AI English Translation, Pages 201-225
The Righteous Religious Court of
Baghdad, may G-d protect it
THE ISRAELITE RELIGIOUS COURT IN BAGHDAD
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 3456
Number: / Religious Court Number: 794
Date: / Date: 2/24/946
Reply: Concerning the request of ⟦2/18⟧/946
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respected
President of the Israelite Community, Baghdad
Please provide Mrs. Farha daughter of Yusuf with a certificate
containing her divorce on Tuesday, 15 Kislev 5705, corresponding to
November 24, 944, from her husband Saleh Ezra, and then her marriage
on February 23, 5705, corresponding to 2/6/945, to her
current husband Ephraim son of Shakoori
⟦Darwish Darwish⟧
⟦Daoud Badri⟧
The President
⟦792⟧
⟦82⟧
Certificate
25 March 946
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Menashi Eliyahu Hesqel passed away in Baghdad on
the twenty-ninth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five.
⟦signature⟧
2/25
Head of the Community
Case preserved
⟦signature⟧
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect
Since the named Menashe Cohen has passed away in Baghdad
On the date of September 20, 5705
The person in charge of burial matters
In the Jewish Cemetery
Baghdad
⟦illegible signature⟧
Yitzhak Sassoon
Details of the case
Certificate
25 March 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 369, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin
Mordechai bin Makhlouf married Miss Solha daughter of Yusuf bin Mordechai in Baghdad
on the twenty-seventh day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five.
⟦...⟧
3/25
On behalf of / Head of the Community
Certificate
25 March 946
Based on the presented marriage certificate, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Nunu son of Baruch
known as Salim son of Baruch has married in Tehran Miss Violet daughter of Munshi
Yaqub Rahmin on the twenty-ninth day of the month of March in the year one
thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
⟦signature⟧
3/25
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Certificate
25 March 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 212, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haroun son of Shaul
Sayegh was married in Baghdad to Miss Daisy daughter of Moshi Hayyim Abada on the
twenty-seventh day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦3⟧/25
On behalf of/ Head of the Community
Certificate
25 March 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Naeem son of Saleh Rahmeen has entered his engagement in Baghdad
to Miss Saeeda daughter of Yaqub son of Khedouri on the tenth day of August
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five and has not married yet.
10
1945
⟦illegible⟧
25 / 3
On behalf of the Head of the Community
7677
Baghdad 22nd March 1946.
21-
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. JACK SASSOON NESSIM was born in
Baghdad on the 28th day of January 1902 (nineteen
hundred & two A.D.)
Mr. President
For signature please
Birth certificate of Jack Sassoon Nessim in
Baghdad year 1902 A.D.
(One thousand nine hundred and two)
Sassoon
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦illegible signature⟧
2/22
21 Salmon 706
Committee alone in the houses of ⟦illegible⟧ ...
On Sunday 25 Adar II 5708 (6 April 48)
For all the wheat
In the name of the Honorable Community Committee in Baghdad, it was done so on the 27th of Adar II
In which the money of the aforementioned institution was received from the appointee
By the hand of Sassoon Oved 100
By the hand of Ezra 100
Total two hundred Dinars
The Appointee
Meshullam
Sassoon
Witnesses ⟦illegible⟧
" Yosef Hayyim
Salman
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Yusuf ⟦illegible⟧
Nineteen hundred and eighty-nine and for the sake of clarification ⟦illegible⟧
Date
Witness
The writer Anis Yonakh
Anis Yonakh
Baghdad
29 / 4 / 1946
Witness
Sassoon ⟦illegible⟧ Daoud
Sassoon ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: No 7/97
Baghdad 29th April 1946
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonial presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. SASSOON YAKUB ABOODI husband of FLORA
YUSUF EZRA SHELOMO SOMEKH was born in Baghdad in the
year 1889 ( eighteen hundred & eighty-nine A.D.)
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Mr. President
For signature please (two copies)
Birth certificate of Mr. Sassoon Yaqub
Aboodi husband of Flora Yusuf Ezra
Shlomo Somekh in Baghdad 1889
One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine
A.D.
⟦signature⟧
4/29
24 Nisan 706
The Rabbinical Committee of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it
Today, Wednesday, the 24th of Nisan in the year 5706 of the Creation
In the city of Baghdad
Before us came Mr. Avraham Bekhor Chaim son of Yitzhak Rahamim Salman Bekhor
And he said before us: I hereby declare with a complete confession that I received from the hand of Eliyahu Bekhor
Shimon Ezra the sum of ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Gold
1000
500
⟦line⟧
1500
Shimon Ezra
Ma'atouk
Sasson
Witnesses investigated ⟦...⟧
Ezra Yosef Yitzhak
2
⟦7187⟧
Certificate
28 April 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Salim son of Isaac Rahamin Saltoun has performed his engagement in
Baghdad to Miss Toba Evelyn known as Evelyn daughter of Moshe Saleh
Zulekha on the twenty-fourth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-six and has not yet married.
