AI English Translation, Pages 251-275
The National School
Baghdad
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Telephone Number: 4468
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Date: September 17, 947
Subject:
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community
The Respected
After greetings and respect,
I have the great honor and pleasure to present to your Eminence a copy of
the second edition of the book אלפא ביתא, and there is no doubt that the effort I have made
in introducing many improvements to it will meet with your Eminence's acceptance and be to
your satisfaction and appreciation.
With my great thanks for the encouragement that I have received and continue to receive from your Eminence
on all occasions, please accept it with the highest respect.
Sincerely,
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Issa Daoud
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦...⟧ 222
Date 17 / 9 / 947
9/9/947
The Honorable and Distinguished Professor Mr. Ezra Haddad,
Director of the National School
Baghdad
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Greetings,
I have received with thanks a copy of the second edition of your book
( ⟦illegible⟧ ) and I am very pleased to send you my heartfelt congratulations
for your appreciated efforts, praying to the Almighty to grant you success and to make success
your constant ally.
for your appreciated efforts, praying to the Almighty to grant you success and to make success
your constant ally ⟦line⟧
Sincerely,
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Head of the Community
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His Eminence Rabbi Mr. Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected President of the Jewish Community
We greet you with much longing, and after that, the presenter of the letter, the one called Ezra Yaqoub, is in a state of poverty as I have learned
from his relatives. Therefore, I ask your Eminence to mediate in exempting him from school fees as he is a student in
Menashi Saleh School, and for that you have much merit, as much as you have previously accustomed us to your sincerity
to you, and please accept the highest greetings and respect, my lord.
Permission granted
A letter of recommendation shall be written
To the Director of Menashi Saleh School
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Baghdad 25 / 9 / 1947
The loyal and obedient
Faiq Tawfiq
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In its place
His exemption
Entirely
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
In Baghdad:
Private Number: 239
Date: 26 / 9 / 1947
Fakhr al-Din al-Jamil
Telephone 3046
Baghdad on:
194:
Private
To His Eminence Mr. Isaac Haywi, the respected
After greetings and longings
The bearer of my letter is Naoum ⟦Saul⟧ Mizrahi; he has a young daughter he wishes to enroll
in one of the girls' schools belonging to the honorable community due to his financial
hardship, so I hope you will order her acceptance and make me very grateful to you, and may you remain
respected
Baghdad on October 12, 1947
Sincerely
Fakhr al-Din
Shawkat Effendi
A letter is to be written to the headmistress
of the Naoum School for Girls
For filing
Signature ⟦Rough⟧
10 / ⟦1⟧ / 947
His Excellency Mr. Ali Jaafar, the respected
Director General of Income Tax and Banking Supervision
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
I present to your Excellency Mr. Heskel Habib Naqqash, who carries with him
my fragrant greetings to your noble person
Mr. Heskel intends to seek employment in your respected directorate
and I would be most grateful if you would kindly provide possible assistance regarding his employment
with you.
Hoping that I have not troubled your Excellency with this petition, please accept my abundant
thanks and respect ⟦line⟧
Sincerely
Head of the Community
14 / 10 / 947
For filing
Personal file
10 / 1947
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, is honored to accept with thanks the invitation of His Excellency the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy
of Iran in Baghdad to attend the ceremony that will be held at the Imperial Iranian Legation
on the occasion of the auspicious birthday of His Imperial Majesty
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi on the afternoon of Monday, October 27, 1947.
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For filing
Personal file
Doctor
Dr. S. D. SHAKARCHI
Salim Shakarchi
Rashid Street
Rashid Street
Tel: 3781
Telephone Number 3781
Urgent
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
The Respected
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My Dear
After offering greetings: I hope for your kindness to include
the dresser ⟦Mansour⟧ who works for me
at the clinic and who wishes to enroll his daughter
in one of the girls' schools
Please accept my highest respect
Sincerely
Salim Shakarchi
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12 / 10 / 947
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To the honorable and notable Mr. Saleh Ezra Sassoon,
After greetings,
I would be most grateful if you would kindly provide possible assistance regarding
the admission of the student Blanche Salman to your school.
