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Minutes of the General Council meeting dated August 29, 943
Based on the lack of a legal quorum in the first meeting that the General Council was called to hold
on August 19, 943, to elect a president and a Lay Council, the leadership of the community issued a call to the General
Council to hold the meeting a second time at six-thirty in the afternoon on Sunday, August 29,
943. At the appointed time, the members of the Council, excluding the President, whose names are recorded
below, attended at the headquarters of the community administration:-
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir - Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazamzam - Israel Nassim Hay - Eliyahu Heskel
Al-Ani - Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq - Lawyer Anwar Shaul - Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe - Lawyer
Heskel Yaqoub Murad - Daoud Shaul Tweig - Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi - Rabbi Raphael Isaac
Hayyim - Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Isaac - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen -
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir - Lawyer Salman Zion Sheena - Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi -
Lawyer Selim Isaac - Saleh Shlomo Abdullah - Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Zion Shoha Gigi - Zion
Ezra Nissan - Abdullah Zion Sheena - Lawyer Abboudi Setti - Ezra Meir Matana - Gurji Ibrahim
Hayyim - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie - Gurji Shalom Lawi - Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor - Menashi Ibrahim
Gurji - Dr. Nurallah Moussa - Haron Heskel Suha - Yamin Murad - Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe
Heskel.
The session was opened, papers were distributed to those present, and the election was conducted by secret ballot under the supervision of
a committee composed of the members:
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi - Mr. Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Mr. Zion Shoha Gigi, Lawyer.
After sorting the papers, the following result appeared:-
For the Presidency - Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq received 34 votes
Mr. Ezra Meir Daoud received one vote
For Membership - Sassoon Abboudi Bashi received 35 votes - Sassoon Murad Sassoon 35 votes - Ezra Heskel Bahar
35 votes - Gurji Heskel Barmagh 35 votes - Moshe Daoud Shohet 35 votes - Ezra Meir Daoud 34
votes - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie 34 votes - Menashi Heskel Dangoor 32 votes - Meir Dangoor one vote
Selim Isaac one vote - Ezra Aluba one vote - (and there are two missing votes in the ballot papers)
Thus, the Lay Council became composed of Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq as President and each of the gentlemen:
Sassoon Abboudi Bashi - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Ezra Heskel Bahar - Gurji Heskel Barmagh - Moshe Daoud
Shohet - Ezra Meir Daoud - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie - Menashi Heskel Dangoor - as members for the next term
starting on August 29, 943.
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Head of the Community
Election Supervision Committee
Member | Member | Member
Saleh Faraj | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Hayyim | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Based on the lack of a legal quorum in the first meeting to which the General Council was called to convene
on August 19, 943 to elect a president and a Lay Council, the leadership of the community issued an invitation to the General
Council to hold the meeting a second time at six-thirty in the afternoon on Sunday, August 29,
943. At the appointed time, the following members of the Council, excluding the President, attended at the community administration headquarters
whose names are listed below:-
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir - Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazam - Israel Nassim Hay - Eliyahu Heskel
Al-Ani - Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq - Lawyer Anwar Shaul - Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe - Lawyer
Heskel Yaqoub Murad - Daoud Shaul Tariq - Rabbi Daoud Ezra Al-Masfi - Rabbi Raphael Isaac
Hayyim - Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Isaac - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen -
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir - Lawyer Salman Zion Sheina - Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi -
Lawyer Selim Isaac - Saleh Shlomo Abdullah - Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Zion Shuha Hijji - Zion
Ezra Nissan - Abdullah Zion Sheina - Lawyer Abboudi Setti - Ezra Meir Mattana - Gurji Ibrahim
Hayyim - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie - Gurji Shalom Lawi - Meir Hakham Moshe Dangour - Menashi Ibrahim
Gurji - Dr. Nurullah Moussa - Haron Heskel Huha - Yamin Murad - Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe
Heskel.
The session was opened, papers were distributed to those present, and the election was conducted by secret ballot under the supervision of
a committee composed of the members:
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi - Mr. Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Mr. Zion Shuha Hijji, Lawyer.
