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1229
5 August 1930
His Eminence the Deputy President of the Spiritual Court
You will find enclosed a copy of the letter from the Court of First Instance of Rights No. 2541 dated 29 July 1930
to respond to its content ⟦line⟧
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Acting Hakham Bashi
Baghdad
CHIEF RABBINATE
BAGHDAD
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To the Hakham Bashi of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Based on the request of Heskel Eliyahu Saltoon regarding the payment of what he spent on the preparation, shrouding, and charities
for his deceased son Meir Heskel Saltoon, amounting to (1119) rupees and fifteen annas, including the expenses
of the year following the death, it was necessary to ask your department whether the mentioned expenses are appropriate for the
social status of the deceased's family and reasonable, and whether it conforms to the Israeli law or not. Please inform us of that
in detail as quickly as possible.
Judge of Personal Status Matters for the
Mosaic Community in Baghdad
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N. M.
My soul
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The dear Mirza ⟦illegible⟧ D. Habib Salman
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Dear ⟦illegible⟧
M.Y. Aboudi
A.
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Secret
1621/ Division A / 5
Basra Province Police Directorate - Operations
1621/ On February 26, 1952, to the Office of the Public Prosecution at the Court of Cassation - Baghdad
Subject - Heirs of the Kalla tribe
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Basra Province Police Directorate
Operations
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With reference to your letter No. 714 dated 5-2-952
We inform you that the heirs of the late Ezekiel bin Jacob are his son Isaac and his daughters Rita and ⟦...⟧ who
has been living in Israel since the year forty-nine (1949), and Al-Baba bin Jacob residing in Baghdad. As for ⟦...⟧
residing in the village of Shatt al-Arab, she passed away to the mercy of God Almighty in the previous days, leaving behind a soul
for cohabitation in Leva al-Jamala; they were previously in Basra. As for everyone there residing in London, nothing is known about what he said
⟦line⟧ in good health
Please accept our highest respect
For/ Director of Basra Province Police
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⟦...⟧ Rank
N. W.
1242
6 August 1930
Baghdad Civil Court of First Instance
Reference to your letter No. 2541 dated 29 July 1930
What Heskel Eliyahu Saltoon spent on the preparation, shrouding, and charities for his deceased son
Mushir, mentioned in your aforementioned letter, is appropriate for the social status of the deceased's family and is reasonable
and consistent with Israeli (Jewish) law;
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Acting Chief Rabbi
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N. M.
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
Date: 20 Adar 5680
Number: 180
Year: 5680
Honorable
The excellent Sage, the honorable Rabbi Sasson K. Kadoorie, may God protect him
May the honor of God grant him life
The undersigned below, the woman S. Habiba daughter of the honorable M. Avraham HaLevi, may God grant him life
A matter of wisdom is revealed and known to all the excellence of his Torah honor and the excellence of the honor of the Court of Justice
And those standing over the command of God upon them, may God grant them life and help them and strengthen them, may God be upon them for good, Amen
Habiba daughter of
M. Avraham
Office of the Haham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 600
Date 19/8/920
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Iraq
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The Iraqi Government
Civil Court of Rights
Baghdad
Date: 29 July 1930
General Number: 2549
Special: »
Subject:
To the Hakham Bashi of Baghdad
The court has decided to inquire from your department regarding the amount of alimony estimated for Salim
son of Yaqub, residing in the Tatran neighborhood in house number 117 / 145, for his wife
Bahla daughter of Manshi. Please inform us of this before the trial day, which falls on 10
August 1930.
Vice President
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Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 582
Date 31 / 7 / 930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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1251
11 August 1930
Alimony of Jahla daughter of Yaqub Munshi
Baghdad Civil Court of First Instance
Reference to your letter number 2546 dated 29 July 1930
The alimony estimated for Salim son of Yaqub <del>Taqim</del> for his wife Jahla daughter of Munshi <del>Nazim Allawi</del>
is fifteen rupees (15) monthly;
