AI en Translation, Pages 151-175
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List of amounts paid to the Capital Secretariat for guarding fees
Voucher No. and Date | Details | Receipt No. | Amount | Total
58 / 5/3/1934 | For guarding | Reuben Sassoon Sassoon | 540/6 | 4 - 400
06 / 6/4/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 6 - 400
51 / 15/5/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 6 - 400
06 / 25/5/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 3 - 400
51 / 13/6/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 5 - 400
06 / 26/6/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 3 - 400
51 / 12/7/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 7 - 400
06 / 27/7/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 8 - 400
51 / 15/8/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 3 - 400
06 / 26/8/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 04 - 400
51 / 12/9/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 11 - 400
06 / 26/9/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 61 - 400
51 / 15/10/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 61 - 400
06 / 26/10/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 24 - 400
51 / 15/11/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 54 - 400
06 / 26/11/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 31 - 400
51 / 12/12/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 71 - 400
06 / 26/12/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 84 - 400
51 / 12/1/1935 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 94 - 400
56 / 12/2/1935 | 〃 | 〃 | 540/6 | 46 - 400
48 / 8/8/1934 | 〃 | Alliance School for Girls | 057 | 17 - 400
48 / 24/9/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 057 | 67 - 400
48 / 3/10/1934 | 〃 | 〃 | 057 | 67 - 400
48 / 17/1/1935 | 〃 | Alliance School for Boys | 061 | 37 - 400
Total ⟦line⟧
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Department Copy
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1/7/1951
Administrative Order
The Council has noticed a significant increase in petty and miscellaneous expenses
during recent months, especially at this time when financial resources
have begun to decline, making it necessary to economize on expenditures to
the lowest possible limit. After discussing this matter and reviewing a comparison
of expenses during recent years, it was decided as follows:
First - To emphasize to the community's employees the necessity of observing complete
economy in expenses and dispensing with unnecessary expenditures even if they
are approved in the budget.
Second - To request obtaining special approval for every unusual expenditure
whose amount exceeds five dinars.
Vice President
Copy to - Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Presidency of ⟦the Authorized⟧
Secretary of the Community
The Accountant
To note this decision
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1949/7/22
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The Honorable Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, Respectfully
After greetings,
The obituary of your late daughter Hilda had a painful impact on the souls
of the members of the Physical Council. The Council decided in its first session held after
this painful tragedy to convey the Council's condolences to you and its participation in the deep
sorrow of your loss, asking the Almighty to grant the deceased a place in His spacious gardens
and to inspire you with beautiful patience.
Please accept the highest respect;
Sincerely,
Vice President
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Filing
Telegrams
A. A.
6/7
⟦1931/7/8⟧
⟦Community Management Committee⟧
Number ⟦1000⟧
The Lay Council has previously decided in its previous session held on ⟦...⟧
on ⟦...⟧ to give an amount of ⟦...⟧ rupees to the Jewish ⟦...⟧ committee in ⟦...⟧
And according to Article ⟦...⟧ of the ⟦...⟧ law, that ⟦...⟧ is within the jurisdiction of the aforementioned Council
Accordingly, we request you to inform the aforementioned ⟦...⟧ of this Council decision ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ amount of ⟦...⟧ rupees had been ⟦...⟧ by the Council ⟦...⟧
on ⟦...⟧ to ⟦...⟧ rupees ⟦...⟧ rupees ⟦...⟧
on ⟦...⟧ to ⟦...⟧ rupees ⟦...⟧ from ⟦...⟧ to ⟦...⟧ rupees ⟦...⟧
• ⟦...⟧ rupees ⟦...⟧
Accordingly ⟦...⟧ and it is necessary to ⟦...⟧ all necessary matters ⟦...⟧
• ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
President of the Council
A copy of it to :-
1- ⟦...⟧
2- ⟦...⟧
3- ⟦...⟧
4- ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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8/9/1949
⟦Community Committee⟧
⟦Outgoing Register⟧
Respected Mr. Saleh Cohen
After greetings,
We request an investigation regarding the (secret) letter numbered L/70 dated
5/8/1949 received from the Hospitals Committee and attached herewith regarding the amount
(292/342 Dinars) remaining as a liability of Elias Samira, the former administrative officer of
Rima Khedouri Hospital, and to submit a report urgently on the result. Best regards.