After sorting the papers, the following result appeared:-
For the Presidency - Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq received 34 votes
Mr. Ezra Meir Daoud received one vote
For Membership - Sassoon Abboudi Bashi received 35 votes - Sassoon Murad Sassoon 35 votes - Ezra Heskel Bahar
35 votes - Gurji Heskel Barmakh 35 votes - Moshe Daoud Shohet 35 votes - Ezra Meir Daoud 34
votes - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie 34 votes - Menashi Heskel Dangour 32 votes - Meir Dangour one vote
Selim Isaac one vote - Ezra Alwaya one vote - (and there are two missing votes in the election papers)
Thus, the Lay Council became composed of Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq as President and of each of the gentlemen
Sassoon Abboudi Bashi - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Ezra Heskel Bahar - Gurji Heskel Barmakh - Moshe Daoud
Shohet - Ezra Meir Daoud - Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie - Menashi Heskel Dangour - members for the next term
starting on August 29, 943
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Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 1940 - 1944
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Muallim Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazroum
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel El-Ani
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe
H
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad
Kh
Khedhouri Meir Lawi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
Dr. Daoud Muallim Nassim
R
Rabbi Raphael Ishaq Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
Reuben Yehuda Zelouf
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Sassoon
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Sassoon Heskel Bahar
Lawyer Salman Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Zion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi
Lawyer Selim Ishaq
Dr. Selim Kobi
S (Sad)
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Zion Shua Gigi
Zion Ezra Nissan
A (Ain)
Abdullah Zion Sheina
Lawyer Abboudi Sitti
Ezra Eliyahu El-Ani
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Dr. Ezra Qaraeen
Ezra Meir Matana
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Ezra Nassim Alwiya
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq
Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie
Gurji Shalom Lawi
M
Meir Shaul Menashi Shashoua
Meir Hakham Moshe Dankour
Menashi Ibrahim Gurji
Menashi Heskel Dankour
Mozaita
Moshe Shaul Sofer
Dr. Nurallah Moussa
Nounou Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Mamouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh El-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Abboudi
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Statistics and information related to Israeli charitable hospitals in Baghdad
Notes | Total values of grants and surgical instruments donated by the collection | Total expenses including furniture and expenditures | Total revenues from all donations | Number of nurses at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of doctors at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of surgeries at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of beds available at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of admissions to Meir Elias Hospital | Year
From April 933 to March 934 | 2645 Dinars | 5232 Dinars | 4943 Dinars | 2 | 3 | 329 | 35 | 936 | 1933
From April 934 to September 934 | 1342 | 3702 | 3233 | 6 | 3 | 308 | 70 | 667 | 1934 half year only
From October 934 to the end of September 935 | 2607 | 8488 | 7496 | 7 | 3 | 551 | 90 | 1565 | 1935
From October 935 to the end of September 936 | 5904 | 10629 | 10218 | 9 | 5 | 512 | 90 | 2007 | 1936
From October 936 to the end of September 937 | 4405 spent on renovating the hospital's endowed properties ⟦line⟧ 16903 of which 1375 Dinars | 11899 | 11370 | 10 | 5 | 537 | 100 | 2104 | 1937
Note: The budget of the mentioned hospitals doubled from previous years until it reached about 26,000 Dinars in 937.
Meir Elias Hospital: A charitable hospital containing departments for internal diseases, surgery, maternity, and pediatrics. It includes an institute for sterilization, X-rays, and Roentgen, and accepts male, female, and child patients. The hospital has a professor of internal diseases and his assistant, a specialist doctor for gynecology and pediatrics, and a specialist doctor for analysis and X-rays.
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital: A charitable hospital for the poor. Visits by women and men to it during one year (35/936) reached (225,035) visits, at an average of 750 to 800 visits daily. 180 major surgeries and 5,945 minor surgeries were performed during the mentioned year. It has a specialist doctor in eye diseases and assistants on standby.
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy: A pharmacy attached to a doctor and a dresser for treating patients for free, and it dispenses prescriptions to them for free. It gave 44,462 prescriptions during one year, and the doctor made 1,600 clinical visits to the homes of poor patients during the mentioned year.
School Clinics: A clinic has been established in every school containing the necessary medicines to treat school students under the supervision of a dedicated nurse. Students' eyes are examined from time to time by the specialist doctor at Rima Khedouri Hospital.
Sick Aid Society: A charitable society donated to by female benefactors. They provided aid to poor mothers and their children in coordination with Meir Elias Hospital for the delivery of poor mothers, where the society provides them with the necessary aid. A special building for the society was constructed from donations.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, 22 August 1943
The Honorable Distinguished Member of the General Council
Greetings and respect,
Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting to which I invited you
to hold on the evening of Thursday, 19 August 1943, I invite you to please
attend the Community Administration at half past six in the evening
on Sunday, 29 August 1943, to hold the meeting for the second time in accordance with Article 14 of
Community Regulation No. 36 of 1931, in order to elect the Lay Council.