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Asher Abraham ASLAN
Acting
Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
Announcement of Judah
Baghdad
Baghdad
N. M.
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The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 778
Date: 9 Adar I 5714
Year: 5690
Before us, the undersigned, on Sunday, the ninth day of the month of Adar I, the year five thousand seven hundred and fourteen from Creation
stood the honorable Mr. Yosef son of the late honorable R. Ezra R. Shlomo Cohen, may God protect him
and presented before us a marriage contract (Ketubah) that he has with his wife Mrs. Farha daughter of the late honorable R. Sasson R. Avraham
HaLevi, of blessed memory, from the 28th day of the month of Sivan, the year five thousand six hundred and ninety (5690) from Creation, here in Baghdad
which was written in the handwriting of R. Yitzhak HaLevi, of blessed memory. And he presented this document before us to certify and establish it. And after
we examined the mentioned document (which is in his hand), we found that all its words are correct and there is no defect or forgery in it
and the witnesses signed upon it are R. Yitzhak son of R. Eliyahu HaLevi, of blessed memory, and R. Yitzhak son of R. Avraham HaLevi, of blessed memory
and since the mentioned witnesses are not alive now as they have already passed away, we therefore needed to recognize their signatures
and behold, two valid witnesses came before us. The first, the honorable Mr. Yosef son of the late honorable R. Sasson R. Avraham HaLevi
and the second, the honorable Mr. Avraham son of the late honorable R. Sasson R. Avraham HaLevi, and they testified before us that the signature of the witnesses
mentioned is their signature known to them with complete clarity without any doubt at all.
And upon this we have come to sign.
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Hugi Aboudi
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 925
Date 10 / 2 / 1954
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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A true copy from the original found in our hands here in the Court
The speech of the certifiers
Behold the testimony of the witnesses mentioned above before us according to law and statute
their signature we have signed and we have established the mentioned document according to law and statute and it shall have validity like all documents
made in an excellent and established Jewish court, and upon this we have come to sign here in Baghdad
Hugi Aboudi
2287
13 Jumada al-Awwal 352 and 1 September 1933
Precautionary Seizure
President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
Since it has been proven to the Israeli Religious Court of First Instance in Baghdad
that the trousseau detailed below belongs to the woman named Sabiha daughter of Eliyahu Battat
fiancée of Saleh Shaul Mukal, and since the mentioned trousseau is in the possession of the mentioned fiancé Saleh,
the Religious Court has decided to place a precautionary seizure on this trousseau.
Head of the Community
Silver Furniture
1 Chandelier | 9 Curtains
1 Bulbulah | 2 Half-curtains | 1 Carpet (Orta)
2 Sugar bowls | 2 Bedspreads for a nightstand | 1 Roof bed with a canopy
2 ⟦Talqasam⟧ | 2 Bedspreads | 2 Electric lampshades
1 Cigarette holder | 1 ⟦Shirt and boy⟧ | Only one hundred and four items
1 Flower plate | 2 Velvet pillowcases
6 Trays | 1 Qanwiz dress
2 Lamp chains | 6 Pocket handkerchiefs
3 Cups with saucers | 1 Complete set of hats
2 Cup bases with a tray | 1 Wardrobe (Cantour) with 1 glass
6 Tablespoons | 1 " " " " 2
6 Salad spoons | 2 Feather pillows
6 Tea spoons | 2 Round pillowcases
6 Dinner forks | 2 Small pillows
| 3 Pillowcases
Ordinary Furniture | 1 Embroidered pillowcase
2 Pitchers and their porcelain basins | 2 Copper basins
1 Bronze bowl | 1 Copper washbasin
7 Round pillows | 1 Dressing table
2 Platters and a basket ⟦for clothes⟧ | 2 Bronze beds
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To the Honorable Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Rifqa daughter of Abboudi claimed a request for alimony for her daughters Fawzia, Elvira,
and Salima against the defendant, their uncle Ezekiel son of Raphael Hallawi, currently residing
in Baghdad, due to the lack of ⟦...⟧ for the minors. Therefore, to establish the amount
that the aforementioned can provide as alimony for the mentioned girls without what is necessary ⟦...⟧
Judge of the Personal Status Court in Basra
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The Sharia Court
in Basra
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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD.
