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.
Baghdad August 6, 1947 Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad The Honorable Member of the General Council After greetings, I request you to kindly attend 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 agenda items remaining from the meeting of August 4, 1947. Please accept my respects. President of the Community
1/8/247 For notification Head of the Community His Eminence Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim, the respected After greetings With the election of His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi to the Presidency of the Rabbis, his membership in the Spiritual Council has become vacant, and therefore the esteemed General Council, in its meeting held on Monday evening corresponding to August 4, 1947, has elected you by majority to fill the vacant membership. I congratulate you on this occasion and for the precious trust placed by the Council in your honorable person, and I wish you continued success and well-being. Copy to Presidency of the esteemed Spiritual Council Presidency of the esteemed Lay Council Sincerely yours ⟦signature⟧ Sassoon Head of the Community
For preservation Elections 27 8 / 8 / 947 His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Mond, the Respected After greetings and respect, It gives me great pleasure to announce to your Eminence that the esteemed General Council, in its meeting held on August 4, 1947, has placed its trust in your Eminence's person and elected you as Chief Rabbi for the next four years. I congratulate you from the heart on this precious trust and wish your Eminence continued success. Please accept my highest respect. Salwa Head of the Community Copy to the esteemed Spiritual Council The esteemed Physical Council
Document of the Elected Central Inspection Committee Third Date ⟦illegible⟧ Upon classifying the voters' opinions in the electoral division of the Zawiya neighborhood it appeared that Mr. Ishaq Shaoul has achieved the majority of votes and thus became elected for the aforementioned division of the third district in accordance with the second paragraph of Article (32) of the Deputies Election Law No. (11) of 1946, and this document has included this and was given into his hand. Member ⟦signature⟧ Member ⟦signature⟧ Member ⟦signature⟧ Member ⟦signature⟧ Member ⟦signature⟧ Chairman of the Election Committee
220 8/7/947 The Honorable Mr. Gurji Yaqub Shallouch, Respected Member of the Esteemed Lay Council After greetings and respect, I have invited the esteemed General Council to an extraordinary meeting at six-thirty on the evening of Monday, July 28, 1947, in accordance with the attached agenda to consider the general budget submitted by the esteemed Lay Council. Based on what was stated in Article 16 of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of the year 1931. I request your attendance at the appointed time for the meeting. Sincerely. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community Attachments ⟦line⟧ General Council Meeting Agenda Budget book for the year 47 / 948
330 1/8/1947 The Honorable Mr. Koji Yaqub Shlemon, Member of the Esteemed Community Council After greetings and respect, Further to my letter No. 330 dated 18/7/1947. Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting of July 28, 1947, I have called the Council to convene again on Monday, August 4, 1947. I hope for your attendance at the appointed time for the meeting. Best regards. ⟦signature⟧ 8/1 Attachments Invitation card ⟦stamp⟧ On behalf of Head of the Community
For the file Gurji Council For the file ⟦222⟧ 8/7/1947 The Honorable Mr. Gurji Yaqub Maslawan, Respected Member of the Venerable Lay Council After greetings and respect, Further to my letter No. 330 dated 8/1/1947. I kindly request your presence at the Community Presidency headquarters at six thirty in the evening on Monday, August 11, 1947, to continue the adjourned meeting of the General Council to approve the budgets for the year 47 / 1948. Please accept my highest respects. Attachments Invitation card ⟦Sassoon⟧ Head of the Community
For preservation Elections 273 11 / 8 / 947 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad After greetings In view of the election of His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi as President of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, the Spiritual Council met on 5 / 8 / 947 to elect the members of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad in accordance with the first paragraph of Article (15) of the Community Law, and elected by secret ballot each of His Eminence Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Hezekiel as President, and Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabih and Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim as members of the aforementioned court. We hope to inform you of this And remain in peace ⟦Salman Hoki Aboudi⟧ Head of the Community
295 25 / 8 / 947 Gentlemen, the honorable and respected Daoud Shaul Tweig Daoud Yusuf Hakham Saleh Sasson Zion Swaier After greetings and respect, I am pleased to inform you that the esteemed General Council has elected you as a committee to audit the accounts of the Lay Council for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 1947, in its extraordinary meeting held on August 11, 1947. I ask you to kindly audit the aforementioned accounts to submit the report that you will prepare in your respected time to the esteemed General Council. Please accept respect. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community Copy to - His Excellency the President of the Lay Council The Accountant - for information ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Please accept with ⟦acceptance⟧ Number 575 On 18 / 7 / 36 Council of the Jewish Community in Iraq Baghdad Value of aid Entitlement and collection of salaries from the properties of the Jewish Community in Iraq In the past month (May) for the year 1936 and until the 17th of it, coinciding with the night of the last Passover until 17 June 1936, it reached 508/736 Dinars, and according to the receipts numbered from (51) and above until 17 And from this total, the salaries, monthly payments, and aid for the poor were paid to the beneficiaries provided that the properties of the Jewish Community in Iraq have settled their fees, monthly payments, and aid to the beneficiaries ⟦Signature⟧ Accountant of the Jewish Community