⟦Sassoon Khedouri⟧
Head of the Community
Polling Committee
Present 82
Valid 79 votes
Invalid vote
Presidency
Ibrahim Tawfiq Hay 72
Ezra Meir Mashateh 1
Name | Number | Total
Sawsan Oraibi Shabi | 22 | /// | ⟦line⟧ | 25
Sawsan Daoud Sousseh | 22 | /// | ⟦line⟧ | 25
Azra Hazqeel Cohen | 22 | /// | ⟦line⟧ | 25
Ezra Meir Mashateh | 22 | // | ⟦line⟧ | 24
Loris Hazqeel Barsoum | 22 | /// | ⟦line⟧ | 25
Loris Meir Mashateh | 22 | // | ⟦line⟧ | 24
Muntaha Hazqeel Rouphael | 22 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 22
Moshe Daoud Sousseh | 22 | /// | ⟦line⟧ | 25
Youssef Salim
1
Salim Akram
1
Ezra Al-Fawa
1
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number: 7472
Date: 2 September 943
Subject:
Honorable Gentlemen
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
Sassoon Aboudi Bashi
Sassoon Murad Sassoon
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Ezra Meir Daoud
Gurji Heskel Barmakh
Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie
Menashe Heskel Dankoula
Moshe Daoud Shohet
The Respected President and Members of the Lay Council
After greetings and respect
I am pleased to inform you that the esteemed General Council has elected you in its meeting held on 29
August 943 as a Lay Council for the community for the next two years starting from the same date.
I take this happy opportunity to offer you my congratulations on the precious trust placed by
the General Council in your honorable persons, praying to the Almighty that the term of your esteemed council be an era of prosperity
for the community and growth for its institutions, and that He grants you success in all that is for the public good.
Please accept my sincere wishes;
On behalf of
The President of the Community
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
In view of the end of the term of the election of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad,
the outgoing council met under the chairmanship of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, at the headquarters of the community administration on the evening of Sunday, August 29,
1943, and elected the following distinguished notables: Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
as President of the Lay Council, and Messrs. Sassoon Aboudi Bashi - Sassoon Murad Sassoon
- Ezra Heskel Baher - Karmi Heskel Bermakh - Moshe Daoud Shweit - Ezra
Munir ⟦Mayer⟧ - Dr. Karmi Rabie - Matty Heskel Dangour as members.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: September 2, 1943
Al-Faraa Newspaper
Greetings,
We present to you the above news for publication in your esteemed newspaper. Best regards.
The Secretary
Iraq
Ministry of Justice
Legal Codification Department
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Number 4321
Date 22 Ramadan / 1362 AH
22 September / 1943 AD
⟦Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧
Subject Summary:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Your letter No. 7491 dated 12 / 9 / 1943
Notice has been taken of the result of the election of the Lay Council
and its president.
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Acting Minister of Justice
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Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 9, 1944
To the Honorable Notable Member of the General Council
After greetings and respect,
I enclose herewith for your Excellency a copy of the budget for the year 43 / 944 organized by
the esteemed Lay Council. I request you to kindly attend at the community administration at
six-thirty in the evening on Thursday, July 20, 944
to hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the following items:-
1 - Ratification of the budget for the year 43 / 944
2 - Ratification of the amounts spent in excess of the budget for the year 42 / 943
3 - Appointment of auditors for the accounts of the Lay Council for the two years
42 / 943 and 43 / 944
Yours respectfully,
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President of the Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, August 22, 1943
To the Honorable Notable Member of the General Council
After greetings and respect
Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting to which I invited you
to be held on the evening of Thursday, August 19, 1943, I invite you to kindly
attend the Community Administration at six-thirty in the evening of
Thursday, August 26, 1943, to hold the meeting again in accordance with Article 14 of
the Community Regulation No. 36 of 1931, for the purpose of electing the Lay Council.
President of the Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 21, 1944
To the Honorable and Distinguished Member of the General Council
After greetings and respect,
Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting for which I invited
the esteemed General Council to hold yesterday evening, the 20th, I invite you to kindly
attend at the Community Administration at six-thirty in the evening
next Monday, July 24, 1944, to hold the meeting again in accordance with Article
14 of the Bylaws.
