Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain certificates from 1950 issued by the President of the Jewish Community and Jewish Lay Council verifying birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, non-impediment (i.e., no legal hindrance to marriage), heritage, and personal character.
Department copy 2582 / 50 10 / 8 / 50 ⟦Department copy⟧ Secret 757 Isaac Saleh, known as Isaac Saleh Ezekiel Bunya Miss Tuffaha Isaac, known as Didya Tuffaha daughter of Moshe Shammah Cohen The third of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 8 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F / 14 / 8
50 / 2582 1950/8/17 Department Copy Memorandum 395 Isaac Ibrahim Yaqoub Iran⟦line⟧ian Miss Naima Youssef Daoud The twenty-third of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nin⟦line⟧th and forty AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/16 Abu Nimr Majid 8/17 On behalf of the head of the Jewish community Head of the Spiritual Council 8/16/9
Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 12 / 8 / 1949 Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Please provide Salima daughter of Rahim Cohen a certificate including her divorce from her husband Munshi son of Saleh (Ezra) namely on the date of 29 Av 5709 corresponding to 24 August 1949 Salman Hakim Aboudi ⟦illegible⟧ 24 / 8 / 49
Department Copy Divorce Certificate: Number: 50 / 2582 Date: 15 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate Based on the certificate of the Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we certify hereby that the woman named Salima Rahmin Cohen has had her divorce finalized from her husband named Munshi Salih (Ezra) on the twenty-fourth of August of the year nineteen hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 8 p.p. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8 / 24 882 2 / 14 / 8
Testimony I, the undersigned, Mukhtar of Al-Alwiyah neighborhood, Haj Abbas, testify that the person named Anwar son of Haskail Lawi, it has been the custom since his childhood to call him by the name Yusuf Haskail Lawi, and he is known among the people by this name, and for this reason I have signed this testimony, Baghdad on 16 / August / 1950 Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Al-Alwiyah neighborhood Mordechai Al-Khayyat | Moshe Yamin Shakkouri | Haj Abbas Mustafa | Al-Khayyat | ⟦S⟧ Number: 50/2584 Date: 7 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 7/8/50 ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy To whom it may concern We, the undersigned, certify that the person named Yusuf Yaqub Moshi from Erbil, born in 1924, works as a cobbler, and based on his request we provided him with this certificate; Witness | Witness | Seal of the Al-Towrat Quarter Mukhtar Ephraim Sahih | Salim Mikhail | Salim Daoud Salam Duplicate Number: 2584 / 50 Date: 15 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Current Status Record⟧ 314 7/14 8/14/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 16 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 96, I hereby certify that Mr. Naim Sion, known as Naim bin Hasouri married in Baghdad Miss Habiba daughter of Musa bin Hasil on the day 5 / 11 / 1924 (Corresponding to 5 Shevat year 5702) ( ⟦line⟧ Amount of the Ketubah 400 Dinars only Witnesses Naim Sassoon Shaul Salim Sassoon El-Bahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H' Shimon 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 8/17
Department Copy 50 / 2585 8 / 27 / 1950 Duplicate 96 Naeem Khaddouri, known as Naeem Sayon son of Khaddouri Miss Habiba Boushi Hesqail The fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/27 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 8/27 8/27/2
Department Copy 50 / 2585 15 / 8 / 1950 655 Naeem Asher Rahmi Iranian Miss Farha Sayon Zalkha Cohen The eighth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/15 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 20/8 50 Fils Copy 20/8/50 8/15/A ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
3585/50/1950 15/8/1950 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 2.75 655 Naeem Asher Moshe Ibrahim Miss Farha Sion Zilkha Cohen The eighth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty A.D. True copy ) Baghdad on August 21 / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/21/8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 2 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 475, I hereby confirm that Mr.: Yaakov ben Shlomo ben Shimon Has married in Baghdad: Georgia bat Eliyahu ben Shimon On the day: 20 / 6 / 1945 (In Sivan, the year 5705) Ketubbah amount: 200 two hundred Dinars The witnesses: Shimon Sasson Suleiman Meir Free of charge ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 11 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shamash
50 / 2586 17 / 8 / 1950 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 475 Yaqub Saleh Hai Miss Khatoun Shlomo Hai The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five AD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council 8/17/2
The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs Baghdad ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records fixed in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named ( ⟦Abraham son of Isaac⟧ ) passed away in Baghdad on the day 26 of the month of Av 5710 year ( 9 / 8 / 1950 ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦handwritten signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs ⟦handwritten signature⟧ 10 / 8 / 50 4581 25 ⟦handwritten vertical note⟧
Department Copy 2586 / 50 15 / 8 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Reina Hesqail Al-Yello passed away in Baghdad on the ninth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Incoming⟧ 2000 9 / 15 / 8 ⟦signature⟧ 8 / 15 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Manager of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Menachem⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the 6th day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year 5702 (8 / 2 / 1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦illegible⟧ 17 / 8 ⟦illegible⟧ 17 / 2 / 50 ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Menachem⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Heskel Haddad Manager of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦Duplicate⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ 7587 2587 / 50 1950 / 8 / 17 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Yusuf Ishaq Hanuka has died in Baghdad on the eighth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 For the Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 8/17/9
Department Copy Department Copy 2587 / 50 10 / 8 / 1950 Thanks 32 Rahmin Hayim Raj⟦line⟧wan Miss Masouda Eliahu, known by the name Saida Eliahu Baroukh Rajwan The tenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-⟦line⟧ eight AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / 8 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 9 / 15 / 8
Department Copy 50 / 2588 15/8/1950 Duplicate 584 Ibrahim Shalom bin Ezra Ibrahim Sof ⟦line⟧ yer Miss Berthe Ezra Yaqoub H ⟦line⟧ ay The third of September of the year nineteen forty ⟦line⟧ seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15/A
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Congregation Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: 442 Date: 16 / 8 / 950 To whom it may concern We certify that the person named Ezekiel son of Joseph Yahya is a servant (Shamash) in the synagogue of Mas'uda Eliyahu Rubin and receives a monthly salary of five dinars, and for this purpose he was provided with this testimony Salman Huqi Aboudi The President Rescue 10 Fils Salman Hugi Aboudi The year 5707 Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Huqi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD
50 / 2589 17 / 8 / 1950 Certificate ⟦illegible⟧ Certificate ⟦illegible⟧ To whom it may concern Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that the person named Heskel Yousef Yahya is a servant (Shamash) in the Masuda Shemtov synagogue and receives a monthly salary of five dinars, and at his request he was provided with this certificate, ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 8/10 9/17/8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 15 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Ketubah amount | Witnesses 75 Dinars, seventy-five | Yaqub Shaul | Salim Chacham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦signature/stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2580 1950/8/15 Memorandum 551 Naim Khadhuri, known as Naim Yehuda bin Khadhuri Assir Miss Clementine Salman Daoud Shammash. The eleventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ M/8/15
50 / 2590 17 / 8 / 1950 Department copy ⟦illegible⟧ 21 513 Munshi Saleh Haron Miss Victoria Heskel Shemay The fourteenth of Kislev in the year five thousand six hundred and eighty- eight (Hebrew) ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 2 / 17 / 8