AI English Translation, Pages 376-400
27 February 936
2 March
His Eminence, the President of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad, the Respected
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Baghdad Court of First Instance No. 779 dated 4 / 12 / 1354
and 26 / 2 / 936 to respond to its content;
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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Baghdad Court of First Instance:
Number: 779
Date: 26 / 2 / 936
To
The Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Based on a lawsuit formed between a husband and his wife in our court regarding the wife's claim against her husband
to recover her trousseau from her husband, the defendant, the husband has presented a decree issued by the
Israelite Religious Court proving the judgment of the wife's recalcitrance, in which the following phrase appeared: (There remains for them
neither Mezonot nor Ketubah nor any objection). The defendant argued, based on this sentence mentioned in the decree,
that the claimant has no right to request her trousseau from him. Therefore, clarification is required from you to provide our court
with the following:
First - Does the wife not deserve to recover her trousseau from her husband after the judgment of her recalcitrance?
Second - What is meant by Mezonot and Ketubah, and do they include the trousseau that the wife prepares upon marriage,
or do they refer to the dowry that the husband pledges to his wife?
We request your observations on this, provided that the answer reaches us before the day appointed for the hearing,
which falls on 18 / 3 / 936;
In the name of Shaddai, may He fill all our lack, Amen
Today, Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of the month of Elul, the year
five thousand six hundred and eighty
on the ninth of the week ⟦illegible⟧ the year five thousand six hundred and eighty of the creation of the world according to the count we count here in Baghdad
the city situated on the Tigris river and its waters ⟦illegible⟧ the pleasant and delightful young man Shalom son of Isaac and Elijah and Joseph son of Isaac
of the Abu al-Faraj family, we have testified for you from this day and forever that we have taken upon ourselves and our heirs after us the debt money
Witnesses: Sasson Shimon Yosef Shalom
Ezra Bekhor
Menachem Ezra
Hezekiah
Sasson
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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No.:
Year: 569
Date: 27 ⟦illegible⟧
M... Habibah the wife of Moshe Sasson David the son of Sasson
And between Mr. Eliyahu the son of Abraham Isaac son of David
Regarding the matter of alimony
After the clarification it was decided that the aforementioned Mr. Eliyahu must pay
(Every) month and month the sum of 6 Iraqi Dinars for the alimony of his wife
And his daughters Ms. Habibah and Ms. Sarah, Ms. Mazal, Ms. Sabiha and Ms. Lulu, and this starting from the day
Ezra Dangoor
Hakham Bashi
2622
1 March 936
Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 567 dated 18 / 11 / 1354 and 10 / 2 / 936
It has appeared to us from the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community
in Baghdad that the conditions under which the two parties agreed in the engagement contract of the named
Shir Baruch Qara Kalla and the named Salima Salman Ezra Rubin, which took place on 9 Kislev
696 (H) are that the amount of the dowry shall be 262.500 two hundred and sixty-two dinars
and a half, paid by the girl to her fiancé, provided that the fiancé is responsible for equipping her from
the origin of the aforementioned amounts
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Head of the Community
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Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number 36/3 Estate
Date 9 Muharram 1355
31 / 3 / 1936 AD
To
The Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Following the death of Ibrahim Ishaq Yusuf Khazzam, it has been decided that his estate must be inventoried in accordance with the Law of Estate Inventory
and Administration of Minors' Property. The Chief Clerk, Hamid Effendi Mahmoud, has been appointed as a deputy for the court to conduct
the inventory on Friday, corresponding to April 10, 936, at nine o'clock in the morning. Therefore,
we request that you send a representative on your behalf to accompany the court deputy during the inventory process.
