Community Meeting Agendas, Minutes; Booklets about Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, Jewish Community Laws
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community that consist of notices of community meeting agendas and meeting minutes, addressing a variety of issues including school staff, elected community positions, Kosher food, totals of butchered Kosher meat for the meat tax, and budget planning. There is a small booklet titled “Statues for the Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, 1948.” There are documents listing members of the community involved in different community or religious organizations, including various school subcommittees and members of particular synagogues. There is a copy of the booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931. This was published in Baghdad by the Jewish Charity Council and there are several copies of the laws in the collection.
Eliahu Hayyim Tawfiq - President Meer Basri - Vice President Heskel Shemesh Anwar Zelouf - Lawyer Sion Hay - Lawyer Salim Shabi Yaqub Balbul Haroun Shamoun Shasha Gurji Mashloot ⟦line⟧ Secretary of the Community: Mr. Salim Khabbaza (Telephone No. 525)
The Statute of the Israelite Charitable Orphan Society Baghdad Year 1948
The Bylaws of the Israelite Charitable Society for Orphans Baghdad Year 1948
The Basic Statute of the Israeli Jewish Charitable Orphans Society Baghdad Chapter One (Introduction) Article One — This statute shall be called the Basic Statute of the Israeli Jewish Charitable Orphans Society. Article Two — This society has no connection to politics whatsoever. Article Three — (Purpose of the Society) Supporting the orphans of the Israeli Jewish community and sheltering them in asylums and orphanages and securing their livelihood, refinement, upbringing, education, and training in professions and trades and providing them with aid by all possible means. Article Four — The center of the society is Baghdad, and it has a special seal with which all its transactions are stamped. Article Five — The society consists of three bodies: (1) The General Assembly. (2) The General Council. (3) The Administrative Body. Chapter Two (The General Assembly) Article Six — A member of the General Assembly is considered to be: (A) Everyone who consistently pays an annual subscription of not less than one dinar. (B) Everyone who has completed the payment of an amount not less than twenty dinars. (C) Everyone who has provided moral assistance to the society and to whom the Administrative Body has granted the right of honorary membership.
- 3 - Article Twelve - The General Council shall meet at the invitation of the previous Administrative Body within ten days of its election to elect a new Administrative Body in accordance with Article (19) and to elect the Auditing Committee. Article Thirteen - (Functions of the General Council) (a) Election of the Administrative Body. (b) Approval of the annual budget. (c) Appointment of an auditing committee consisting of three persons to audit the association's accounts. (d) Formation of subcommittees to carry out specific tasks to facilitate the association's work. (e) Consideration of matters referred to it by the Administrative Body. Article Fourteen - If a member of the General Council resigns, the General Council shall meet to elect a replacement member from among the members of the association within a period not exceeding one month from the date of submission of the resignation, and if six members resign at once or seven of them consecutively, the said Council shall be considered dissolved, and the General Assembly shall be called in an extraordinary capacity to elect a new General Council to complete the remaining term of the previous Council's cycle. Article Fifteen - If a member of the General Council is absent for three consecutive sessions without a legitimate excuse, he shall be notified in writing of the necessity of attending the fourth session. Upon failure to comply, he shall be considered resigned. In all cases, the absence of a member from the Council must not exceed a period of more than six months. Article Sixteen - The General Council is headed by the President of the Administrative Body or his deputy, and in their absence, the oldest member shall preside over the meeting. Article Seventeen - A quorum in the General Council is achieved by the presence of at least ten of its members, and decisions are taken by a majority of the votes of those present. In the event of a tie, the President has two votes. - 2 - In all the cases mentioned above, it is required that the member not be under twenty years of age and not deprived of civil rights. Article Seven — The General Assembly shall hold its ordinary meeting in the month of September once every two years upon the invitation of the Administrative Body to elect the General Council from among its members. The quorum is considered achieved by the attendance of one-third of the members in ordinary and extraordinary meetings. If a quorum is not achieved the first time, the meeting shall be postponed to the following day at the same time. This time, the quorum is considered achieved if twenty members or more attend. Article Eight — The General Assembly shall be chaired by the President of the Administrative Body or his deputy. In their absence, the members present shall elect from among themselves someone to chair the meeting, and decisions shall be taken by a majority of votes, and in the event of a tie, the President shall have two votes. Article Nine — If the Administrative Body does not invite the General Assembly by the twenty-ninth day of September of the year in which the ordinary meeting must be held, the General Assembly shall meet on its own on the first Sunday of October. If that day happens to be an official or religious holiday, then the day following the holiday, and the General Assembly shall exercise all its powers in this meeting. Article Ten — The Administrative Body may invite the General Assembly to an extraordinary meeting when necessary, and it must do so whenever it receives a written request from twenty members of the General Assembly or by a decision of the General Council. Chapter Three (The General Council) Article Eleven — The General Council consists of fifteen members elected by the General Assembly from among its members by secret ballot at its ordinary meeting once every two years.