Vice President
⟦760⟧
14
⟦...⟧
Number
⟦7/3/31⟧ DH
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Honorable President of the Executive Committee
Greetings and respect, and thereafter
On the occasion of the arrival of the blessed Easter holiday and in celebration of this happy feast
We request your kind approval to release the detainees from the members of the community
Against whom no specific charge has been proven and who have spent a long period in detention
Without trial, in honor of this happy feast and to alleviate the suffering of their afflicted families
With many thanks to you
Baghdad, April 17, 1951
Sincerely,
Suleiman Sassoon
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Or
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12/16/1949
⟦Department Copy⟧
To the respected Mr. Shimon Hakham Moshe
Registrar of Marriage Contracts
Baghdad
After greetings
Please continue to submit the lists of the synagogue's revenues to Mr.
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the former President of the Council, for weekly auditing.
With regards
Vice President
Copy to -
The honorable Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq - for your kind information
Accountant
File
Inheritance fees
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31/8/51
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧
⟦in Baghdad⟧
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Honorable President and Members of the Lay Council,
We enclose herewith list (No. 11) of the income tax amounts due from the officials
and employees of the community on the salaries paid to them during the month of August 1951,
totaling (11 Dinars and 626 Fils). We kindly request
issuing your order to pay the mentioned amount by check to the order of the Income Tax Directorate.
With highest respect,
4/9
AW
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12/16/1949
Department Copy
Honorable Gentlemen
Eliyahu Hayyim Tweig
Sassoon Bashi
Zion Subhi Al-Manami
After greetings
The Council has decided to task you with monitoring the synagogue revenues
and the property affairs belonging to the Lay Council.
I ask you to kindly undertake this mission, and please accept our thanks
and respect;
The Council
Vice President
Copy to -
The Accountant - for the file
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ADVOCATE
SION S. JIJI
No. 8/33 Rewaq, Baghdad.
TEL. No. { OFFICE 3759
{ RESIDENCE 7468
Date :
Lawyer
Sion S. Jiji
Khan Hayawi Abu Al-Timman 8/33 Rewaq - Baghdad
Telephone Number { Office 3759
{ Residence 7468
Date: 22 / 12 / 1949
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number G / 420 / 949
Date 22 / 12 / 949
File Number
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
Baghdad
Greetings and respect, and thereafter
With reference to your letter numbered 298 and dated 16 / 12 / 1949
Due to my poor health and my preoccupation with studies, I very much regret my inability to carry out the task that
was entrusted to me according to the aforementioned letter, so please accept my apologies with my highest greetings and respects.
Sincerely
⟦signature⟧
To be presented to the Council
22 / 12
Approved, Secretary of the Council
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number J / 448 / 950
Date 29 / 1 / 950
File Number
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Respectfully
Presented to your Excellency
Since we are a group that earns its living from circumcision ceremonies (Tahur) from father to grandfather, and we have inherited this means
since our early childhood until this day, and we have no means other than this profession. We were informed of the
oral prohibition from entering Meir Elias Hospital by the hospital director, and when we inquired
about the reasons for the prohibition and the party that issued it, he answered us by saying (you are prohibited from entering) without explaining
the reason. I consulted the head of the community at that time, but he did not reveal the truth, claiming that your esteemed council issued
this prohibition.
And as we explain to your esteemed council that Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri began at that time to bring close to him
limited people and restricted the livelihood to them, cutting off the livelihood from us, the owners of large families, and as
in the past, it was customary for the qualified person (who performs the circumcision) not to obtain fees, and the intention was
to restrict this work to the hands of Rabbi Shua, who is not legally permitted to practice another interest because he is
an official employee, and we believe that the competent official departments do not agree to that.
Nothing remains for us in this world but to resort to your esteemed council, as we support three
families consisting of thirty people who have no source of livelihood except what we explained above, so we plead with
your esteemed council to look at our case with an eye of kindness and mercy. In the name of modernity and in the name of compassion,
we submit this plea, praying to the Almighty Creator that the right takes its course and justice its integrity,
and we hope for your help in these difficult circumstances and to notify the aforementioned hospital not to prevent us from
entering it when a circumcision occurs. Please accept our highest respect.