3 August 947 Number 40 The Honorable Mr. Sion Hakham Ezra Dangoor, Respected After greetings, I have the honor to inform you that you have filled the vacant membership of the General Council on the occasion of the death of the late Mr. Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim, in accordance with Article Fifteen of the Jewish Community Bylaws No. 36 of 1931. I hope to take this opportunity to express to you my sincere wishes for your success and prosperity; Sincerely, ⟦Sassoon Khedhouri⟧ Head of the Community ⟦Elections⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, August 28, 1947 To the Honorable Notable, Member of the General Council After greetings and respect, On the occasion of the issuance of the Law for the Organization of Religious Courts for the Christian and Mosaic Communities No. (32) for the year 1947, I request you to kindly attend at the headquarters of the community presidency at six o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, 9/2/1947, to hold an extraordinary meeting for the purpose of preparing lists of nominations for members of the religious courts as stated in the second paragraph of Article Six of this law. Please accept my respect. Head of the Community
28 September 947 Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, 15 August 943 To the honorable notable, member of the esteemed General Council After greetings and respect The term of the current Lay Council ends on 16 August 1943, therefore I invite you to attend at the community administration at six-thirty PM on the evening of Thursday the 19th of it to hold an extraordinary meeting and elect a president and a new Lay Council Please accept my respect. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community 10 September 945 ⟦For the Council⟧ ⟦Private⟧ ⟦First Publication⟧ ⟦Verbal⟧ 10 September 945
ABRAHAM HAIM & SON LTD. SFAFIR 69/10 - BAGHDAD TEL. ADDRESS: ABHAIM TELEPHONE NO. 6792 Abraham Haim & Son Company Limited Al-Safafir 69/10 - Baghdad Telephone No. 6792 21 / 9 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected Greetings and respect, I thank Your Eminence for the words of condolence you offered in our painful affliction and for your eloquent words recorded in your letter No. 428. Your sorrow and the sorrow of the esteemed General Council for the memory of our deceased had a great impact on all our hearts, which made it necessary for me to express here my thanks and the thanks of my family members to Your Eminence and to all the members of the esteemed General Council, praying to the Almighty to keep all evil away from you and to preserve you all as an asset to our community. Please accept my highest respect. Sincerely, ⟦signature⟧ To be filed ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad Private Number: 238 Date: 22 / 9 / 947 Confirmations ⟦signature⟧
9 / 9 / 947 To the honorable and virtuous notable Mr. Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq, respected After greetings and respect, The obituary of your late son, Gurji, had a painful echo repeated by the tongues of all members of the General Council, given the late man's commendable character and sound opinions which were appreciated by everyone. I took the opportunity of the General Council meeting on 9 / 9 / 947, and in the first session held after the arrival of the noble deceased's obituary, a religious prayer was recited, a copy of which is attached herewith, and the session was adjourned for two minutes in mourning for the noble deceased. On this occasion, please accept my sincere condolences to your noble person, asking the Almighty to grant the deceased a place in His spacious paradise and to grant you abundant reward. Please accept the assurances of my highest respect. Sincerely, ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community Elections Elections
Rabbi Salman Hoki ⟦Rabbi Sassoon⟧ ⟦Khedouri⟧ ⟦11 August 1947⟧ ⟦⟦illegible⟧⟧
I suggest authorizing a committee composed of His Eminence the Head of the Community, the Lay Council, and the gentlemen lawyers Ibrahim Khadhuri, Salman Shina, Salim Ishaq, and Abboudi Mahni for the purpose of electing the presidents, members, and reserve members for the religious courts in an unofficial manner, while tasking a body composed of His Eminence the Head of the Community Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, His Excellency the President of the Lay Council Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Loya, Mr. Ibrahim Khadhuri the lawyer, and Mr. Salman Shina the lawyer for the purpose of notifying the Head of the Community of the distribution of positions to the persons who will be appointed by the aforementioned committee. Lawyer Anwar Turki Attestation 12 / 10 / 47 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
It is proposed to suffice with the discussion and voting on the nomination of the Eminence Rabbis mentioned below for the purpose of submitting their names to the esteemed Ministry of Justice, and they are: Members of the current Spiritual Council 1 - Rabbi Eliya Yehoshua 2 - " Daoud Shaoul Shamash 3 - " Daoud Ezra Musafi 4 - " Sassoon Ezra Ishaq 5 - " Salman Hoki Abboudi 6 - " Moshe Abraham 7 - " Yusuf Eliyahu Rabie 8 - " Yehoshua Moshe Habqeel And additional rabbis from outside the Spiritual Council 1 - Rabbi Ishaq Eliyahu 2 - Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hayyim Elections 12 / 10 / ⟦illegible⟧ President ⟦illegible⟧ Daoud ⟦illegible⟧
