Baghdadi Jewish Community Elections, Budgets, Meeting Minutes, Reforms in Organizations; Frank Iny School Chemistry Notes
View interactive document pageThese are assorted documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include documents pertaining to elections held within the Baghdadi Jewish Community, budgetary and financial records, and minutes of meetings. Also included is an extensive report about reforms needed in Jewish hospitals, schools, and other organizations and associations. The item also contains chemistry notes from the Frank Iny School from 1959-1960.
Elected Additional Candidates 1 - Gurji Yusuf Ishaq 2 - Saleh Khadouri 3 - Sion Abraham Gurji 4 - Ephraim Salman Tweig 5 - Abdullah Haroun Shamshoum 6 - Sion Ezra Nissan 7 - Yusuf Yehuda Salman Nissan 8 - Yasmin Abboudi Aslan 9 - Sion Eliyahu Al-Sheikh Sassoon 10 - Salman Khadhara 11 - Sassoon Zelait 12 - Ibrahim Eliyahu Al-Sheikh Sassoon
Hanoun Kabir and Saghir Quarter and the surrounding area, Third Electoral District ⟦line⟧ 1 - Naji Moshi Mukhtar 2 - Yusuf Hazqeel Battat 3 - Ezra Hazqeel Haddad 4 - Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman 5 - Salim Cohen Respected
Fathallah Quarter, Third Electoral District ⟦line⟧ 1 - Shaul Shamil Nathan 2 - Munir Yaqub Lawi 3 - Ishaq Salih Baruriya 4 - Sassoon Shlomo 5 - Kurti Yaqub Akri 6 - Naji Afasi 7 - Ezra Abdullah Yaqub Lawi ⟦line⟧ 8 - Aslan Eliyahu Buyqa 9 - Ibrahim Eliyahu Buyqa 10 - Pinhas Salman 11 - Menashe Shaul Nazha 12 - Abdullah Yaqub Lawi 13 - Munir Yaqub Akri
Al-Tatran Quarter, Third Electoral District ⟦line⟧ 1 - Levi Shalom 2 - Yusuf Daoud Shammai 3 - Shimon Eliyahu Levi 4 - Rabbi Saleh Yusuf 5 - Shimon Hezqel Haddad 6 - Ibrahim Gurji Shmuli 7 - Moshe Sion Levi 8 - Naji Saleh 9 - Eliyahu Saleh Maslawi ⟦line⟧ 10 - Hezqel Ezra Zili 11 - Edwar Yusuf Sabih 12 - Saleh Shmua Khalif 13 - Yusuf Shlomo 14 - Yehuda Daoud Cohen
Third Electoral District Elected candidates from the Israelites, numbering 32 Al-Manasran Quarter (14) 1 - <del>Levi Shalom</del> Saleh Shara' Khalif 2 - Yusuf Daoud Shamay 3 - Shamoun Eliyahu Levi 4 - Rabbi Saleh Yusuf 5 - Shamoun Hesqel Haddad 6 - Abraham Gurji Shmuli 7 - Moshe Zion Lawi 8 - Gurji Saleh 9 - Eliyahu Saleh Baslawi Faraj Allah Quarter (13) 1 - Shaul Shamil Nathan 2 - Munir Yaqub Lawi 3 - Ishaq Saleh Bruriya 4 - Sasson Shlier 5 - Naji Aghai 6 - Ezra Abdullah Yaqub Lawi Hanoun Kabbour, Sfeir, and Abboud Quarter (5) 1 - Naji Moshe Mukhtar 2 - Lawyer Yusuf Hesqel Battat 3 - Ezra Hesqel Haddad 4 - Rabbi Sasson Hakham Salman 5 - Salim Cohen Additional elected candidates residing outside the district (12) 1 - Gurji Yusuf Ishaq 2 - Saleh Khadhuri 3 - Zion Abraham Lawi 4 - Ephraim Salman Tweig 5 - Abdullah Haroun Shamtob 6 - Zion Ezra Nissan 7 - <del>Yusuf Yehuda Eliya Nissan</del> Haroun Yehuda Qattan 8 - Yamin Abboudi Aslan 9 - Zion Eliyahu Al-Sheikh Sasson 10 - Salman Khadhara 11 - Sasson Zelait 12 - Ibrahim Eliyahu Al-Sheikh Sasson
Faraj Allah Quarter 1 - Salim Yaqub Shiloho 2 - Shaul Shamil Nathan 3 - Menashe Ishaq Zarur 4 - Ishaq Ibrahim Ezra 5 - Salim Yaqub 6 - Menashe Yaqub Levi 7 - Zion Shiloho 8 - Abdullah Haifa 9 - Aslan Eliyahu Badawiya 10 - Ibrahim Eliyahu Badawiya 11 - Abbas ⟦Hamman⟧ 12 - Naji Dawud 13 - Khalaf Nama 14 - Yusuf Shaul 15 - Shaul Eliyahu Shaul 16 - Salman Eliyahu 17 - Munir Eliyahu 18 - Ishaq Khabbaz Badawi 19 - Meir Shaul 20 - Shaul Meir Shaul 21 - Menashe Shaul Badawiya 22 - Yaqub Yusuf 23 - Yusuf Zare' 24 - Salih Siso 25 - Sassoon Shiloho Ishaq 26 - Ibrahim Nasra 27 - Dawud Ezra 28 - Salim Ishaq 29 - Eliyahu Salman 30 - ⟦Levi⟧ 31 - ⟦...⟧ 32 - Naji Salim Kababi 33 - Khalaf Nama 34 - Yusuf Shaul 35 - Yusuf Shaul 36 - Menashe Shiloho Azar 37 - Naji Ibrahim Ezra