22/1/950
Habib Abboudi Maato, Saleh Abboudi Maato, Rahmin Abboudi Maato
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Jewish Hospitals Committee
25 / 1 / 950
Number - J / 425 / 950
Date - 20 / 1 / 1950
Referred to the Hospitals Committee according to jurisdiction
to provide an opinion, please.
President of the Lay Council
Referred to the Director of Meir Elias Hospital
to provide an opinion and statement.
21 / 1 / 50
Habib
The President
To prevent overcrowding of the facility and out of a desire to maintain peace and order
in the hospital, it has been decided to prevent any person
from entering during circumcision or otherwise, except for the mourner,
excluding the circumciser and the contractor for flowers and myrtle, especially
since we noticed in the past that some of the above employees
have caused noise that disrupts the hospital system, and there have been
numerous complaints from the patients themselves.
Director of Meir Elias Hospital
22 / 1 / 950
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Administration of ⟦...⟧: Baghdad
Number: J/90/509
Date: 20 / 4 / 950
File Number:
(2)
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings
A family of noble lineage and ancestry, bitten by time and afflicted by everything, carrying
what it cannot bear, has come to seek your help and urge your determination. It has three daughters
with no husband, no son, no helper, and not even a shelter. It has nothing in this universe but God's mercy. It has become
on the verge of the abyss of destruction. People of righteousness and charity from among its relatives in
Japan used to give it charity, and since the last war, news of them has been cut off. It pleaded by all means to find out the truth
of their situation but did not succeed. From that time until the writing of this plea, everything it possessed, precious
and cheap, from jewelry to furniture to the last thing it could rely on, has been exhausted. When time exhausted it,
it was forced to knock on the doors of people of mercy and compassion like yourselves, something that is very difficult for it,
but what is the solution? I and my three daughters must live, forced whether we like it or not. This family,
which has reached the lowest levels of poverty, seeks your help and appeals to your protective zeal to assist it by any means
possible. Indeed, God does not waste the reward of those who do good.
Everyone among you knows that this family, which has now extended its hand to you asking for help
in its ordeal, often in the past, when it was in its glory and majesty, helped many. But the calamities
of time are many. I repeat my plea and say: help me, save me and my daughters from the ordeal I am in, and
God will save you from every evil, for He is All-Hearing and Responsive.
The Petitioner
Hanna Hanim Haroun Hanim Abdullah
Ibrahim Yusuf Somekh
Baghdad 20 / 4 / 950
Letter 2311
15/4/50
Owns nothing
To be presented to the Council
21 / 4 / 50
For filing
Sabahi
⟦stamp⟧
Presidency of the Physical Council
We endorse what was stated in the note of the Director of Mar Elias Hospital
and we add that we have implemented this prohibition based on the continuous
complaints and dissatisfaction shown by the hospitalized patients
in addition to the complaints from the head of the maternity ward and the resident
⟦Toler⟧ and Dr. Baldian, the hospital director, on many
previous occasions, and therefore we are not inclined to encourage
such requests in order to ensure the comfort of the patients.
7/2/950
⟦signature⟧
The President
To be presented to the Council
2/8
His Excellency the President
reviewed it and decided to file it
⟦signature⟧
8/2/50
⟦stamp⟧
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Ja
1/1950/2/51
1/1950/
1/4/50
Remaining amounts owed by Elias Samira
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. 338 dated 8/9/1949
We convey to you below a copy of Resolution No. (5) taken in the sixth session held on
1/5/1950 regarding the subject, to note its content and act accordingly, please.
Vice President
Copy of the Resolution
5 - Discussion took place again regarding the remaining amounts owed by Elias Samira, the former administrative officer of
Rima Khadouri Hospital, and it was decided:-
A - To add a third paragraph to the decision of the Physical Council taken in its forty-fifth session
held on 8/7/1949 in this regard, the text of which is as follows:-
"Requesting Mr. Elias Samira to submit a legal written confession of his liability for the amounts
"under discussion.
B - Amending the second paragraph of the aforementioned Council's decision taken on 8/7/1949 as follows:-
"In the event that the guarantor or the aforementioned legal written confession is not submitted, it was decided to authorize the President
"of the Physical Council or his deputy to file a complaint with the competent authorities to recover the mentioned amounts.
