Page 701
Baghdad
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance
122
Number: 938/19
Date: 19/2/38
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
It has become necessary to review the judgment issued by you regarding the divorce of
Meir Shaul Tweig from his wife named Salha daughter of Menashe, and therefore we request
sending a copy of the aforementioned judgment provided it reaches us before the day appointed
for the trial, coinciding with March 7, 1938.
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The Judge
The Court
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number ⟦Incoming⟧ 7778
Date 22 / 2 / 38
Page 702
4779
22 February 1938
His Eminence, the President of the Israelite Religious Court, the Respected
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance No. 623 dated
19 / 2 / 1938 regarding the divorce of Meir Shaul Tweig from his wife named Salha daughter of Menashi
for the necessary action;
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance | Number 623
Date 19 / 2 / 1938
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
It has become necessary to review the judgment issued by you regarding the divorce of Meir Shaul Tweig
from his wife called Salha daughter of Menashi, and therefore we request a copy of the aforementioned judgment be sent
provided it reaches us before the day appointed for the trial, falling on 7 March 1938;
The Judge
True Copy
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To the Honorable Hakham Bashi of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We inform you that we have recorded in our registers under number ⟦...⟧ and date ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
In the name of ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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⟦line⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
To the Court of Personal Status for Jews in Baghdad
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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Page 703
The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5698
No.:
Date: 29 Elul 5698
Before us, the honorable Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Committee
and the gentlemen Abraham Eliezer and Joseph S. Khedouri
In the Name of God, Blessed be He
We, the undersigned, on the 22nd day of Elul in the year 5698 (5698) according to the count we use
here in Baghdad, situated on the Tigris River, witness how Mr. Abraham son of the late Joseph Cohen, known as (Samia),
and Mrs. Rachel daughter of the late Eliyahu Sassoon came before us and desired of their own free and complete will, with a whole heart and a willing soul, without any duress, etc., etc.
that everything they have in their home, including vessels, clothing, gold, silver, and every precious or common thing, belongs to them in partnership, half and half,
and they shall not hinder or prevent each other in life or in death, and each of them gives as an absolute gift to the other,
and they shall be entitled to live in their home all the days of their lives, and after the passing of both of them, the estate shall be divided into two equal parts:
Part A to the heirs of the aforementioned Mr. Abraham, and Part B to the heirs of the aforementioned Mrs. Rachel, and neither of them shall have a claim against the other
at all; and they accepted upon themselves all the aforementioned with a whole heart and a willing soul, in a valid and complete manner, and we performed a formal acquisition from the parties
aforementioned regarding all the above, with the cancellation of all notifications, etc., and the disqualification of their witnesses, etc., and in an effective manner, etc., and it is established.
Abraham Joseph Cohen, Rachel daughter of Eliyahu Sassoon, Hakham Eliyahu ⟦illegible⟧, ⟦illegible⟧
Hakham Sassoon Khedouri
Abraham Eliezer
Joseph S. Khedouri
1
Presidency of the Jewish Community
2991
1938/9/2
Page 704
Copy of a decision issued by the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
On 26 Sivan 5687
Meir Shaul Tweig appeared before us and claimed that his wife Salha, daughter of Menashi Yosef
Yaqub Nahum, is cohabiting with a non-Jewish man named Mustafa al-Darzi Kirkukli
who has rented a courtyard for her, and at all times he comes and goes to her and sleeps at her place at night
and he saw him with his own eyes sleeping with her. We asked the aforementioned Salha if her husband's claim was true, and she answered
it is true that the mentioned person rented a house for her and comes and goes to her and sleeps with her
but it was out of the distress she was in, as she was left with ⟦illegible⟧ and had no rent for a courtyard
at her disposal. We asked the aforementioned Meir: Did you see with your own eyes the mentioned person sleeping on top of her? And he answered that with his own eyes
he saw the mentioned person sleeping on top of her. And on the date of 3 Tammuz 5687, both parties appeared
and they divorced and were notified that it is not permissible for them to return and take each other back because she has become legally forbidden to him
according to their statements;
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True copy
4 March 938
Page 705
479
4 March 938
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 632 dated 19 / 2 / 938
We enclose herewith a copy of the judgment issued by the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad dated
26 Sivan 5687 (Hebrew) transcribed from the record book as submitted to us by the ⟦line⟧
aforementioned court;
⟦For him⟧
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community
Page 706
Baghdad
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance
Number: 92
Date: 8 / 1 / 1938
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We are sending you a copy of the report submitted by the Mukhtar of the Qanbar Ali neighborhood
Requesting your opinion regarding it.