Al-Qattan Quarter Haroun Kabi, Hussein, and Ghaiba Quarter 1- Hazqeel Batat 2- Yusuf Batat 3- Yaqub Hazqeel Batat 4- Naji Khosh Mukhtar 5- Abdullah Ezra Moallem 6- Sahyoun Bayda 7- Yusuf Eliyahu Qazzaz 8- Hashqi Haddad 9- Ezra Hashqi Haddad 10- Hazqi Shaluhi 11- Sassoon Hakham Samaan Hazqi 12- Salim Cohen 13- Eliya Hakham Salman Hazqi Sabri 14- Salim Hazqeel Al-Sheikh Kouda 15- Yusuf Hazqeel Al-Sheikh Kouda 16- Yusuf Hazqeel Al-Sheikh Kouda 17- Ishaq Murad 18- Salman Ibrahim 19- Hazqi Ibrahim 20- Sassoon Eliyahu Sabbagh 21- ⟦illegible⟧ 39- Samaan Daoud Muslih 40- Hasqeel Daoud Muslih 41- Abboudi Malka Asher 42- Naji Hazqeel Ezra 43- Rahmin Hazqeel Ezra (the one-eyed) 44- Naim Hazqeel Ezra 45- Doctor Baruch Mordechai Sham 1- Hazqeel Yaqub Lulu 2- Saleh Hazqeel Zabli 3- Hazqeel Ezra Zabli 4- Loui Shalom 5- Ishaq Baroudia X 6- Edwar Younis Sabih 7- Yusuf Yusuf Daoud Shashu 8- Shamoun Eliya Holawi 9- Younis Ishaq Eliya Holawi 10- Eliya Hokash Eliya Holawi 11- Rabbi Saleh Yusuf 12- Rabbi Murad Hazqeel 13- Gurji Shaul Benjamin 14- Naim Hakham Murad 15- Eliyahu Hakham Murad 16- Saleh Shu'i Khalif 17- Sassoon Hashqi Haddad 18- Ibrahim Gurji Hazqeel 19- Salim Al-Yateem - Sahyoun ⟦line⟧ 20- Moshi Shu'i Lawi 21- Shu'a Rahmin 22- Hazqeel Shalom 23- Yusuf Shalom 24- Haroun Hazqeel X 25- Sassoon Hazqeel 26- Salim Saleh 27- Hazqeel Abbas 28- Eliyahu Hayyim Hazqeel Lawi 29- Eliyahu Rubin 30- Barouda Daoud Cohen 31- Yusuf Daoud Cohen 32- Hazqeel Sassoon 33- Hazqeel Shaul 34- Doctor Naji Hasanat 35- Rubin Abboudi Hasanat 36- Haroun Saleh Jabaya 37- Salim Daoud Shalo 38- Naji Daoud Shalo 39- Yusuf Hayyim Ibrahim Khalif 40- Saleh Sahyoun Elias Saneh
With my wishes to you for success and prosperity Head of the Community For study 17 / 2 / 947 Their Eminences the Rabbis Daoud Shaoul Yehoshua Moshe Hezekiel Yosef Eliyahu Rabi After greetings and respect In view of what I know of your zeal for the public interest, I have assigned your selection to supervise the following points:- 1 - Monitoring the committees that meet once a week in the Meir Eliyahu Synagogue to examine the knives of the slaughterers (Shochatim) 2 - Ensuring that the Rabbis are examining the Shochatim's knives in their shops every Friday according to the observed instructions. 3 - Ensuring whether their Eminences the Rabbis are monitoring the Kosher meat in the markets according to the observed instructions. Please accept my respect, with my wishes to you for success and prosperity Alwan Head of the Community For filing ⟦illegible⟧
Copy for the Department 247/2/ ⟦illegible⟧ To His Eminence the Rabbis Raphael Isaac Hayyim Sassoon Ezra Isaac Yosef Eliyahu Rabi After greetings and respect In view of what I know of your zeal for the public interest, I have appointed you to undertake the supervision of the slaughtering (Mazarih), (Tefillot), and (Mezuzot). I request you to kindly undertake this task, wishing you success and prosperity. Please accept my respects Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
8541 14 December 945 The Honorable Mr. Gurji Yaqub Matloub, Respectfully Member of the Esteemed Lay Council After greetings and respect, I have invited the Esteemed General Council to meet in an extraordinary session at five <del>thirty</del> ⟦line⟧ 5:30 in the evening on Sunday, December 28, according to the attached agenda herewith, to consider the general budget submitted by the Esteemed Lay Council. Based on what was stated in Article 16 of the Community Regulation No. 36 of the year 931, I request your presence at the appointed time for the meeting. Sincerely, Alwan Head of the Community Attachments: Agenda of the General Council meeting ⟦illegible⟧ 47/48 His Eminence the Rabbi Sydney ⟦illegible⟧ S Kh / LM 14/12
Jewish Lay Council JEWISH LAY COUNCIL in Baghdad BAGHDAD Telephone No. 531 TELEPHONE NO. 531 ⟦line⟧ Number :: 2616 Date :: 18 / 11 / 946 Subject Summary :: The Honorable Mr. Abdullah Ayoun Sheena, Respected After greetings and respect, I have the honor to inform you that the Lay Council has decided in its session held on November 11, 1946, in view of what it recognizes in your person ⟦of⟧ sacrifice for the sake of the community's interest and the collective good, to choose you to fill the vacant membership in the Lay Council as a result of Mr. Sassoon Murad Sassoon's travel outside the capital. I hope to take this opportunity to congratulate you on this responsibility, wishing you success and prosperity. Copy to His Excellency the President of the Jewish General Council, Respected, for kind information. Sincerely, ⟦signature⟧ President To be filed The Answer