I hope I have not troubled you with this request of mine. Please accept my further thanks
with highest respect.
Sincerely,
⟦Ezra⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
Personal file
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 3531
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531
Number :: ⟦54⟧
Date :: 7 / 10 / 1947
Subject Summary ::
His Excellency the President of the Israelite Community, Respected ⟦line⟧
After greetings
I convey to you below a copy of the Council's resolution No. (2) taken on September 25, 1947 regarding
the car allowance for Your Excellency for your kind review.
Please accept our respects ⟦line⟧
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The President
Copy to the Accountant to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Resolution
2 - The Council reconsidered its resolution No. (1) taken in the meeting of June 26, 1947 regarding
the car allowance for His Excellency the President of the Community and decided to make it thirty Dinars starting from the first
of July 1947, given the Council's conviction that the rise in prices necessitated the amendment of this resolution.
For filing
Technical Administration
947 / 10 / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Mr. Naim Ezra Soffer, Respectfully
Honorary Secretary of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
My dear Naim Effendi,
I introduce to you Mr. Daniel Isaac, President of the Israeli Community Committee
in Kirkuk, requesting that he be granted the possible allowance in hospital fees that will be incurred by
his mother as a result of a surgical operation in Meir Elias Hospital.
Please accept my respects;
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Sincerely,
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Head of the Community
For filing
Technical Administration
10/1947/
The Honorable Mr. Maurice Laredo
Director of the Albert David Sassoon School
Baghdad
After greetings,
I enclose herewith four school fee forms belonging to the children of Mr. Ibrahim
Khedhouri, and I would be most grateful if you would kindly agree to maintain the same
school fees that you were collecting from his children in the previous year.
With my thanks in advance, please accept my respects,
Sincerely,
Sassoon
President of the Community
For filing
Personal file
29 / 10 / 947
To the esteemed Miss Mary Kanawati,
Principal of the Menachem Salih Daniel Girls' School
Greetings,
I would be most grateful if you would kindly accept the girl, Budour Abraham,
to study for free in your school due to her poor financial situation.
With my thanks in advance, please accept my respects.
Sincerely,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
For filing
Attached form
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Al-Ani & Aboody Transport Company Ltd.
ANI & ABOODY TRANSPORT COMPANY LTD.
Tel { Grams : ANI ABOODY Shamash Building - Rashid Street Telegraphically: Ani Aboody Baghdad
{ Phone : 4965 Shamash Building - Rashid Street Telephone Number: 4965
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Urgent
13 September 946
The Honorable and Distinguished Mr. Saleh Shlomo, Respectfully
After greetings and respect,
With reference to the telephone conversation between us regarding the admission of a female student to the )
Al-Kan School
I introduce to you Rabbi Sasson, Rabbi Salman, and I have sent with him my sincere greetings )
to your noble person. The aforementioned Rabbi Sasson has a daughter named Carmela )
whom he wishes to enroll in the Al-Kan School. Since the aforementioned is of modest means, I would be
extremely grateful if you would kindly provide the necessary facilities for the purpose of registering her in
the aforementioned school free of charge.
With my thanks in advance, please accept my sincere respect.
Sincerely,
Sasson
Head of the Community
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Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Exemption from the quota
Baghdad, September 24, 1946
His Excellency Dr. Harry Al-Pachachi, the respected
Minister of Social Affairs - Baghdad
My dear Harry Bey
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Reference to the verbal communication between us regarding
the destitute Jews currently in the ⟦...⟧ Al-Basiq Sanatorium
in Bhanness, Lebanon, and considering the possibility of treating him at the expense
of the esteemed government in view of the <del>poverty</del> of his family ⟦...⟧ submitted
and what they suffer from the <del>hardship</del> of poverty.
In view of my knowledge of the sympathy Your Excellency holds
for these miserable people, I have come with this letter of mine to remind
Your Excellency of your kind promise to take the ⟦...⟧ measures
necessary for the purpose of treating him at the government's expense
I hope I have not troubled you with this request of mine
Please accept, Your Excellency, my utmost thanks in advance and in
conclusion.