With respect,
⟦Sassoon Khedouri⟧
President of the Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 9, 1944
To the Honorable Notable Member of the General Council
After greetings and respect,
I enclose herewith a copy of the budget for the year 43 / 944, which was organized by
the esteemed Lay Council. I kindly request your presence at the Community Administration at
six-thirty in the evening on Thursday, July 20, 944,
to hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the following items:
1 - Ratification of the budget for the year 43 / 944
2 - Ratification of the amounts spent in excess of the budget for the year 42 / 943
3 - Appointment of auditors for the accounts of the Lay Council for the two years
42 / 943 and 43 / 944
With respect,
⟦Sassoon Khedouri⟧
President of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 7819
Subject:
Date: 13 July 944
Excellency President and members of the Lay Council
Respectfully
After greetings and respect
The esteemed General Council will hold at six-thirty in the
evening of Thursday, July 20, 944, a meeting in the administration of the Jewish community to consider
the following items: -
1) Ratification of the budget for the year 944/43
2) Ratification of the amounts spent in excess of the 943/42 budget
3) Appointment of auditors for the accounts of the Lay Council for the years 943/42 and 943 /
944
And I invite the body of the esteemed Lay Council to attend this meeting
according to Article 16 of the Community Bylaws ⟦line⟧
And remain in peace
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President of the Community
The presidency of the community issued an invitation to the members of the General Council to hold an extraordinary meeting
at the community administration at six-thirty in the evening on Thursday, July 20, 1944, to consider
the following items: -
1) Ratification of the budget for the year 43 / 944
2) Ratification of the amounts spent in excess of the budget for the year 42 / 943
3) Appointment of auditors for the accounts of the Lay Council for the years 42 / 943 and 43 / 944. There attended
at the appointed time the members: Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi - Rabbi Yehoshua Marshi
Haskail - Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim - Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq - Rabbi Daoud Musfi
and Messrs. - Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Dr. Nur Allah Musa - Zion Ezra
Nissan - Menashi Haskail Dangour. In view of the lack of a legal quorum, the meeting was postponed
to another date, and the invitation was issued a second time to hold the meeting at six-thirty in the evening
on Monday, July 24, in accordance with Article 64 of the community's bylaws.
At the appointed time, twenty-two members attended, whose names are as follows: -
Ibrahim Abboudi Khazam - Israel Nassim Hay - Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq - Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshi
Khedhouri Murad Shaker - Daoud Shaul Tweg - Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi - Rabbi Raphael Isaac
Hayyim - Reuben Yehuda Zilkha - Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq - Sassoon Murad Sassoon - Salman
Zion Sheina - Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi - Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Zion Shua Jahji - Abboudi
Zion Sheina - Ezra Meir Daoud - Munir Hakham Moshi Dangour - Menashi Haskail Dangour - Yamin Murad
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshi Haskail - Joseph Nassim Abboudi.
The number of attendees including the President was twenty-three members. The session was opened and deliberation took place on the items
of the agenda. The attendees unanimously ratified, by way of roll call, the 43 / 944 budget as presented by
the Lay Council in the printed budget book distributed to the members of the General Council. Likewise, they ratified
unanimously, by way of roll call, the amounts spent outside the budget for the year 42 / 943 as detailed on
page 23 of the printed budget book.
It was decided to appoint Messrs. Saleh Faraj Hayyim - Daoud Shaul Tweg - Shimon Sofer
to audit the accounts of the Lay Council for the years 42 / 943 and 43 / 944. Then the meeting was adjourned.
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The President
7887
15 August 944
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His Excellency the Minister of Justice
Respectfully
The current term of the Israeli General Council ends on the
fifth of the coming month of October, therefore I ask you to kindly
appoint a committee to supervise the elections provided for in Article
2 of the Israeli Community Regulation No. 36 of the year 931, for his sovereignty
with what is necessary to conduct the General Council elections for the next term.
Please accept my respect.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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1940 Nominations
From the Clergy
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Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
From the Notables
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Ibrahim Aboudi Khazam, Lawyer
Muthir Rabbi Moshe Dangour
Anwar Shaul, Lawyer
Khedhouri Murad Shaker
Daoud Salman
Salman Daoud Dabby
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Jewish Charitable Hospitals in Baghdad
Total Hospital Revenues | Total Expenses including Furniture for all Hospitals | Total value of constructions and surgical instruments donated by generous people | Notes
Dinar | Dinar | Dinar |
4943 | 5232 | 2645 | From April 933 until the end of March 934
3236 | 3702 | 1342 | From April 934 until the end of September 934 (half a year)
7496 | 8488 | 2607 | From October 934 until the end of September 935
10218 | 10629 | 5904 | From October 935 until the end of September 936
11360 | 11899 | 4405 ⟦line⟧ 16903 of which 1365 Dinars were spent on repairs of the hospital's endowed properties | From October 936 until the end of September 937
The previous ones until the end of June 937 were about 2600 Dinars.
And in it is an institute for analysis and Roentgen rays, and it accepts male, female, and child patients. In the hospital, there is a professor for X-rays.
(936/35) 225,035 visits at an average of 750 and 800 visits daily, and 180 major eye operations were performed.