Rabbi <del>Sassoon Khedouri</del> President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: March 9, 1945 To the Honorable and Distinguished Member of the General Council After greetings and respect: 1 - Due to the passing of the late His Eminence Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe, the Chief Rabbi, I invite you to kindly attend at the Community Administration at six o'clock PM on the afternoon of Sunday, March 18, 1945, to hold an extraordinary meeting to elect a Chief Rabbi in accordance with Article 11 of the Community Law. 2 - I have received a petition signed by twenty members of the General Council requesting the convening of the Council in an extraordinary session according to Article 13 of the Bylaws to consider the following matters: 1 - Establishing a society to assist poor girls with marriage. 2 - Merging the Hebra Kadisha Society with the Jewish Cemeteries Society or unifying the efforts of both societies and organizing burial matters. 3 - Forming a committee to supervise the synagogues and their contents and to hold those responsible for them accountable. 4 - Preaching and guidance in synagogues and other communal institutions. 5 - Forming a committee to supervise the community's real estate and endowments, and their renovation and investment. 6 - Introducing necessary reforms to the religious courts. 7 - Appointing a permanent advisory committee for the Community Presidency. 8 - Considering the report of the lawyer, Mr. Yosef Al-Kabir. Therefore, I have decided to add these matters to the agenda for consideration in the same meeting as follows: Agenda 1 - Reading the minutes of the previous meeting. 2 - Electing a Chief Rabbi and filling the membership of the Spiritual Council. 3 - Considering the items of the petition in sequence. Please accept my highest respect. To be filed ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ President of the Community
5/⟦illegible⟧/1947 His Eminence Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi, Respectfully After greetings, I have the honor to inform Your Eminence that you have filled the vacant membership of the General Council as a result of the death of the late His Eminence Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim, in accordance with Article Fifteen of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of the year 1931. I would like to take this opportunity to express to you my sincere wishes for your success and prosperity. Sincerely, President of the Community For filing ⟦illegible⟧
202 15/5/1947 Interpretation of an Article To His Excellency Mr. Sayyid Yusuf al-Kabir, the Respected Lawyer Greetings and Respect, The third paragraph of Article 15 of the Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931 concerning the Jewish Spiritual Court of Cassation, as amended by Article 1 of the Jewish Community Law Amendment Law No. (39) of 1945, states that "... in the absence of the President, the aforementioned Council shall be chaired by the eldest member, and the quorum of the Council shall be completed in the manner set forth in paragraph (4) of this Article." We kindly request you to inform us if the ruling of this Article also applies in the event of a vacancy in the presidency of the aforementioned Council due to death or resignation, given the lack of legal clarity in this regard covering these two cases on one hand, and the impossibility of suspending the work of the Jewish Spiritual Court of Cassation in those two cases until the vacancy is filled on the other hand. Hoping that we have not burdened you with this petition, please accept our highest thanks and respect. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community To be filed End