⟦signature⟧
4/28
On behalf of / President of the Community
⟦Tahsin⟧
7198
Certificate
28 April 946
Based on the marriage contract certificate number 322, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq
Kurji, known as Ishaq bin Salman bin Hesqel Ezra Mane, was married in
Baghdad to Miss Flora daughter of Hesqel bin Ibrahim Kuku on the nineteenth
day of March in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
4/28
Head of the Community
In the name of the Lord, we shall do and succeed
Before us, the undersigned, on the day
Today, the fourteenth of the month of Adar the First, the year
Keter [5660 / 1900] according to the abbreviated era
The honored Eliyahu Yosef, son of the honored Abraham son of Yosef Kohen, acknowledged with a whole heart and willing soul
Acknowledging all that he owes to the honored Eliyahu son of the honored Yosef Kohen, the sum of ⟦100⟧ Grush
Sum of ⟦...⟧
Twenty-eight Grush ⟦per hundred⟧
⟦...⟧ Grush
⟦line⟧
⟦...⟧ Grush
The servant of God, Yitzhak Eliyahu
The servant of God, Yitzhak M. Ezra
The Court of Justice
in Baghdad
May God protect it, Amen
⟦signature_mark⟧
7199
Certificate
29 April 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Yusuf Battat has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to
Miss Naima Farha, daughter of Saleh bin Dawud Battat, on the twenty-fourth day
of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not married yet.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦His father-in-law⟧
4/29
on behalf of/ Head of the Community
28 Nisan 5607
Before us signed the groom Mr. Shimon Nissim, may his light shine
On the fifth day of the week, on the second day of the month of Adar I, the year
five thousand and six hundred ⟦...⟧
In Baghdad
Kadouri Ezra Nissim
On the sixth day of the week, the fourth day of the month of Tammuz, the year five thousand and seven hundred
So his canopy went up, preceded by Mr. Kadouri and 12th of June
Advance 2700
⟦illegible⟧ 3000
⟦illegible⟧ 1000
Total 6700
Ezra Sassoon Hezekiah
Mr. Kadouri
Shmuel
Ezra Sassoon Hezekiah
Mr. Kadouri Nissim
Shmuel
⟦illegible⟧
3387
List
234 in the year 26
According to what was reported by the Russian Consulate in Constantinople and the Russian Consulate General in Suez and based on
The travel mediation and as a result of a marriage contract for the person named Nissim bin Yusuf bin Saleh Sassoon from the Khawaja
Nabi Shamoun and her substitute Abraha Abraha in the event of travel with his son Zaki and by searching the records of the Consulate
Egypt and with evidence to the head of the Samaa Synagogue at the station that Safaka Constantinople did not occur in it
⟦illegible⟧
The Romans
Russian Consulate in Suez
⟦illegible stamp⟧
7200
29 April 946
Certificate
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Said son of Sadqa has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to
Miss Marcelle daughter of Ezra Houri on the fifth day of the month of April of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married.
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
4/29
On behalf of the Head of the Community
720
Certificate
30 April 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 371, we hereby certify that Mr. Anwar son of Murad
son of Munir Saleh was married in Baghdad to Miss Gladys daughter of Dawood son of Murad Cohen
⟦illegible⟧ on the third day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
six.
⟦signature⟧
4/30
7 Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven ⟦illegible⟧
Before us, the undersigned, it was clarified and verified
that on the day ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
passed away to his eternal home
The signature according to law and statute ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
son of David Abraham Joseph, of blessed memory
Total ⟦illegible⟧
To the credit of ⟦illegible⟧
To the debt of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
The remainder ⟦illegible⟧
Peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧
Peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧
Our testimony is a true testimony
" ⟦illegible⟧ "
7201
Certificate
29 April 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 394, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hayyim bin Ibrahim
bin Hayyim married in Baghdad Miss Sourie daughter of Mordechai bin Daoud on the
twenty-fourth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
4/29
On behalf of/ The Head of the Community
Mordechai
With the help of God, Friday 27th [...]
To the honor of the excellence of our dear and exalted friend, the honorable Rabbi
The honorable Rabbi Avraham Hayyim son of Yitzhak son of the honorable Rabbi Avraham son of Yitzhak, may God protect him
In the city of Bombay, may God establish it
After peace and blessing as is the custom for those who love His name, may He be blessed, we inform your excellence that your letter has reached us
from the 22nd of the past month, and in it you informed that you received the letter we sent to you
Total
For the salary of Cohen the teacher 400
For [...] 400
In total 800
The servant of God, Sasson Yitzhak
Ma'tuq
Sasson
The servant of God, Hayyim Yitzhak
" Ma'tuq "
⟦signature⟧
201
Certificate
May 1, 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin Yusuf Shaul has entered into an engagement in
Baghdad with Miss Hanini Nadra daughter of Haroun bin Yusuf Shmuel on
the twenty-fifth day of the month of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
six, and he has not yet married.
⟦illegible⟧
5/1
Head of the Community
Current status
⟦illegible⟧
24 Kislev ⟦...⟧
Before us in the Beth Din, H. Sasson Pinchas may his light shine, was clarified
Today, Sunday, the 13th of the month of Adar II, the year 5689 from Creation
In the city of Baghdad, may the Lord establish it, Amen
Before us in the Beth Din, H. Isaac son of Abraham Ezra son of H. Sasson Habib may his light shine, was clarified
Today, Sunday, the 13th of the month of Adar II, the year 5689 from Creation
In the city of Baghdad, may the Lord establish it, Amen
24 Kislev ⟦...⟧
Ma'atuk
Sasson
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