It gave 44,462 prescriptions during one year, and the doctor made 160 free visits during the mentioned year.
A specialized nurse, and the eyes of the students are examined from time to time by the specialist doctor in the Rima Khedouri Hospital.
And it has a maternity building in the Meir Elias Hospital where poor mothers are accepted, where the association provides them with the necessary aid, and it was built
The Private Office
7 / 1 / 198
9 Ramadan / 1363
28 August / 1944
Elections of the Jewish
Community
To the Legal Codifier Mr. Abdul Qadir Jamil
We have assigned your appointment as Chairman of the Electoral Body which we have appointed from the individuals listed
below, to supervise the elections of the Jewish community in Baghdad. We hope you will take
the necessary steps to convene the body and commence the tasks entrusted to it according to the legal and regulatory provisions
in force.
Mr. Kamil Al-Samarrai, Observer of the Legal Codification Bureau, shall serve as the secretary of the mentioned committee.
Minister of Justice
A copy to:-
The Honorable Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Mr. Salman Shina, Lawyer
Mr. Khedhouri Murad Shaker
Mr. Ibrahim Aboudi Hazoum
We have assigned your appointment as members of the
Electoral Body referred to above, hoping for
your regular attendance.
Ministry of Interior )
Directorate of General Police ) For information and notice.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - For information, with reference to its letter No. 7883 dated
20 / 8 / 1944.
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The Bureau of Legal Codification
1 / 7 / 1 / 19
Preliminary Meeting Contract
9 Ramadan / 1363
28 August / 944
His Excellency Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Mr. Salman Shina, Lawyer
Mr. Khedhouri Murad Shaker
Mr. Ibrahim Aboudi Khazam
With reference to the Ministry of Justice letter No. A / 1 / 7 / 19 dated
28 / 8 / 1944:
Please be so kind as to attend the Bureau of the Ministry of Justice at
ten o'clock in the morning on Thursday, 31 / 8 / 1944 ⟦illegible⟧
for preliminary deliberation on election matters.
⟦signature⟧
The Legal Codifier
Head of the Supervisory Body for the Jewish Elections
A copy to:
Ministry of Justice
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad } for information.
Papers
7 / 1 / 191
12 Ramadan / 1363
31 August / 1944
Chairman of the Israeli Election Supervision Committee
in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. A 7 / 1 / 19 dated 31 / 8 / 944
We approve the appointment of Mr. Yaqub Ezra Abdullah, the accountant of this Ministry,
as a second secretary to perform the tasks required by the administrative committee's work,
as per your request.
Minister of Justice
A copy to:
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - following up on our letter No.
A 7 / 1 / 19 dated 28 / 8 / 944
Iraqi Government
Department: Bureau of Legal Codification
Number: 1901/1/7/400
Section:
Date: 11 Ramadan 1363
30 August 1944
Subject: Register of Rabbis
Top Secret
Presidency of the Jewish Community
The Supervisory Committee for the Jewish Community elections
in Baghdad has decided to request your presidency to send a register containing the names of all
persons possessing the status of Rabbinate residing in Baghdad, as
stipulated in Article (10) of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36/931.
We request it be sent to this Bureau as soon as possible to complete the election.
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Legal Codifier
Head of the Supervisory Committee
for the Jewish Elections in Baghdad
Monopoly ⟦illegible⟧
7896
30 August 944
Urgent
His Eminence, President of the Jewish Spiritual Council, Respected
Baghdad
We transmit to you below the letter of the Ministry of Justice No. 2/7/1/191 dated
30 August 944 to respond to its content as quickly as possible.
On behalf of
Head of the Community
The Supervisory Body for the Jewish Community Elections in Baghdad has decided to
request your presidency to send a register containing the names of all persons holding
the status of Rabbinate and residing in Baghdad, as stipulated in Article (10) of
the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 / 931. We request it be sent to this office
as soon as possible to complete the election.
Legal Codifier
Head of the Supervisory Body
for the Jewish Elections in Baghdad
The Jewish Spiritual Council
Baghdad
Date: August 30, 944
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Reference to your letter No. 7896 dated August 30, 944
We submit to your Excellency herewith a copy of the register containing the names of the persons
holding the status of Rabbinate employed in the community and residing in Baghdad
numbering twenty-five. With our highest respect to your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Spiritual Council
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1987
31 August 944
Office of the Rabbis
Presidency of the Israeli Election Supervision Committee
Ministry of Justice - Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 191/1/7/2 dated 30 August 944
Enclosed you will find the list we received from the Presidency of the Rabbis containing
the names of the rabbis employed by the community in Baghdad, numbering
twenty-five rabbis.
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Head of the Community