— 5 — Article Twenty-Six — Functions of the Administrative Board: (a) Carrying out the association's work in accordance with its objectives. (b) Appointing and dismissing employees, and increasing and decreasing their salaries in accordance with the approved budget. (c) Spending within the limits of the budget. Chapter Five (Association Funds) Article Twenty-Seven — The resources of the association consist of the following: (a) Member subscriptions. (b) What benefactors bestow from Zakat, donations, gifts, endowments, and others. (c) Proceeds from parties, charitable markets, and lotteries held by the association with the approval of the competent authorities. (d) Selling products produced by orphans. Article Twenty-Eight — The association may own such immovable property as it may take as its headquarters, and such shelters or orphanages as it requires to house orphans and assist them, and schools, labs, and factories for teaching them and training them in works and industries. Article Twenty-Nine — The immovable property belonging to the association must be registered in the land registry office in the name of the association and may never be registered in the names of specific persons. Article Thirty — The association has a legal personality and has the right to dispose of its movable and immovable property as owners dispose of their property. Article Thirty-One — The association's money is kept in a bank or with a money changer as decided by the Administrative Board, and no more than fifty [units] may remain with the treasurer. - 4 - Article 18 - The decisions of the General Assembly are recorded in the administrative body's decision book and the signatures of those present are taken. The General Assembly must meet once every three months at least. Chapter Four (Administrative Body) Article 19 - The administrative body consists of five members elected by the General Assembly from among its members in accordance with paragraph (a) of Article 13. Article 20 - The administrative body meets immediately after its election to elect the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer from among its members. Article 21 - The administrative body meets under the chairmanship of the President or his Deputy and is considered convened if three of its members attend. Decisions are taken by a majority of those present, and in the event of a tie the President has two votes. Article 22 - The decisions of the administrative body are recorded in a special book certified by an official authority. Article 23 - The term of the administrative body is one year. If a member resigns and the resignation is accepted, the administrative body elects another member in their place from among the members of the General Assembly within a period not exceeding one month. Article 24 - If three members of the administrative body resign at once successively, the body is considered dissolved, and the General Assembly meets to elect a new administrative body from among its members to complete the previous term. Article 25 - If a member is absent for three consecutive sessions without a legitimate excuse, they shall be written to regarding the necessity of attending the fourth session, and in the event of non-compliance, they are considered resigned.
