AI en Translation, Pages 176-200
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File Number
Receipt Number
Total
Signature
Register
1-1 101 59
2-2 102 77
3-3 103 78
4-4 104 144
5-5 105 166
6-6 106 167
7-7 107 198
8-8 108 199
9-9 109 200
10-10 110 205
11-11 111 247
12-12 112 248
13-13 113 251
14-14 114 252
15-15 115 253
16-16 116 254
17-17 117 255
18-18 118 256
19-19 119 257
20-20 120 258
21-21 121 259
22-22 122 260
23-23 123 261
24-24 124 262
25-25 125 263
26-26 126 264
27-27 127 265
28-28 128 266
29-29 129 267
30-30 130 268
31-31 131 269
32-32 132 270
33-33 133 271
34-34 134 272
35-35 135 273
36-36 136 274
37-37 137 275
38-38 138 276
39-39 139 277
40-40 140 278
41-41 141 279
42-42 142 280
43-43 143 281
44-44 144 282
45-45 145 283
46-46 146 284
47-47 147 285
48-48 148 286
49-49 149 287
50-50 150 288
51-51 151 289
52-52 152 290
53-53 153 291
54-54 154 292
55-55 155 293
56-56 156 294
57-57 157 295
58-58 158 296
59-59 159 297
60-60 160 298
61-61 161 299
62-62 162 300
?
⟦illegible⟧
Not present in it
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However, of the amount of 27/548 Dinars, only 7 days' salary in July is calculated for him
- 3 - State revenues and ⟦...⟧ for the period from 8/1/48 to ⟦...⟧
I have audited the details of this amount in the expenditure ledger belonging to Rima Khedouri Hospital
and verified that all payments totaling 178/022 Dinars were not supported
by Dr. Raubinshek's signatures as was the case until 7/31/48.
Dinar
178/022 - 6/20/1949
- 4 - Remainder of the petty cash advance - /760 -
I have verified from the petty cash ledger that this amount was recently paid
by the aforementioned person to the treasurer of Meir Elias Hospital, and the accountant has confirmed that.
General Note: I would like to state that I did not audit the accounts of Rima Khedouri Hospital
in detail, but rather limited the inspection to the amounts mentioned in the letter of the
Hospitals Committee only.
In conclusion, please accept my highest respect
The Inspector
⟦signature⟧
Saleh Cohen
Baghdad on August 8, 1949 (12)
Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Old on 25 / 10 / 949
After greetings, with reference to your letter numbered ⟦144⟧ and dated 5 / 8 / 49,
I have audited the list included in the letter of the Hospitals Committee numbered L / 707
and dated 5 / 8 / 49 and I list below my observations regarding the amounts clarifying the research:-
1 - Balance of revenues for the period from 16 to 20 / 6 / 49 - 79/169 Dinars
I have reviewed a copy of a list organized and signed by Meir Elias Meseira
dated 20 / 6 / 49, showing the incoming amounts and payments for the period
from 16 to 20 / 6 / 49 as follows:-
Revenues | 208/410 | Dinars
Payments | 208/410 | "
The payment amount includes 79/169 Dinars indicated as "to Meir Elias Hospital
for the remainder of the revenues". The accountant of Meir Elias Hospital informed me
that this amount was not received by the aforementioned person to the treasurer of
Meir Elias Hospital.
I have matched the copy of the list mentioned above with the revenue and payment records
of Rima Khedouri Hospital.
2 - Total revenues from 1 to 7 / 7 / 49 - 24/780 Dinars
I have reviewed the general revenue record of Rima Khedouri Hospital and verified that
the amount mentioned above is listed in it in detail. As I did not see a copy
of a list submitted by Meir Elias Meseira for this amount, and the accountant of
Meir Elias Hospital informed me that this amount was not paid by the aforementioned person.
Note: I have reviewed the payment record for this period where it appeared
that Mr. Elias Meseira has an amount of 27/588 Dinars paid to him in settlement
of his account until the end of June and from 1 / 7 to 7 / 7 / 49 and signed by him.
Also, the aforementioned person had signed for an amount he received on 20 / 6 / 49 in settlement
of his account until the end of June 49 - which is 9/244 Dinars.
The accountant of Meir Elias Hospital informed me that the latter amounts are correct
I have reviewed
President of the Council
⟦signature⟧
The Lay Council and decided to take
what is necessary to act according to the statement above
⟦signature⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 / 7480
Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
(12)
Number 267
Date 5 / 8 / 949
Number: L / 707
No.: L / 707
Date: 5 / 8 / 1949
Date: 5 / 8 / 1949
Secret and Urgent
Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
Following the transfer of the administrative officer Mr. Elias Samira from Rimah Khedouri Hospital to Meir
Elias Hospital, and based on the audit conducted by the accountant of Meir Elias Hospital and the sub-committee of Rimah
Khedouri Hospital on 25 / 7 / 1949 upon receiving the accounting records from the aforementioned person, it appeared that he had kept
an amount of (292.342 Dinars) illegally as detailed below.
Fils | Dinar
169 | 79 | Balance of revenues for the period from 16 to 30 / 6 / 1949 which he was supposed to pay to the Meir Elias Hospital fund since 1 / 7 / 1949 according to the account list for that period signed by him, which he did not submit to Meir Elias Hospital at the time but kept inside one of the records that was in his desk drawer ⟦opened according to the above⟧
380 | 34 | Total revenues from 1 / 7 to 7 / 7 / 1949.