Judge of Personal ⟦Jawad⟧
Status in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community
2852
4 / 4 / 36
The reply shall be drafted and Effendi ⟦Ezra⟧ is authorized
2694
2 April 936
Baghdad Court of First Instance
Reference to your letter No. 1171 dated 9 Muharram 1355 and 31 / 3 / 936
We have delegated Mr. Ezra Effendi Salman Bano to attend the recording of the estate at the appointed day and time
;
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Head of the Community
A copy of it to
The respected Mr. Ezra Effendi Salman Bano
To attend the Court of First Instance at nine o'clock before noon on Friday
Corresponding to 10 April 936
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Presidency of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number 936/103
Date 6 Muharram 1355 AH
28 / March / 1936 AD
To
The Head of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Based on the lawsuit filed in our court by the plaintiff Kojie Ezra Shamoun against the defendant Zion
Ezra Shamoun regarding the request to enforce a foreign judgment ruling for alimony against him for her and her children in London
Accordingly, our court has decided to inquire whether there is a lawsuit filed by the aforementioned defendant in the
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad regarding a request for the obedience of his aforementioned wife, while stating the date of filing
the lawsuit and its outcome. Please inform us of this before the date appointed for the hearing, corresponding to 12 / 4 / 1936 AD.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 2849
Date 31 / 3 / 36
Vice President
The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Year: 569
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 28 March 936
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
In response to the letter from the Baghdad Court of First Instance No. 103 / 936 dated 28 March 936
The defendant, Sion Shamoun, had applied on March 2, 1936, to the Sharia
Court in Baghdad and requested the obedience of his wife to him. Since the wife is residing in London, the
notifications were sent to her, which have not yet been carried out as the aforementioned transactions require a long time
due to the distance. Therefore, the Sharia Court has not commenced the trial due to the non-arrival of the said notifications
from London;
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
The case of Sion Shamoon
2697
6 April 1936
To
The Vice President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
Reference to your letter No. 936/103/1115 dated 6 Muharram 1355 and 28 March 36
The defendant, Sion Shamoon, had applied on 2 March 1936 to the Jewish
Religious Court in Baghdad requesting the obedience of his wife to him. Since the wife is residing in London,
the notifications were sent to her, which have not been completed yet as the mentioned procedures require
a long time due to the distance.
Accordingly, the Religious Court has not commenced the trial due to the non-arrival of the mentioned notifications from
London;
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Head of the Community
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 109
Year: 569
Date: 29 Adar 569
Mr. Isaac son of Moshe Nissim Tzadka to Shwie'a
In the name of Mr. Abraham son of Eliyahu Nissim Tzadka from Baghdad
Before us and we signed
We, the court below, signatories below, as we saw the testimony of four witnesses
Witness Abdallah son of Isaac son of Abraham, Witness Ezra son of Saleh son of Shimon
The aforementioned for their testimony before us, and they testified a complete testimony as required that it is truth
That Eliyahu son of Isaac son of Abraham the aforementioned, who is from the aforementioned witnesses
Is known to us with certainty that he is Mr. Eliyahu son of Abraham the aforementioned, an elder
On 2/9/1927, and we wrote that as a testimony in the council by our command and consent
They are Abdallah son of Isaac the aforementioned, a complete testimony as required of Shwie'a "
Mr. Isaac the aforementioned receives from her in the council, Witness Ezra son of Saleh son of
Shimon regarding their aforementioned testimony in the council ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ testimony
Complete in the council regarding their testimony of Eliyahu son of Abraham the aforementioned
In the aforementioned council and in the aforementioned council of Eliyahu son of Abraham
Hakham Mr. Eliyahu Tzadka, and we wrote that in the council
Nissim Salman
Hazzan Shamash
We, the court below, signatories below, as we saw the testimony
Of four witnesses on 22/10/1927, and they testified a testimony
Complete as required that it is truth, that Eliyahu son of Abraham
The aforementioned is an elder in the aforementioned council in
The aforementioned council, and we wrote that in the council
Witness Ezra son of Saleh son of Shimon
Nissim Salman
Hazzan Shamash
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21/10/27
1527
31 May 936
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Greetings and respect
Based on the request of the Israeli Religious Court in
Baghdad, you will find enclosed two copies of the lawsuit petition dated 27 February 936 with the supplement
dated 22 May 936 submitted by the plaintiff Sion Ezra Shamoon against his wife
Karjiya Baruch Agassi, currently residing in London at No 34 Saint Margaret's
Road, Edgware, along with the subpoena related to the trial day which was set for 3 / 9 / 936
as well as a copy of a letter dated 11 May 936 in English from Thomas Cook Company addressed to the defendant
Karjiya Baruch Agassi, containing the company's undertaking to transport and deport the aforementioned defendant
with her children from London to Baghdad, and a subsequent letter from the mentioned company dated 18 / 5 / 936
containing the company's undertaking for the livelihood of the defendant with her three children from London to Baghdad
and the expenses shall be the responsibility of the plaintiff Sion Ezra Shamoon. We request mediation in notifying the mentioned
papers to the mentioned defendant and returning the certified notification slip;
Middlesex
London
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President of the Court of Appeal
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501 M
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Foreign Notifications Department
Please refer to the general number
General Number: 1/25/1268
Subject Summary: Return of notification papers ⟦line⟧
Private Number:
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Date: 24 Rabi' al-Thani 1355
Date: 13 July 1936
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 3763 and dated
May 31, 1936
We return to you herewith the notification paper and its translation notified to Karjiya Baruch Agassi
and duly certified with the certificate of notification and the list of notification fees amounting to 1/1/-
pounds requested by the lawyers Burchell in London. We request you to ask the applicant for notification
to obtain a transfer for the mentioned amount in the name of the Royal Iraqi Legation in London
and send it to this Ministry.