- 7 - Article Thirty-Nine — This association was founded by the following gentlemen: Ibrahim Hayyim Twaina Isaac Saleh Jouri Israel Nassim Hai Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq Daoud Salman Meir Zakaria Naim Ezra Sofer And they are the ones who constitute the first administrative body and have the authority of the administrative body stipulated in Chapter Four of the association's bylaws (within a period not exceeding one year from after the issuance of the Ministry of Interior's permit) Note — This paragraph was deleted from the bylaws pursuant to the Ministry of Interior's letter No. 3338 dated 2-29-1948 — 6 — dinars except by a decision of the Administrative Board. Article Thirty-Two — Instruments and withdrawal papers shall be signed by the President and the Treasurer together. As for receipts, they shall be signed by the Treasurer alone. Withdrawals shall be carried out by a decision of the Administrative Board, and a receipt shall be taken for every amount exceeding a quarter of a dinar. Chapter Six (Miscellaneous Provisions) Article Thirty-Three — The Association shall be represented by its President or his deputy in the absence of the President or when it is impossible for him to do so. Both are authorized to handle official transactions in government departments, courts, and official councils of all kinds. Article Thirty-Four — At the end of its term, the Administrative Board shall issue a report on its activities and accounts, certified by the Audit Committee, and a copy thereof shall be distributed to all members of the General Council. Article Thirty-Five — This Bylaw is subject to amendment by a decision of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting held by the General Body in accordance with Article Seven, provided that this is ratified by the competent authorities. Article Thirty-Six — This Association shall not be dissolved except by a decision of two-thirds of the members present in a meeting held by the General Body in accordance with Article Seven. This decision shall not be considered effective unless it is supported by a similar decision issued by two-thirds of the members present in a second meeting whose date is appointed in the first meeting. Article Thirty-Seven — Upon the dissolution of the Association, all its movable and immovable property shall be handed over to the administration of the Jewish Community to be used for charitable purposes. Article Thirty-Eight — All masculine forms mentioned in this Bylaw include females as well.
Ministry of Interior Directorate of Rights No. 3338 Date 29-2-1948 To the applicants for the establishment of the Israelite Charitable Orphanage Association Mr. Meir Zakaria and companions With reference to your application submitted to us on 22-11-1945 Based on the authority vested in us under Article Seven of the Law on the Formation of Associations of the year 1922, we authorize you to establish an association in Baghdad under the name (Israelite Charitable Orphanage Association) provided that you follow the provisions of the aforementioned law and the internal regulations attached to your application after deleting the last paragraph of Article 39 thereof, noting the necessity of inviting the association members to a general meeting to elect an administrative body for it within one month from the date of this letter. Jamil al-Midfai Minister of Interior Copy to: Ministry of Social Affairs - with reference to its letter numbered 24519 and dated 13-12-1945 General Police Directorate - with reference to its letter numbered 2328 and dated 14-9-1947 Baghdad Governorate - with reference to its letter numbered 21648 and dated 1-12-1946
Agenda of the Secular Council Meeting At five-thirty in the evening on Thursday, March 17, 1949 At the headquarters of the Community Presidency 1- Approval of the awarding of the auction for the gabelle (tax farm) and intestines for the year 1949/1950 to Mr. Salam Mahdi 2- Consideration of the issue of granting an allowance to the previous gabelle contractor 3- Consideration of the letter from the Ottoman Bank in Basra regarding the revenues of the (Ezra) endowment 4- Re-consideration of the list of names for the sub-committees of the community institutions 5- Consideration of the letter from the Hospitals Committee regarding the approval of a request to appoint a nurse 6- Consideration of the resignation of Messrs. Eliahou Menashi Nissim and Yousif Ezra Dadan from the membership of the Israeli Community Committee in Hilla 7- ⟦Approval of the lease of some subdivided properties to Mr. Ahmed Muhammad for an amount of 500 dinars annually (approximately)⟧ 7- Miscellaneous ⟦line⟧ Y/