C - Dismissing Mr. Elias Samira from his position at Meir Elias Hospital as of the date of his
suspension, with payment of half his salary for the period between his suspension and the date of this decision, and notifying
the Hospitals Committee to deduct what he will be entitled to according to this decision from the remaining amounts owed by him.
D - It was decided to pay 27/850 Dinars (twenty-seven Dinars and eight hundred and fifty Fils) to the
Hospitals Committee (for the remaining fees owed to Mr. Elias Samira by the Council for his copying
of deeds for the purposes of the Properties Committee) to be deducted from the remaining amount owed to the Hospitals Committee by the
mentioned Mr. Elias Samira.
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2/12/95
(8)
Respected Uncle,
After offering my respects,
past, but you were busy. Would you be so kind as to inform me
if I am able to meet you as you suggested. May you remain well.
I sent your servant, my son Said, during the week
Nuzha Nasim
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(5)
Honorable Vice President
His Excellency the President has requested
the inclusion of this request in the agenda
of today's session, Monday
⟦morning⟧
3/22
Transferred
for filing
Executed - Tax
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 5452
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE No. 5452
( 6 )
Number :: ⟦illegible⟧ / 526
Date :: 7 / 7 / 1950
Subject Summary ::
Honorable Gentlemen
Mr. Victor Moallem Cohen ⟦line⟧ President
Mr. Ezra Haddad ⟦line⟧ Vice President
Mr. Ibrahim Hayyim ⟦line⟧ Secretary
Lawyer Anwar Shaul ⟦line⟧ Member ⟦in a permanent advisory capacity⟧
Mr. Salim Shaul Samuel ⟦line⟧ Member
Mr. Abdullah Mashhad ⟦line⟧ Member
Dr. Nadim Isaac ⟦line⟧ Member
After greetings and respect
In view of what we know of your zeal and sacrifice for the sake of the public
interest, you have been appointed as a committee to manage the schools by the body.
We ask you to kindly commence this humanitarian work, with the request to hold
your meeting at the National School.
Please accept our highest respect,,,
The President
⟦signature⟧
The President
6/23/A
Our Master the Rabbi
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Correct
And the rest
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6/ ⟦...⟧ /1950
Respected Gentlemen,
1 | Mrs. Rena Meir Koestler | President
2 | Mr. Ezra Haddad | Vice President
5 | Mr. Sassoon Shaul Shaul | Member
7 | Dr. Nadim Isaac | Member
4 | Lawyer Anwar Shemsha | Member
3 | Mr. Ibrahim Shemsha | Member
⟦...⟧ | Mr. Abdullah Ovadia | Member
After greetings and respect,
In view of what we know of your zeal and sacrifice for the sake of the public interest,
I have named your election as a committee for sheltering the needy of the community.
We ask you to kindly commence this humanitarian work, with the request to hold your meetings
at the National School ⟦...⟧ .
Please accept our highest respect;
The Council
The President ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
6/12/A
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 5452
⟦s⟧
No :- 344
Baghdad, 21st Aug. 1949
Subject Summary:
The Ottoman Bank,
B A G H D A D .
Dear Sirs,
We enclose herewith your two receipts Nos., 1104/2970,
1105/2971 for 200 ( two hundred ) bonds IRAQ GOVERNMENT PREMIUM
LOAN 2% 1944, with your receipt No. 1099/2967 for IDs. 1500/-
( IRAQ DINARS FIFTEEN HUNDRED ONLY ) Nominal IRAQ GOVERNMENT LOAN
3 1/2 % 1947. We shall be glad if you will deliver if you will
deliver the relative securities of the above-mentioned receipts,
duly endorsed by us, to Mr. ELIAHOU HAYIM TAWFICK.
Yours faithfully,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL,
ACCOUNT WAKIF RIFKA MENAHEM
SALEH DANIEL.
Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad
1930
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Enclos.
3 Receipts
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Honorable Vice President
Do you attribute ⟦to the intent⟧ of continuing
the follow-up of this decision for the benefit
of Mr. Elias Samira.
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4/12
Please inform me on the subject
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⟦This is⟧ urgent