Voices from the Archive

IJA 3169

Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Receipts, Financial Information, Correspondence

Description

These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community include files from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Jewish burial society; receipts regarding the administration of an endowment; handwritten financial notes; and a letter from a lawyer regarding community financial affairs. This also includes half of a page of קמיע ירושלמית שמירה ליולדת, (Ḳameʻa Yerushalmit Shrirah le-Yuledet), an amulet guard for pregnant women. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3169
Item Number: 12936
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Hebrew, Arabic
Keywords: Financial, Illustrations, Burial Society, Newspaper, Ledger, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Typed, Endowment, President of the Mosaic Community, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Annotations, Fragments, Legal, Receipts, Jewish Law, Letterhead, Income Tax, Jewish Life, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, President of the Jewish Community, Waqf, Correspondence, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 29

Lawyer
Sion Gigi
Khan al-Shabandar - 240/30
Baghdad - Al-Samawal Street
Office 83759
Residence 94468
Date 18 / 9 / 1965
The Honorable Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
I am sending to you with this letter the following files concerning the community:
1- Employees' income tax
2- Communications regarding the Al-Alwiyah Synagogue
3- Files containing the system of directing authorities and its impact on the appointment of trustees for
community endowments.
4- Meir Tweig Endowments
5- Meir Yaqub Rubin al-Sayegh Endowments
6- Law of the Administration of the Jewish Community No. 167 of 1963 and the proposed and agreed-upon
instructions with the Legal Codification Bureau.
7- Community laws, regulations, and the systems, orders, and instructions issued regarding them.
Please accept my highest respect
Sincerely,
Lawyer Sion Gigi