Sincerely
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Mr. Abbas Nimbi
Has the honor to invite the respected Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
On Thursday, November 13, 1947, at 8:30 at his residence in Al-Sa'adoon district
On the occasion of the marriage of Miss Renee Isaac to Dr. Max Gruenbach.
Please reply to Al-Alwiyah Hospital
Buffet Dinner
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To the honorable and virtuous Mr. Abbas Tamimi
Al-Alamein Hospital
Baghdad
After greetings
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, has received with thanks your kind invitation to attend the ceremony to be held on the occasion of
the marriage of Miss Reina Isaac to Dr. Max Kroplig at eight-thirty in the
evening of Thursday, November 13, 1947. While he apologizes for being unable to accept your invitation
due to a prior engagement, he offers his heartfelt congratulations accompanied by best wishes
to the blessed newlyweds.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely,
Secretary
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Dear respected Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri:
Greetings:
I hope you will excuse me for burdening you with a case
concerning me from a medical standpoint, that my son
Nissim is suffering from a mental illness and he is still
under treatment and waiting to undergo a brain
surgery, which we hope will result in his recovery
through it. I have been informed that while in this state he was dismissed
from the religious university, so I hope for ⟦if possible⟧ your special
consideration with kindness in this matter, and remain with respect.
Sincerely
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Tala' Yehuda
29 / 10 / 47
Surroundings
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The National School
Baghdad
Telephone Number: 4468
Number:
Date: December 9, 1947
Subject:
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings,
I have the great honor and immense pleasure to present to Your Eminence a copy of the book
"Chapters from the Holy Bible" issued by the Jewish Schools Committee.
Hoping that this humble gift will meet with your satisfaction and encouragement, please,
Your Eminence, accept my deepest appreciation and respect.
From the sincere,
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12 / 1947
The Honorable Professor Ezra Haddad, Respectfully
Director of the National School
Baghdad
After greetings,
I was honored to receive a copy of your book (Chapters from the Holy Bible ⟦illegible⟧)
I thank you for your valuable gift and offer you my heartfelt congratulations on your scientific effort
which represents the fruit of the labors and hardships you endured to fill a void in
our educational institutes that the guardians of male and female students have long felt, and I ask
which represents the fruit of the labors and hardships you endured to fill a void in
our educational institutes that the guardians of male and female students have long felt, and I ask
the Almighty to make success your constant ally.
Please accept my respect ⟦line⟧
Sincerely,
Head of the Community ⟦line⟧
To be filed
Dar al-Falaki
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Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Nafisa the Great
The Administrative Body of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, Women's
Branch, and the Women's Committee for Aid to Palestine, are honored to invite you to attend
the donation ceremony which will be held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Nafisa
the Great in the hall of the Secretariat of the Capital on Sunday, December 21,
1947, at three-thirty in the afternoon.
21 / 7 / 1391
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Iraq
General Spiritual Council
Baghdad
Greetings
Based on the request submitted by Mr. ⟦...⟧ son of Shaul
Which includes his desire to obtain a certificate of confirmation that he is Jewish
From the subjects of this community, and based on the information available to us, it has been confirmed
That the aforementioned gentleman is one of the members of the Mosaic community in Iraq
Therefore, this confirmation has been given to him based on his request and for the purpose above.
Baghdad on September 12, 1971
Secretary
Spiritual Council
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12/1947/
Women's Committee for Aid to Palestine
Iraqi Red Crescent Society - Baghdad
Greetings,
I received the invitation card to attend the donation ceremony which will be held
under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Nafisa the Exalted in the Amanat
Al-Asima Hall on Sunday, December 21, 1947, addressed to
the spouse of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad.
I regret to inform you that his spouse passed away
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The Secretary
12 / 17
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Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad
In the name of - Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect
We have agreed to accept your request regarding holding a party
On the occasion of Rosh Hashanah in the hall of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Dated 7321, returning until 12 at night starting from 12 in the evening
As a convenience to you, it was also decided to allow the sale of refreshments and sweets during the party days
With appreciation
Please inform us of the number of attendees so that we can take the necessary measures
You have our highest respect and appreciation
Head of the Community
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