8/8/1947 His Excellency the Respected Minister of Justice After greetings and respect Due to the death of the late lamented His Eminence Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim, the Chief Rabbi, I invited the General Council to convene in an extraordinary session at the headquarters of the community leadership at six and a half o'clock in the evening on Monday, July 28, 1947, to elect a Chief Rabbi for the next four years. In view of the lack of a legal quorum at this meeting, I invited the Council to convene a second time in accordance with Article 14 of the Community Bylaws at six-thirty in the evening on Monday, August 4, 1947. Thirty-two members attended the meeting at the appointed time, excluding the President. The election was held by secret ballot under the supervision of a committee of Council members consisting of His Eminence Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Haskel, Mr. Israel Nissim Hayyi, and Mr. Salman Shina, the lawyer. The result was that His Eminence Rabbi Salman Khouki Abboudi, member of the Spiritual Council, won a majority of seventeen votes, thus becoming the Chief Rabbi. Upon his election to the presidency, his membership in the Spiritual Council became vacant, so the General Council elected His Eminence Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim in the same meeting to fill the vacant membership by a majority of 29 votes. Please accept my respects ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community Election Supervision Committee ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi ⟦Sassoon Khedouri⟧ Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, October 14, 1947 To the Honorable Notable Member of the General Council After greetings and respect The term of the current Lay Council ended on September 10, 1947, therefore I invite you to kindly attend at the headquarters of the Community Presidency at five o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, October 21, 1947, to hold an extraordinary meeting for the purpose of electing a President and a new Lay Council. Please accept my respects ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community For filing Elections file ⟦10/21⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, October 22, 1947 To the Honorable Notable Member of the General Council After greetings and respect Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting I invited you to hold on Tuesday evening corresponding to October 21, 1947, I invite you to kindly attend the community headquarters at five o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday, October 30, 1947, to hold the meeting again in accordance with Article 14 of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of 1931 Please accept my respects President of the Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad, October 22, 1947 To the Honorable Distinguished Member of the General Council After greetings and respect, Due to the lack of a legal quorum at the meeting I invited you to hold on Tuesday evening, corresponding to October 21, 1947, I invite you to kindly attend the community headquarters at five o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday, October 30, 1947, to hold the meeting a second time in accordance with Article 14 of the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of 1931. Please accept my respects. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad: Number: - Date: - Newspaper: Al-Gharra After greetings, I request the publication of the following news in the local section of the first issue of your esteemed newspaper and to you ⟦thanks/regards⟧ . The Secretary Election of the Jewish Lay Council The Jewish General Council held an extraordinary session at five o'clock on the evening of Thursday, October 30, 1947, at the headquarters of the Jewish Community administration, presided over by His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, to elect the Lay Council. The result of the election was that Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq became President, and Messrs. Sassoon Abboudi Beshi - Zion Shohet Jahir - Abdullah Zion Shahna - Ezra Shaul Loyal - Gurji Salwa Satloon - Moshe Daoud Shohet - Meir Shaul Basri and Haron Shamoon Shmail became members of the new Lay Council. ⟦line⟧ 4
11 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1947 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad After greetings, We submit herewith a copy of the minutes of the General Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, held in an extraordinary session on 10/30/1947, in which the election of a president and a lay council for the next two years took place. Respectfully. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community To be filed Elections
Elections 11/⟦illegible⟧/1947 Ottoman Bank - Baghdad After greetings On the occasion of the election of the new Lay Council, the Council decided to inform you to rely, in drawing checks and current financial transactions between the Council and your bank, on any two signatures of the signatures of the Council President Mr. Eliahou Hayim Tawfiq and its Vice President Mr. Meir Shaul Basri and Council member Mr. Sassoon Aboudi Bashi. You will find below a specimen of the signature of Mr. Meir Shaul Basri and Mr. Sassoon Aboudi Bashi, and you have a specimen of the signature of Mr. Eliahou Hayim Tawfiq. President of the Community Specimen of the signature of ⟦line⟧ Specimen of the signature of Mr. Meir Shaul Basri ⟦line⟧ Mr. Sassoon Aboudi Bashi