model of an active employee, conscious of his responsibilities, and keen to perform his duties.
We would have liked to continue benefiting from your knowledge and experience in the position. But since you have chosen for yourselves
another path, the members of the Council join me in expressing their good wishes, wishing you every success.
Please accept my sincere greetings;
The President
A copy thereof to His Eminence the President of the Respected Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦line⟧
His Excellency, Chairman of the Israeli Charitable Hospitals Committee, Respected
At Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
I request to be considered a member of your respected committee with a monthly fee of ⟦line⟧ Fils
I shall pay it every ⟦line⟧ one year and this is a contribution from me to the service of charitable projects
Year ⟦line⟧ Month
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6 November 945
Respected Professor Shalom Darwish
My dear son
I received a copy of your letter addressed to the Lay Council, and I cannot but
thank you for such kind sentiments in light of the feelings you expressed toward me.
I would like to confirm to you in turn what the Lay Council has previously explained to you: that
as you progressed through the positions of the community administration from first clerk to secretary over eighteen
years, you were always an example of the honest, loyal, and diligent employee for the sake of the public
interest, possessing a sense of responsibility and keen to perform his duty in the best possible way. It pains me
greatly to part with you and lose your services, given the rare qualities you possess and the competence and good
management you demonstrated while performing your duties, and in view of the great services you
rendered to the community administration, whether in ordinary times or during
the intensification of hardships and crises.
Now that you have chosen a new path for yourself, I am full of hope that success will always accompany you,
and I wish you brilliant success and a happy future.
Sincerely,
Head of the Community
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Jerusalem 29 / 10 / 1946
My dear Excellency, the Chief Rabbi Sassoon Khidouri
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad ⟦the respected⟧
Greetings and respect
We were honored by your blessed meeting in ⟦...⟧ and by your passing through ⟦...⟧
And we found joy in your safety, which is the ultimate of our wishes for your Excellency
Secondly, we thank your Excellency for the great care you have provided towards
our young son ⟦...⟧
And your greetings reached us via ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ our parents
As they are our eyes, we offer your Excellency much thanks and gratitude
I will head the day after tomorrow to ⟦...⟧ and I will be there on behalf of my aforementioned brothers
We appreciate your Excellency's conscience ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on
My condolences
May He not show you
Respect
Baghdad
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BY AIR MAIL AIR LETTER
IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED THIS LETTER
WILL BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL
To The Chief Rabbi
Sassoon Khedouri
Baghdad
Baghdad Presidency of the Mosaic Community
To His Eminence Mr. Sassoon Khedouri, the respected, may God preserve him
Baghdad
After greetings
I have ⟦...⟧
My deep condolences
May you not see [sorrow] anymore.
Respect.
SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS:-
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Palestine
Baghdad
TO PALESTINE 25
MILS 25 mils Palestine
JERUSALEM 2 NOV 45
2 NOV 45
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To the honorable Mr. Yusuf Abboudi, respected
After greetings and respect,
I was deeply pained by the news of the death of your late mother, and I wish to offer
my sincere condolences for the painful loss that has befallen you, praying to the Almighty
that you may not see any further misfortune in a loved one. Please accept my highest
respect.
Sincerely,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
Baghdad 8 / 11 / 945
His Eminence the Rabbi
For signature please
⟦illegible⟧
8/11
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11 November 945
His Excellency Mr. Sharif Muhyi al-Din, the respected
After greetings and respect
I would be most grateful if you would kindly provide your valuable assistance to the bearer
of my letter, Mr. Ezra Daniel, for his admission to your institute.
Please accept my thanks in advance with the highest respect.
Sincerely,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
His Eminence the Rabbi
Apologizes with the request of
⟦connection⟧
11/11
Note: The subscription shall not be less than 50 fils per month
Full Address
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8 November 945
The Honorable Director of the Alliance Schools
After greetings and respect,
I would be very grateful if you would kindly provide possible assistance to the bearer of my letter
regarding the school fees paid by both Amal and Victoria Youssef
Aslan, the two students at the Laura ⟦Kadoorie⟧ school. I thank you in advance and remain yours.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
11/8
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Mr. ⟦Albert⟧
Regarding the above subject, please
⟦illegible⟧
11/8
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His Excellency Prince Sharif Hussein Nasser, the respected
Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
The news of the passing of your brother, His Excellency Sharif Rakan Nasser, had a painful impact
on my soul. I convey to you my sincere condolences for this sorrowful loss,
praying to the Almighty to grant the dear departed mercy
and pleasure, and to inspire you and the members of the honorable family with patience and solace.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
Sincerely,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
Baghdad, November 22, 1945
His Eminence the Rabbi
For signature, please
⟦illegible⟧
11/22
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25 November 945
His Excellency Mr. Nuri Bey Al-Qaraghouli, the respected
Assistant Mayor of the Capital - Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
I would be most grateful if you would kindly provide possible assistance to the bearer
of my letter, named Yaqub Eliyahu, in the matter he will explain to your Excellency.