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: 17 / 2 / 929 To the esteemed and honorable Mr. Shmuel After greetings I present to you herewith a copy of the terms of the midwife obligation law and expenses for your kind review. Sincerely ⟦Salim⟧ ⟦...⟧
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad List of Bidding Conditions for the Gabilla and Intestines Lease Statement of the bidding list for the Gabilla and intestines for a full year starting from April 1, 1949, to the end of March 1950, concerning sheep and goats slaughtered in the Jewish slaughterhouse in Baghdad according to the following conditions: First - The Lay Council in Baghdad may grant the lease of the Gabilla and intestines together, or the Gabilla alone, or the intestines alone, whether by number or in bulk. Second - The Gabilla is a fee of fifteen fils per kilogram of Kosher meat, eggs, kidneys and their fat, and the fetus (Quzi) found inside its mother, and the intestines according to current practice, provided that the fetus shall be outside the scope of the Gabilla fee if the slaughter of pregnant ewes is not permitted by any government authority. This fee shall be collected from the slaughterings of the slaughterhouse belonging to the Jewish community in Baghdad, Adhamiyah, and Karrada that are offered for sale to Jews. Third - The intestines shall be taken in kind from Kosher and Treif sheep, goats, and cows slaughtered in the community's slaughterhouse mentioned in the center of the Baghdad Province, provided that the lessee receives them delivered at the slaughterhouse, where he shall be responsible for the cost of collecting and transporting them without any prior objection from him if they appear cut, small, or black. Fourth - Cash insurance must be paid at a rate of ten percent 10% to the Lay Council's fund toward the lease amount, provided that it shall be credited toward the last two remaining months of the lease term, and the remainder of the fee shall be collected in twenty installments. Each mentioned installment shall be linked to a promissory note issued to the order of the Lay Council. The note for the first installment is due on April 15, 1949, and thus the maturities of the notes linked to the successive installments follow every fifteen consecutive days, so that the last installment ends on January 30, 1950. Fifth - A reliable guarantee shall be taken from the lessee ensuring the execution of the lease contract terms and the payment of the notes when their consecutive due dates arrive. In the absence of this, the cash insurance shall be increased to a rate of twenty percent 20% instead of the aforementioned guarantee. Sixth - The maturity of each of the aforementioned bills of exchange implies the necessity of immediate and prompt payment. Upon refusal to pay as mentioned, the Council alone has the right to choose to terminate the lease without the need for prior notice, and to grant it to others at the price it deems appropriate for the account of the original lessee, with the right to claim against the latter for the deficiency in the amount and the legal interest starting from the date the right of termination becomes valid.
3 Thirteen — If the slaughterhouse butchers go on strike and refrain from slaughtering based on sectarian disputes, and the Council takes upon itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse due to the strike arising from said sectarian disputes, the contractor has the right to demand from the Council the daily commitment fee for the duration of the strike only (the daily commitment fee is the quotient of the total commitment fee divided by the number of days on which slaughtering is carried out during the year). Fourteen — The Physical Council reserves the following points: (a) The Council may organize the contract on the aforementioned bases within the regulations in order to secure its rights on the bases of the commitment. (b) All necessary expenses such as the half-percent brokerage fee, the notarization of the commitment contract by the Notary Public, the value of stamps, and other fees shall be the responsibility of the contractor only, and the Council shall not participate in them. (c) What is relied upon regarding this commitment is the written contract only. (d) The Council has the right of option to extend the period of the final referral if it deems it necessary, and it alone has the right to confirm the final referral, cancel it, or accept other additions, within three full days starting from the day following the said referral. (e) Half of the brokerage fee mentioned in