The Lawyer Yousif Elkabir J. S. ELKABIR ADVOCATE TELEPHONE 6059 Mustansir Street, Baghdad 18 May 1947 Baghdad, His Eminence, the respected President of the Jewish Community Greetings and respect, With reference to your letter numbered 203 and dated 15 / 5 / 1947. I believe that the law intended in the mentioned paragraph to speak about the case of occupying the position by its holder and his absence for an incidental reason only. It is not correct, in my opinion, to expand the meaning to the case of death or resignation, firstly because that deviates significantly from the linguistic meaning, and secondly because that interpretation, if we accept it, could allow the vacancy to remain for an indefinite period, which is something the law does not intend. Accordingly, I think it is more likely to limit the paragraph to the case of absence and consider it inapplicable in the case of a vacancy. With highest respect; ⟦signature⟧ Basra ⟦illegible⟧
208 5/8/1947 Interpretation of an Article ⟦line⟧ The Honorable Ministry of Justice After greetings, The third paragraph of Article 15 of the Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931, concerning the Jewish Spiritual Court of Cassation and amended by Article 1 of the Jewish Community Law Amendment Law No. (39) of 1945, states that "... in the absence of the President, the aforementioned Council shall be chaired by the eldest member, and the quorum of the Council shall be completed in the manner set forth in paragraph (4) of this Article." We kindly request you to inform us whether the provision of the article also applies in the event of a vacancy in the presidency of the said Council due to death or resignation, given the lack of legal clarity in this regard covering these two cases on one hand, and the impossibility of disrupting the work of the Jewish Spiritual Court of Cassation in those two cases ⟦until⟧ the vacancy is filled on the other hand. Please accept our respects. ⟦illegible⟧ 5/1 Archive Elections Sassoon Head of the Community
Iraqi Government Ministry of Justice Legal Codification Department Number: 4/2/1941 Date: 25/5/1947 Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community In response to your letter No. 208 dated 18/5/1947. In the absence of the President, the eldest member shall preside over the Court of Cassation, and the quorum of the Council shall be completed in the manner set forth in paragraph four of Article (15) of the Jewish Community Law No. 77/931, by completing the Council from among the additional members, and this case also includes death and resignation. Minister of Justice Presidency of the Jewish Community Number 1100 Date 27/5/47 Correct Elections Jamal
226 1947/5/26 The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad After greetings, We transmit to you below a copy of the honorable Ministry of Justice's letter No. 4/1/191 dated 5/25/1947 for your kind action accordingly. ⟦signature⟧ Sassoon Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter Head of the Israeli Community In response to your letter dated 5/18/1947 and numbered 208 In the absence of the President, the oldest member shall preside over the Court of Cassation, and the quorum of the Council shall be completed in the manner set forth in paragraph four of Article (15) of the Law of the Israeli Community No. 77 / 931, by completing the Council from among the additional members, and this case includes death and resignation as well. Minister of Justice