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Acting Minister of Justice
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Private Number 2951
Date 14 / 7 / 36
To be distributed with copies of the letters to the department
H. F.
Ministry of Justice
Foreign Notifications Department
General Number 9/25/1398
Date 13 July 936
Subject Summary - Return of notification papers
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(Copy)
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 3763 and dated 31 May 936
We return to you herewith the notification paper and its translation notified to Karjiya Baruch Agassi and certified
duly with the certificate of notification and the list of notification fees amounting to 1/1/- pounds requested by
the lawyers Burchell in London, so we request you to ask the applicant for notification to obtain a money order for the mentioned amount
in the name of the Royal Iraqi Legation in London and send it to this Ministry;
Acting Minister of Justice
True copy
14 July 936
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001 M
2848
14 July 936
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His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, Respected
We attach herewith a copy of the Ministry of Justice letter No. 1398/25/9 dated 13 July 936
with the notification papers related to the case of Zion Ezra Shimon and his wife Karajma Baruch Afasi;
for them
on behalf of
Head of the Community
2872
24 July 936
Ministry of Justice
Reference to your letter No. 9/25/1318 dated 13 July 936
Enclosed herewith is money order No. 903733 dated 21 July 936 drawn on London
and endorsed in blank for the amount of 1/1/- pounds as stated in your letter;
on behalf of
Head of the Community
10 M
4854
26 July 936
His Eminence the President of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad, the Respected
Further to our letter No. 3848 dated 19 July 936
We have received from Mr. Ezra Bano, the agent of Zion Shimon, a transfer for the required amount and we have sent it to the Ministry
of Justice, so please be informed of that;
Sassoon
Head of the Community
10 M
Iraqi Government
Vice Presidency of Baghdad Execution
9 - D - 16
Please refer to the file
number when replying
Hijri Date: 8 Muharram 355
Gregorian Date: 1 April 936
File Number: T 35 / 103
Outgoing Number: 8710
To the Judge of Personal Matters for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 107 / T 35 and dated 6 / 10 / 935.
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
requesting the implementation of its contents and informing the aforementioned Presidency of the lifting of the seizure on the debtor's estate and sending
a copy of your letter regarding that to us.
Vice President of Execution
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A copy of it to the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for information.
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Number: 3674
(Copy of the letter):
Date: 25 March 936
To the Vice President of Baghdad Execution
Further to our letter No. 3386 dated 24 September 935
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to lift the provisional seizure on the estate of the late
Eliyahu Daoud Shamash, which the aforementioned court had suspended pursuant to a previous decision, based
on the conclusion of the lawsuit of his wife Habiba Haskel Nawi.