paragraph (b) of this article is due to the broker appointed by the Council, who is ⟦the contractor in Baghdad⟧ <del>the contractor in Baghdad</del>, and the other half goes to the broker who brings the final bidder and through whom the commitment contract is completed and definitively referred to his responsibility. The full brokerage amount is collected from the contractor and given to the two aforementioned brokers by the Council. Appendix ⟦(1)⟧: Slaughtering must be restricted to the city of Baghdad alone, and no slaughtering may be carried out in Karada or Adhamiya except after the approval of the Council. ⟦(f) If the contractor wishes to determine by an estimation certificate the number of heads of⟧ ⟦emergency livestock imported during the year of the commitment, he⟧ ⟦alone must pay the salary of the employee appointed by the Council to supervise⟧ ⟦the process of isolating and accounting for the emergency livestock in the slaughterhouse.⟧ President of the Physical Council 2 Seventh – The strike of the butchers and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever, and their monopolization of sheep for the purpose of reducing what is offered for sale of meat and increasing its price; all this leads the contractor alone to the obligation of bringing a sufficient number of sheep for slaughter to fulfill what the Jewish community in Baghdad needs of Kosher meat at a rate of 4800 kilos per day and 5200 kilos for every Friday, excluding Saturdays, as long as the strike and monopoly persist. In the event that the contractor fails to do so, the Council alone has the right to terminate the contract immediately and award it to others, and demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in the previous paragraph regarding taking the necessary measures to fulfill what the community needs of meat at the account of the mentioned contractor, and demanding the difference resulting from the decrease in the consideration with the statutory surplus starting from the date of the occurrence of the strike and the monopoly. Eighth – The Lay Council shall not be charged with any compensation whatsoever for any incident or incidents that may have arisen from force majeure reasons such as the occurrence of celestial disasters or earthly accidents or the issuance of government orders or other cases related to the shortage of Kosher meat or the interruption of slaughtering within a legitimate excuse or facing difficulty in selling Treif meat or the strike of butchers or their monopolization of sheep and other reasons that were not within the possibility to prevent. Ninth – The exempted days excluded from entering into the period of the commitment are the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Ab, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), i.e., the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and one of the first and last two days for each of the Sukkot festivals (Tabernacles), i.e., the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third of the Hebrew month of Tishrei; and Passover (Pesach), i.e., the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second of the Hebrew month of Nissan; and Shavuot (Revelation of the Torah), i.e., the sixth and seventh of the Hebrew month of Sivan, and all Saturdays. Tenth – All necessary expenses for the slaughterhouse during the commitment period, including lighting, cleaning, guarding, water fees, and others, are the responsibility of the contractor, and the Council is not required to pay any part thereof. ⟦stamp overlapping text on right margin⟧ Eleven – Dealing with the contract, organizing the bonds and delivering them to the person for whom they were written, providing the aforementioned guarantee, and attending to the payment of the remaining deposit and brokerage fee which will be mentioned in paragraph (b) of Article 14; all of this should be completed within one week starting from the date of the Council's decision for the final award of the commitment. If the contractor fails to fulfill one of the mentioned conditions, the Council may terminate the commitment and hold the contractor responsible for everything resulting therefrom of damage, loss, compensation, and surplus as stated in clauses six and seven of this contract. Twelve – The matter of Kosher and Treif discipline and the religious procedures branching from it is the responsibility of the specialized Rabbis only. The contractor has no right to raise any objection or any opposition against any measure or procedures taken by the aforementioned Rabbis, as they alone have the right to decide what relates to discipline without the intervention of anyone else at all.