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Date: July 16, 1947 To the Honorable Member of the General Council After greetings and respect, Please be so kind as to attend at the (new) headquarters of the Community Presidency at six-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, July 28, 1947, to hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the following items: 1- Reading the minutes of the previous meeting. 2- Election of the Chief Rabbi in accordance with Article 11 of the Community Law and filling the membership of the Spiritual Council due to the death of the late lamented His Eminence Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim, the former Chief Rabbi. 3- Ratification of the estimated budget for the community institutions for the fiscal year 1947-948. 4- Ratification of the report of the Audit Committee for the accounts of the Lay Council for the six months ending March 31, 1946 (Page 24 of the budget book). 5- Ratification of the amounts spent in excess of the allocation (Page 25 of the budget book). 6- Selection of three auditors to audit the accounts of the Lay Council for the fiscal year 1946-947 in accordance with Article 17 of the Community Regulations. 7- Authorizing the Lay Council to form a subcommittee to supervise the synagogues and their contents and to hold those responsible for them accountable in accordance with Article 25 of the Community Regulations. 8- Authorizing the Lay Council to form a subcommittee to supervise the community's real estate, its endowments, their reconstruction, and their exploitation in accordance with Article 25 of the Community Regulations. President of the Community Attachments Budget book for the year 1947-948 To be filed ⟦I Bat⟧
Rabbi ⟦Sassoon Khedouri⟧ President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Date: July 16, 1947 To the Honorable Member of the General Council After greetings and respect Please be so kind as to attend at the headquarters of the Community Presidency (the new one) at six-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, July 28, 947, to hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the following items: 1- Reading the minutes of the previous meeting. 2- Electing the Chief Rabbi in accordance with Article 11 of the Community Law and filling the membership of the Spiritual Council due to the death of the late lamented His Eminence Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim, the former Chief Rabbi. 3- Ratifying the estimated budget for the community institutions for the fiscal year 947-948. 4- Ratifying the report of the auditing committee for the accounts of the Lay Council for the six months ending March 31, 946 (page 24 of the budget book). 5- Ratifying the amounts spent in excess of the allocation (page 25 of the budget book). 6- Selecting three auditors to audit the accounts of the Lay Council for the fiscal year 46-947 in accordance with Article 17 of the Community Regulations. 7- Authorizing the Lay Council to form a subcommittee to supervise the synagogues and their contents and to hold those responsible for them accountable in accordance with Article 25 of the Community Regulations. 8- Authorizing the Lay Council to form a subcommittee to supervise the community's real estate and its endowments, and their reconstruction and utilization in accordance with Article 25 of the Community Regulations. President of the Community Attachments Budget book for the year 47-948 For filing ⟦I am with⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, July 29, 1947 To the Honorable 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 Monday, July 28, 1947, I invite you to kindly attend the headquarters of the Community Presidency at six-thirty in the evening on Monday, August 4, 1947, to hold the meeting again in accordance with Article 14 of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of 1931. Please accept my respect. President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Election of a Chief Rabbi ⟦line⟧ In view of the passing of the late, of blessed memory, His Eminence Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Baghdad, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Community, called the General Council for an immediate extraordinary meeting to elect a new president to succeed the late noble rabbi in the