Head of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦2854⟧
Date ⟦2 / 4 / 36⟧
The Chief Rabbi of the city of
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
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Number: 440
Date: 26 Av 5686
His Excellency, the honorable and exalted Community Committee
of the Great Synagogue of our city Baghdad, may God protect it
May the pleasantness of the Lord be upon them
The Lord be with you, mighty men of valor! I hereby submit before you this my request regarding
the rent of the shop belonging to the endowment of the aforementioned synagogue, located on Street
Al-Shorja, which has been held by me for many years at a key-money rent of a certain amount
which is not sufficient for the needs of the house; and now, after a repair was made to the building of the aforementioned shop
by virtue of a government order and at my own expense, I the undersigned,
I hereby submit my request
Benjamin H. M.
Baghdad
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Special number 2822
Date 6 / 9 / 26
2729
7 May 936
Judge of Personal Status Matters
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 1503 dated 4/23/936 addressed to the Chief Rabbi
His Eminence has replied that the marriage contract between the fiancée Naeema daughter of Khalif and her fiancé
Munshi Salim, nicknamed Hakuli son of Isaac, has not yet taken place. And that the engagement or the marriage contract
are not reasons for the forfeiture of custody of her children;
Sassoon
Head of the Community
A.M.
General Form (11)
From: Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Number: 62 / 1936
Date: 24 Rabi' al-Awwal 1355 AH
⟦line⟧: 13 June 1936 AD
To: Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
2224
Memorandum:
Please inform us whether the salary of the plaintiff Haron bin Shamil, a teacher at the Midrash school,
has been reduced from 3.750 Dinars to three Dinars, provided that the answer reaches us before the day
appointed for the trial, which is 18 June 1936 AD.
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Judge
8814
18 June 936
Directorate of Midrash Schools
Based on the request of the Personal Status Judge in his letter No. 92 / 1936 dated 13 June 936
We request to be informed whether the salary of the person named Haroun bin Shamil, a teacher at the Midrash school, has been reduced
from 3.750 Dinars to three Dinars, provided that the answer reaches us as quickly as possible;
Haroun
Head of the Community
10 M
Administration of the Talmud Torah School
Baghdad
Management of the Midrash
Great Talmud Torah
Baghdad
Midrash
Talmood Tora
Baghdad
June 27, 1926
His Excellency, the President of the Honorable Israelite Community
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 2804 dated the 18th of this month,
The salaries of the Midrash teachers have been reduced proportionally, so the salary of teacher Haron
Sheil became three dinars and seven hundred fils after he was receiving before the reduction
four dinars and eight hundred and seventy fils. The deceased has accumulated salaries
from the past amounting to six months, which were left without any measures taken for their payment.
As for this year, he has a claim amounting to three months' salary, so I hope you will enlighten
the committee on all of the above. Respectfully yours,
⟦Suleiman⟧
7811
25 June 936
To
The Judge of the Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 62 / 936 dated 13 June 936
Attached herewith is a true copy of the reply from the Director of the Midrash Schools to your above-mentioned letter.
above.
Assistant
Head of the Community
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Talmud Torah School Administration
Baghdad
Date: June 23, 936
(Copy)
His Excellency, the Respected President of the Jewish Community
After greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 3804 dated the 18th of this month,
The salaries of the school teachers have been reduced by 2%, so the salary of teacher Haron Shamil became three
dinars and five hundred fils, after he was receiving four dinars and three hundred and seventy-eight
fils before the reduction. The aforementioned has old accumulated salaries amounting to six months, which were left without taking any
measures to pay them. As for this year, he has a claim amounting to three months' salary. I hope to enlighten the court
with all that is mentioned above. May you remain in respect.
The Director
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True copy
June 25, 936
General Form (11)
From the Personal Status Court in Baghdad:
Number: 9 / 1936
Date: 20 Rabi' al-Awwal 1355 AH
To the President of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad: 9 / 6 / 1936 AD
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Memorandum:
It has become necessary to review a copy of the letter addressed to you by the Spiritual Council
in Jaffa regarding the conduct of the plaintiff Eliyahu Ezra Azouri with his wife Rosa daughter of Shaul Sarraf
and his children, which the defendant's attorney informed us about. Therefore, we request if you have a letter
of this kind to send a copy of it to us, provided it reaches us before the day of the hearing corresponding to
15 June 1936 AD.
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The Judge
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14 / 6 / 36
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Tzadok H. H.
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