Number: 282
Date: 7 Tammuz
Year: 5689
To the Honorable
The distinguished and exalted gentleman Mr. Sassoon Kadoorie, known as Sassoon son of Ezekiel
May God protect him and grant him life, Amen
For the sake of God in His mercy
As it has become known to us today that Mr. ⟦so-and-so⟧ son of ⟦so-and-so⟧ has been released from the Ezekiel laboratory
We hereby grant permission to your honor to instruct the officials who hold the keys to the house
mentioned of the aforementioned Mr. ⟦so-and-so⟧ that they are exempt regarding the aforementioned released person and by handing over the keys
to the aforementioned heirs, and in this may God pay your full reward, Amen
The humble ⟦illegible⟧
Hugi Aboudi
May his end be good
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24 October 1928
To the Honorable Governor of Personal Status in Basra
Subject: Assessment of alimony for Hesqel bin Raphael
After greetings - with reference to your letter No. 1759 dated 22 September 1928
The Israeli Spiritual Court has conducted an investigation into the earnings of the aforementioned
Hesqel bin Raphael, and after deliberation, it was estimated that the said Hesqel bin Raphael is
not able to pay more than seven rupees per month as alimony for all of his brother's daughters.
Respectfully yours,
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Acting Chief Rabbi
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17966
To the respected Spiritual Head of the Jewish Community in Basra
Tobiya and Yaqub, sons of Yaqub, have requested an assessment of alimony from their father named
Sassoon Boushi Mikhail the tailor, residing near the Khalidiyah Takya in Baghdad, Street
Khalid bin Al-Walid, reporting on the condition of the late Sassoon and what monthly alimony can be given
to the mother and his two mentioned sons, and that before the thirteenth day of November 928
On 27 September of the year 928
Judge of Personal Status Matters in Basra
Personal Status Court
Basra
Kingdom of Iraq
- An investigation into the condition of the mentioned tailor must be conducted quickly
10/10/928
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Number 2142
To the respected Spiritual Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
With reference to our letter No. 1796 dated November 12, 928
We had requested in our aforementioned letter a statement regarding the status of Sassoon Murad Kamil, detained
in Baghdad, and the nearing completion of the trial, and what can be given as a ⟦continuous⟧ allowance to his sister
⟦residing⟧, but no reply has been received regarding that. Please send the reply as quickly as possible.
On 19 ⟦January⟧ 929
Judge of the Personal Status Court in Basra
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The Court of Justice in the Holy City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD.
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Number:
Date: 29 Sivan
Year: 5689
Honorable
The respected and exalted gentleman Mr. Isaac ⟦illegible⟧ N.Y. Ezekiel
Head of the Community in Baghdad, may God protect it
Honorable Community
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His Eminence the Rabbi
The answer was requested before 12 October 928
And this is 12 November, and you are in Basra
So do you see the necessity of the answer?
11/22
928
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21 November 1928
His Excellency the Governor of Personal Status Matters in Basra, respected
Subject: Assessment of alimony for Sassoon Moshe Mukammal the tailor
After greetings, with reference to your letter No. S 1796 dated 27 September 928
Based on the investigation of the Israeli Spiritual Court, the person named Sassoon Moshe
Mukammal is not able to pay alimony for his brother and sister except ten rupees only per month
With respect, ⟦predecessor⟧
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Acting Chief Rabbi
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The Chief Rabbi of Iraq
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
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Number: 46
Date: 25 ⟦illegible⟧ 942
To the honor of the excellence of the complete sage, Mr. Moshe S. Sassoon, may God protect him
The Community Committee
After inquiring of your welfare in goodness, we hereby send you 18 receipts 1942
which were collected from the community for the poor of our city by the collector Mr. Isaac Al-Ezra, may he live long
and the amount of their total is twenty-seven Dinars and four hundred and eighty-seven Fils as follows
And Nahum Haskum ⟦illegible⟧ 3 Dinars - Sassoon K. Eliya - Shimon K. Levi -
Moshe K. Ezra - Avraham K. Eliya - Ezra K. Nissim - and Rahamim
Benjamin H. Moshi
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The Chief Rabbi of Iraq
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
Number: 44
Date: 25/1/1944
To the honorable Mr. Isaac Hayyim son of Isaac son of Joshua son of Sassoon
May the Lord preserve him
We have received in our hands the register of the five weeks for the festivals of the Lord, and this
we received it and we have in it the voice of the Lord awakening life, day by day, according to their will, complete and quiet
and peace as your soul desires
Benjamin H. M.