⟦illegible⟧
The Judge
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 7446
Date 8 / 1 / 1938
Y. A.
Page 707
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status, the Respected
Previously, Victoria daughter of Heskel Hayyim passed away and left her young full brothers, who are Haroun
Akram, Fuad Salim, Daoud Maurice, Subhi Jamil Shaul, and Menashi Shafiq, the sons of Heskel Hayyim
without a guardian or a Mukhtar. Since it is of the utmost importance to protect the rights of the minors and preserve them until they reach
the age of majority, and since the mother of the minors, Aziza daughter of Isaac, is a just, upright, and capable woman
to fulfill this guardianship, for that purpose of granting the guardianship decree, we have organized this notification and report.
Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali neighborhood
(Seal and Stamp)
10/1/38
Abdul Razzaq
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Page 708
⟦2718⟧
13 January 938
His Eminence, the President of the Honorable Israelite Religious Court
We attach herewith the petition submitted to us by the Presidency of the Court of First Instance of Rights in its letter
No. 92 dated 8 January 938, filed by the Mukhtar of the Qanbar Ali neighborhood
concerning the appointment of a guardian for the brothers of the deceased Victoria daughter of Heskel, for your opinion
thereon and to be returned to us with the reply.
⟦LW⟧
Head of the Community
Page 709
862 Rabi' al-Thani year 64
According to the deed numbered 417 on 17 February 964 issued by this court
It has been proven to this court the death of the late ⟦Ezra⟧ son of Daoud ⟦Ezra⟧ in Baghdad in the ⟦Torah⟧ neighborhood
And according to the Sharia distribution issued by this court under number 862 on 14 Rabi' al-Thani year 64 and on 23 November year 964
His inheritance was limited to his wife ⟦named⟧ ⟦Farha⟧ daughter of ⟦Ezra⟧ and his daughter ⟦named⟧ ⟦Lulu⟧ and his granddaughter ⟦named⟧ ⟦Farha⟧
⟦None others⟧ ⟦among those⟧ who are entitled to his inheritance legally
Judge of the Sharia Court
⟦Paid⟧
Page 710
4822
11 April 938
Presidency of the Court of First Instance of Rights
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 92 dated 18 / 1 / 938
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has appointed the named Kamal son of Heskel
as a guardian over his minor brothers Haron Akram, Fouad Salim, Daoud Maurice, Subhi
Jamil Shaul, and Munshi Shafiq;
⟦if⟧
on behalf of
Head of the Community
Page 711
Baghdad
Civil Court of Rights
3 Sh
3/38
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We are sending you a copy of the report received by us from the Mukhtar of Qanbar
Ali neighborhood, requesting your observations regarding it.
⟦illegible signature⟧
The Judge
The Court
7408
7/28/937
Page 712
From the residents of our neighborhood, Qanbar Ali, the person named Rahmin Nahum Saleh is a chaste and upright man
in status and behavior, and he has a sister named Toba bint Nahum Saleh who is mentally incapacitated and has no money or property except
a monthly alimony of 750 fils from her husband named Yusuf. Since the aforementioned Rahmin is capable of performing this
duty of guardianship because she is in need of a guardian to manage her affairs, there is no objection to appointing him as a guardian, and for
your information, we have submitted this statement.
Mukhtar
(Stamp with postage)
3/22/1938
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