(2) (What precedes) 2 - Hospitals Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Sasson Abed Vice-Chairman - Dr. Albert Hakim Honorary Secretary - Meir Hassai Members - Salim Qattan Naeem Haddad Naeem Bakhor Daoud Khabbouri Subcommittees belonging to the Hospitals Committee ⟦line⟧ 1 - Rima Khedouri Hospital Committee ⟦line⟧ Eliyahu Kwaym Haim Susi Salman Salim 3 - Midrash Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Rabbi Salman Huqi Aboudi Secretary - Israel Nassim Hay Members - Abdullah Shahna Salman Shahrabani Salim Sasson Al-Mu'allim 4 - Synagogues Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Rabbi Daoud Musfi Vice-Chairman - Rabbi Ya'qub Musfi Honorary Secretary - Gurji Yusuf Isaac Members - Rabbi Eliya Yehoshua Ibrahim Eliyahu Shammou' 5 - Properties Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Saleh Shamdi Vice-Chairman - Gurji Hezekiah the Lawyer Honorary Secretary - Nassim Salman Rabia Members - Salman Sofair Saleh Salman the Engineer 6 - Burial Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Abdullah Obeidia Members - Sami Ibrahim Hayim Daoud Shlomo Munshi Turjuman Ezra Fattal 7 - Orphan Support Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Eliyahu Tawfiq Vice-Chairman - Meir Zakka Honorary Secretary - Yusuf Daoud Isaac Treasurer - Ibrahim Twaina Member - Naeem Sofair 8 - Nuriel Endowment Committee ⟦line⟧ Chairman - Saleh Shlomo Hospitals Representative - Salim Qattan Alliance Representative - Shalom Diman Deputy Administrator - Saleh Farah Hayim 9 - Subcommittee in Hilla ⟦line⟧ Mu'allim Moshi Hoki Ibrahim Daoud Eliyahu Menachem Ezra Wazan Eliyahu Munshi Nassim Yusuf Ibrahim Kirkukli (What follows) 12
(2) (Preceding) 10 - Cemeteries Society ⟦line⟧ President - Salman Al-Kabir Vice President - Selim Cohen Honorary Secretary - Yusuf Abboudi Members - Meir Dangur Menashe Biri Victor Shukur Continuation of the Charitable Sewing Society for Girls ⟦line⟧ Members - Abboudi Isaac Shammash Moshe Hakham Nassim Menahem Aslan ⟦illegible⟧ 14 - Blind Consolation Society ⟦line⟧ President - Wife of Mr. Ibrahim Nahum Vice President - Wife of Mr. Ibrahim Al-Kabir Honorary Secretary - Dawood Salman Yehuda Accountant - Shimon Sahon Sofer Members - Latif Bekhor Eileen Ibrahim ⟦...⟧ wife of Mr. Martin Wife of Mr. Yaqoub Shlomo 11 - Hebra Qadisha Society ⟦line⟧ President - Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi Vice President - Hesqel Darzi Treasurer - Sassoon Nawi Honorary Secretary - Ezra Salman Nissan Members - Yusuf Isaac Salman Samray Shaul Aiwan 15 - Ozer Dalim Society ⟦line⟧ President - Isaac Saleh Jouri Vice President - Salman Ezra Shahrabani Honorary Secretary - Elias Menashe Arib Members - Ibrahim Eliyahu Shamtob Gourgi Yusuf Isaac Yamin Abboudi Aslan Yusuf Salman Nissan 12 - Nursing Mothers Relief Society ⟦line⟧ Mrs. Habiba Al-Kabir Wife of the late Gourgi Lawi Wife of Sassoon Chi Wife of Meir Hasbak Wife of Isaac Moallem Nassim Wife of Meir Shamtob Wife of Dr. Salman Darwish 16 - Tomchei Torah Society - ⟦line⟧ President - Sassoon Haron Vice President - Salman Shina, Lawyer Members - Sassoon Hakham Nassim Salman Yehuda Salman Yamin Cohen 13 - Charitable Sewing Society for Girls ⟦line⟧ President - Israel Nassim Hai Vice President - Ibrahim Isaac Al-Bahak Honorary Secretary - Meir Zakka Treasurer - Ibrahim Twaina (Following) P /
(4) (Preceding it) 17 - Dorshei Torah Association President - Shua Sasson Secretary - Ezra Yona Members - Ibrahim Eliahu Abdul Ghani Murad Abdul Nabi Menashi Nawaya Sub-committees branching from the Israeli Synagogues Committee 1 - Al-Rahma Synagogue Committee Eliahu Sion Zilkha Gurji Youssef Ishaq Nessim Yona Sadqa 2 - Meir Eliahu Synagogue Committee Rabbi Daoud Rabbi Yaqoub Rabbi Elia Yehoshua Mr. Heskel Baruch Hakham Abboudi Mr. Ezra Heskel Haddad Mr. Meir Menachem Mahleb 3 - Al-Moalemin Synagogue Committee in Al-Alwiyah C/ Mr. Youssef Nessim Nathan - President Mr. Salman Yamin Cohen Mr. Ephraim Zalouf Mr. Menashi Sofair Mr. Yaqoub Saat Mr. Sasson Shaul Nawi Mr. Hayyim Youssef Khdeir 4 - Sheikh Ishaq Synagogue Committee Moalem Ezra Moalem Eliahu Ibrahim Eliahu Mr. Saleh Sion Shahrabani Mr. Salim Cohen Mr. Jackly Ezra Mr./ Daoud Jehou Shasha Mr. Yaqoub Menashi Sabbagh 5 - Ezra Daoud Synagogue Committee Mr. Shlomo Sasson Ezra Daoud - Honorary President Mr. Daoud Nathan Haroun - President Mr. Saleh Nessim Hay Masri Mr. Heskel Youssef Alfi Mr. Heskel Shimon Dubai Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Menashi Heskel Shaya 6 - Meir Daniel Synagogue Committee Mr. Moshi Sion Levi Mr. Eliahu Hakham Shimon Mr. Eliahu Hooky