Please accept further thanks with the highest respect.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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The Royal Court
Presidency of the Diwan
Baghdad, November 28, 1945
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, the respected
Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
After greetings,
I have received your kind letter of condolence and was deeply moved by your noble sentiments.
I thank you very much for that, wishing your Eminence continued health and happiness.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
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His Excellency Mr. Baqir Ahmad al-Hasani
The Honorable Director General of Posts and Telegraphs
My dear Baqir Bey
You had kindly promised me to provide the lawyer Mr. Shalom Darwish
with a telephone set in his office located on Al-Mustansir Street, and what I know of your
abundant kindness encourages me to hope that this noble promise does not escape your mind.
Hoping that I have not troubled you with this reminder, I remain sincerely yours.
Sincere
Head of the Community
Baghdad 12 December 945
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Number:
Telegram Type:
Time of registration:
Arrived at hour: ⟦5/10⟧
Minute:
From:
Received by: ⟦illegible⟧
Word count: 9
Administrative instructions:
Date:
Issuing office: London
To: Head of the Jewish Community Baghdad
Incoming Telegram
23 DEC 45
BAGHDAD
We congratulate you on the auspicious engagement
⟦Meir⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
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Telegram 9
Incoming Internal Telegram
Number:
Telegram Type:
Time of Registration:
Arrived at Hour:
Minute:
Received by: ⟦B.P.⟧
From:
Word Count:
Administrative Instructions:
Date:
Issuing Office: Basra
To: Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
27 DEC 45
BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad
We congratulate you on the occasion of Marcel's engagement, wishing
your continued success
Aboud Twig and his family
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4 January 946
To the Honorable Aide-de-camp of His Excellency the Minister of Defense
Baghdad
After greetings,
I am pleased to inform you that His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, President of
the Israelite Community in Baghdad, has received the invitation card from His Excellency the Minister of Defense to the
cocktail party to be held at the Officers' Club on the evening of Sunday, 6 January 946,
on the occasion of the passing of a quarter-century since the formation of the brave Iraqi Army, and I am pleased to
inform you that he will attend this party.
Please accept my highest respects.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary
1/4
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Presidency of the Baghdad Post ⟦Department⟧
22 / 4 / 50
92 / 1 / 20
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the
Israeli Community in Baghdad
Telegram No. 8 dated 29 / 8 / ⟦50⟧
Regarding the contact of Mr. Mustafa Nouri ⟦Al-Rahman⟧
Detained for the current period in Mosul
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Director⟧ ⟦...⟧
Personal
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School
Silas Khedouri National High School
in Basra
Number
Date
Subject: -
The Honorable and Virtuous Uncle, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, Respected.
Greetings and respect.
Afterwards, we received your esteemed letter dated 12/27/45 and we thank you for what you decided
regarding assisting us with installing a telephone in the school. I hope that you and the respected family are in full health.
My Dear: On Friday, approval was received for our letter regarding the telephone installation, and work on it will begin
immediately. Perhaps if you could trouble yourself to speak with the relevant department, we might benefit from your word in another
request if we need it in the future, and we thank you.
I sent a congratulatory telegram last Sunday on the occasion of the first engagement of your dear daughter, Marcelle, and her wellness
in Genoa. We were very happy with this good news, and we hope from all our hearts that it will be an engagement of happiness and blessing
for the couple, wishing her happiness and bliss. Our request is that you convey to your daughter our heartfelt congratulations, our pride,
and our great joy at this happy event. We hope that God prolongs your life and that you fulfill your duty in the joys
of the others, seeing their children's children while you are in the best of health and most prosperous life.
Louise and I kiss your generous hand and the hand of the dear mother, may she remain in good health among you. Our regards to the
family members all, and we hope you convey our regards to the virtuous uncle, Rabbi Yosef Hayyim, your brother; God willing
he is well and at ease. Peace be upon you.
Sincerely
⟦Habib⟧
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The National School
Baghdad
Telephone Number: 4468
Number:
Date: December 12, 945
Subject:
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Respected Israelite Community
My Dear Sir,
On the occasion of the conclusion of the mourning period for my late mother, I extend to your Eminence, on behalf of
myself and on behalf of my father, my brothers, and all family members, my sincere thanks for the
kindness you have shown us in our painful loss. Your condolences were the best balm for our wounded hearts.
We can only ask the Almighty, may He be glorified and exalted, to reward you well on our behalf and to grant us your continued health,
well-being, and long, happy life, and to protect you and all the members of your family from all evil. We also
request your Eminence to kindly convey our thanks to the respected Rabbis
for their kind sentiments toward us.
I pray to the Creator, the Almighty, in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, to take care of you and us with His mercy. Please,
Your Eminence, accept my highest respect.
From the sincere,
⟦signature⟧