Chief Rabbinate. Last Monday evening, thirty-three members of the mentioned council met at the headquarters of the community leadership under the chairmanship of His Eminence the President of the Community. His Eminence opened the meeting expressing grief over the death of the late Chief Rabbi, and after eulogizing him with touching words, he asked the council members to stand for one minute of silence. Then the election took place by secret ballot and the votes were counted under the supervision of a committee of attendees. The result was that His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoqi Abboudi, member of the Spiritual Council, won by a majority of votes. Thus, His Eminence became Chief Rabbi and President of the Spiritual Council. With his election to the presidency, his membership in the Spiritual Council became vacant, so the Council elected in the same meeting His Eminence Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim to fill the vacant seat. ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: Number: 264 Date: 8/5/1947 Day ⟦illegible⟧ Year ⟦illegible⟧ Time ⟦illegible⟧ Daytime ⟦illegible⟧ Signature ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Faraa Al-Gharraa Newspaper Greetings, I request you to publish the above news in your newspaper, and I thank you. ⟦illegible signature⟧ President of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: 1874 Date: 10 ⟦June⟧ 1937 To the beloved Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, may he be enlightened, Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, After [greetings to] your honor, Your letter number 6 dated 5/8/1937 has reached us. After your letter dated 5 August 1937 regarding the matter of the paper of that Mordechai Ezra HaLevi. We presented that to the Community Committee in its session on Sunday. And as your honor is informed, And after your letter dated 5 August, in which there is [mention of] the payment for that Ezra HaLevi, and after it being so, your honor, that it should not exceed that, after it was upon the Community Committee regarding the payment of that. And as it is informed to your honor that you are obliged to reply (4) in the month (15) in the matter of the payment for Ezra. And if your beloved is informed of that, that the letter is with the informed. Nissim Salman Meir Basri Head of the Jewish Community Presidency of the Israelite Community Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ The letter is in the name of the Jewish Community and the Committee
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: 1871 Date: September 24, 1947 Special to Hakham Sassoon Kadoorie, Shalom Head of our Jewish community in Baghdad His Honor To all the Torah study halls and synagogues for the coming Yom Kippur, for good and for blessing The simple custom from the ancients. And for each Torah study hall there is a sum (15) on account of the services of the Yeshiva until the end of this month of Elul of this year. And we hereby turn to - Participant Isaac Sassoon Yehezkel and partner " " Joseph Abraham Cohen Ezra " " Levi Sassoon Sofer According to them, as per our instruction to the Community Center to pay all the aforementioned study halls the aforementioned sums which shall be a gift Presidency of the Israeli Community Baghdad Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date 27 / 9 / 47 Speech of Ezra Sassoon Dangoor Head of the Council Copy sent to the Community Center Sent to Ezra to the Synagogue
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, August 6, 1947 For filing ⟦Elections⟧ Honorable Member of the General Council After greetings, I kindly request your presence at the headquarters of the Community Presidency at six-thirty in the evening on Monday, August 11, 1947, to continue the adjourned meeting of the General Council and to review the remaining agenda items from the meeting of August 4, 1947. Please accept my respects. President of the Community For filing ⟦End⟧