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Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 900
Date 18/8/1944
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
2277
29 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 2 August 933
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad, the Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 2479 dated 18 July 933,
You will find below a number of persons who know the objector Munshi bin Yehuda and the
objected-to Na'ima bint Hayawi, and they know his financial status and capability along with her way of living
and the type of their profession.
Harun
Head of the Israelite Community
Names of the persons
Khadhouri bin Nassim
Shmuel bin Eliyahu
Yaqub bin Hasqil Lawi
Rahmin bin Abboudi
Hasqil Ezra bin Eliyahu
Khadhouri bin Harun :
General Form (12)
From: Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad
To: Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number: 2160 / 33/8 Sh
Date: 24 Jumada al-Awwal 1352 / 13/9/933
Memorandum:
With reference to your letter dated 20 August 933 and numbered 2277.
Please notify each of Khadouri son of Reuben Shmuel son of Eliyahu, Yaqub son of Hesqel Levi, Rahmin
son of Aboudi, Hesqel Ezra son of Eliyahu, and Khadouri son of Harun of the necessity to appear before this court
on Sunday, corresponding to 17 September 933, at eight-thirty in the morning to provide ⟦line⟧
their information regarding the case of Menashi son of Yehuda and Naeema daughter of Hayawi.
Judge of Personal Status
in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 960
Date 14/9/933
General Form (11)
From: Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad
To: Head of the Jewish Community
In: Baghdad
Number: 2214
Sh: 33/8
Date: 28 Jumada al-Awwal 1352
Gregorian Date: 17 September 1933
Memorandum:
Confirming our letter dated 12/9/933 and numbered 2160.
Please notify each of Khadhouri son of Reuben, Shmuel son of Eliyahu, Yaqub son of Hesqel
Levi, Rahmin son of Abboudi, Hesqel <del>Ezra</del> Ezra son of Eliyahu, and Khadhouri son of Harun
of the necessity of appearing before our court on Sunday, October 1, 933, to hear
their statements regarding what they know about the condition of the objector Menashi Yehuda and the objectee Naima
daughter of Hayawi.
Judge of Personal Status
in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 967
Date 19/9/933
2296
17 September 933
The case of Menashe Yehuda and Nasima Hayawi
His Eminence the Honorable Chief Rabbi
You will find below a copy of the letter from the Judge of Personal Matters to do what is required therein.
Alwan
Head of the Community
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From the Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
To the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number 3214
Date 28 Jumada 1352
17 September 933
Confirming our letter dated 13 / 9 / 933 numbered 2160
We request the notification of each of Khadouri bin Reuben and Shmuel bin Eliyahu, and Yaqub bin (Yosef) Hesqel Levi,
and Rahmin bin Aboudi and Hesqel Ezra bin Eliyahu, and Khadouri bin Haron of the necessity of attending before our court
on Sunday, corresponding to 1 October 933, to hear their statements regarding what they know about the status of the objector
Menashe Yehuda and the objectee Nasima Hayawi.
Signature
Judge of Personal Matters
in Baghdad
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2284
16 October 933
945 / 8
His Eminence the Respected Chief Rabbi
Enclosed you will find the original letter from the Judge of Personal Status Matters dated 23 Jumada al-Akhira
12 October 933 and numbered 33/8/3533 Sh, requesting attention to notifying the required
persons and returning the original letter to this department as soon as possible.
Adil
Head of the Community
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The Chief Rabbi of Iraq
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
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Number: 64
Date: 8 ⟦illegible⟧ 944
To the honor of the excellence of our beloved and great beloved, Mr. Samuel
Kasher, may his Rock protect him
After inquiring of your peace and your welfare as is fitting for you and your excellence
We are hereby informing you that we sent you our letter from yesterday and we signed the name of the deceased ⟦illegible⟧
or so-and-so or such-and-such and this is a complete error and therefore we request of you that you correct the mentioned name
to the correct name: Isaac: instead of: Joseph: and this is the correct one: and peace be upon Israel and upon the Rabbis
The writer and signer for your honor: Benjamin Moshe: Hakham Bashi: in Baghdad, may God protect it
Benjamin Moshe
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number 982
Date 29 / 9 / 44
Preserve / File
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