Members of the Israeli General Council Session 1948 – 1952 A | R | The President Lawyer Abboudi Siti | Rubin Yehuda Zlouf | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Abdullah Shaul Ovadia | S | The Members Lawyer Abdullah Sion Sheina | Lawyer Sassoon Peress Reshti | A Ezra Shaul Balbul | Sassoon Sion Abed | Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Nassim Ezra Menachem Daniel | Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq | Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir K | Sassoon Abboudi Bashi | Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazzoum Karji Yaqub Mathlon | Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi | Ishaq Sassoon Mukammal Karji Yusuf Ishaq | Salman Debi | Israel Nassim Hay M | Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir | Asher Hay Moshe Hakham Nassim | Lawyer Salman Sion Sheina | Eliyahu Hayim Tawfiq Menashe Shaul Shashoua | Salman Ezra Salman Shahrabani | Eliyahu Daoud Shochet Meir Shaul Basri | Selim Zaghir Ovadia | Lawyer Anwar Zakha N | Lawyer Selim Saltoon | Lawyer Anwar Shaul Naim Ishaq Shammash | Selim Menachem Qahtan | Lawyer Anwar Yantoub Y | Sh | H Yamin Murad | Shimon Sion Sofer | Lawyer Hesqel Yaqub Murad Yaqub Balbul | S | Hesqel Shochet Yaqub Ezra Abdullah | Saleh Hesqel Hindi | D Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Hesqel | Saleh Daoud Saleh | Daoud Hesqel Shammash Rabbi Yusuf Eliyahu Rabi | Saleh Salman Shapiro | Daoud Salman Yehuda Yusuf Daoud Ishaq | Saleh Shaul Basri | Daoud Samra Yusuf Nathan | Saleh Shlomo Abdullah | Rabbi Daoud Ezra Mustafa Yusuf Nassim Abboudi | Saleh Faraj Hayim | Rabbi Daoud Shaul Shammash | Lawyer Sion Shua Giji | Daoud Shaul Twig
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad ⟦...⟧ 989 On ⟦...⟧ 1949 Honorable Gentlemen - Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq Sassoon Aboudi Bassi Sion Shawqi Hayyim Gurji Matloub Malson Meir Shaoul Basri Anwar Zilkha Heskel Shochet Yaqub Bulbul Haroun Sion Hammam Greetings, The provisional referral for the public auction for the Napoly and intestines obligation for the year 49/50 will take place at six o'clock in the evening on Monday, March 7, 1949, and the final referral at six o'clock in the evening on Sunday, March 13, 1949. Please be kind enough to attend at the appointed time at the headquarters of the Community Presidency to supervise the auction. Best regards. ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Community Copy to:- His Eminence Rabbi Daoud Haqqi } Please attend at the appointed time His Eminence Rabbi Yaqub Safi } Y /
Baghdad, February 16, 1949 Honorable President of the Lay Council Baghdad After greetings, I request that the following proposal be presented to the Council at the first suitable opportunity. It has become clear from two cases recently referred to the Lay Council for a decision—the case of the abolition of the position of Director of Meer Elias Hospital and the case of the French language teacher at the Alliance School—and the discussions surrounding them, that the method followed in forming the subcommittees of the Lay Council, particularly the schools and hospitals committees, consisting entirely of members from outside the Council, is an impractical method that often leads to a loss of the necessary connection between the Council and each of these two committees, and to the difficulty of understanding the motives of either of them when making a highly important decision. This is in addition to the fact that the Council does not know what is happening in the community's schools and hospitals except through the few official communications it receives regarding the dismissal of an employee or the appointment of another. As the Lay Council is primarily responsible for the work of each of these two committees and is a higher authority for them on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Council, according to the powers granted to these two committees explicitly or implicitly, considers each of them—rightfully—a committee whose decisions are difficult to reject without affecting their powers and their ability to continue working, it is necessary to appoint a member of the Lay Council to each of the schools and hospitals committees so that he may present the Council's point of view to the committee and present the committee's point of view fully to the Council. In this way, there will be no need to hold joint meetings except in extreme exceptional cases, and the Lay Council will be continuously and adequately informed of the progress of work in each of the two mentioned committees. Please accept my utmost respect. Sincerely, Yaqub Balbul Y/