533 | 178 | Dr. Rawithheik's proceeds for the period from 1 / 8 / 48 to 30 / 6 / 1949
760 | | Remainder of the petty cash advance in his possession
342 | 292 | Total (Two hundred and ninety-two Dinars and three hundred and forty-two Fils)
The committee has attempted to recover this amount from Mr. Elias Samira, but unfortunately its attempts did not yield any
result. Given the importance and sensitivity of the matter, the ⟦matters⟧ committee decided to suspend the aforementioned person and refer the matter to
your council for a decision according to the requirements of the public interest and in an urgent manner, please.
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
President
Copy to - Sub-committee of Rimah Khedouri Hospital
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(14)
8445 / M
14 / 2 / 1950
Department Copy
The Honorable Mr. Sahyoun Hayhi, Respectable Lawyer
After greetings,
In view of the health reasons you mentioned in your letter dated
22 / 12 / 1949, the Council was forced, with regret, to accept your resignation from
the Sub-Committee for Properties and Ketubot.
Please accept our respects,
Vice President
S
2/13
Copy to -
The Sub-Committee for Properties and Ketubot - for information, noting that the Council
has decided to appoint Mr. Munshi Shashua as a member of
your committee to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mr.
Sahyoun Hayhi
Mr. Munshi Shashua - for kind information
A / 2/13
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ISRP.-000-16-3-50-15,000. M.123 a
IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS
Iraqi State Railways
⟦illegible⟧
24 / 7 / 1950
B
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 195.
Baghdad
Date 19/7/1950
Number SB / 2214 / 898
To -
Heirs of Yusuf Ezra Meshi . Baghdad .
Subject - Shipments consisting of tires and rubber tubes
Arriving on the ships Shell Engineer and Jamnoter
Reference to our last memorandum numbered SB / 2214 / 4124 dated
27 / 3 / 950 and the meeting that took place between you and the supervisor of this department .
You promised us to pay an amount of 276 / 25 due from you for receiving
what was shipped in your name according to the bill of lading numbered CB / 518 and dated
27 / 1 / 950 however the Central Goods Supervisor in West Baghdad informed me that
the ⟦mentioned⟧ amount has not been paid yet and the shipment is still in the warehouses accumulating
storage fees, so please pay this amount as soon as possible to close this correspondence
which has lasted more than two years .
District Transport Manager
for Exports and Imports
Copy to -
Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad - for information and to take necessary action please
File - Numbered SB / 840 for the year 947
File - Numbered SB / 803
File - Numbered CB / S
15
22
Finished
B
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Excellency
<del>The Honorable</del> President
Mr. Abdul Hadi
Abbas Rahim has donated fifty Dinars to the school
on the occasion of his son's graduation from
the aforementioned school. You will find
enclosed with my letter a receipt for the mentioned amount
along with a letter of thanks to the donor.
⟦illegible⟧
8/10
For filing
Miscellaneous
Committee ⟦illegible⟧
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2
List of some prisoners in Al-Kut Central Prison
Number | Name | Profession | Sentence | Date of Sentence
26 | Ezra Isaac Abdul Aziz | Director of Hillah Municipal Station | Two years rigorous with a gold fine ⟦...⟧ | 1949/9/4
27 | Maurice Yaqub | Baghdad Lawyer | Three years rigorous | 1949/10/2
28 | Ezra Daoud | Baghdad Officer | " " " | 1949/10/2
29 | Baruch Rahim | Baqubah Draper | " rigorous with a gold fine ⟦...⟧ | 1949/6/2
30 | Abdullah Hamani | Baghdad Student | " " " | 1949/10/10
Note: 1- The prisoner Ibrahim Qattan is suffering from tuberculosis and needs special food and treatment
2- Some of the prisoners listed above have completed their term in prison
except for a period ranging between one and two months, and they are as follows:
1- Menashi Ezra - 2- Yusuf Abed - 3- Daoud Rahim
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To the presence of the dear brother Salim ⟦Habaza⟧, the respected
After offering greetings and much respect, our inquiry is about your health and good
spirits, and if you ask about us, then praise be to God, we are in perfect health and wellness.
My dear, some time ago I sent you a registered letter and no reply has reached me.
May the reason for the delay be good. And now I am receiving a letter from your side
since all my family have traveled and now I remain in prison, and I have
a period of (4) months left until I am released from prison, and I do not know where I will go
or to which place, because I do not possess the money that ⟦would suffice me⟧ for living, and even
the price of the envelope and the stamp I took from people.
And I hope from your Excellency that you send us ⟦an amount⟧ such as one hundred liras
to my account, since there is no one with me to receive money from you
and bring it to me during the visit, so send it by mail. And my brother,
send us the clothes with the money on the day that I will be released
from my prison.
As for the matter of revoking my citizenship, I hope that you will be the support
in revoking my citizenship, since there is no one for me other than
God and you.
This, and my brother, may you act in place of my mother and my father,
for I have no one but you after God.
The one praying for your well-being,
Yaqub Raphael
The Respected
The prison in Kut ⟦...⟧
Sentenced to 3 years
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Kut 21 / 1 / 1950
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the Respected
Baghdad
Our Lord the President
We, a group of prisoners in the Kut Central Prison from the Mosaic faith, submit our petition
this to inform your Excellency of the state of misery our financial situation has reached, such that it has become
impossible for all our families on the outside to obtain what satisfies their hunger while they are outside
as their condition became worse after that, so they cut off from us what they used to send us in prison
for our sustenance because some aid was previously cut off, and for this reason, the maintenance of our existing health
and as a result, it has become very difficult for our families to be present here at the prison because that
costs expenses in dirhams, the only means to deliver from these various salaries to here.
Our Lord the President, we wish you would look upon our situation as we have explained it to your Excellency above, which
is very regrettable, is that we inform your Excellency that a large portion of us has become vulnerable to diseases
various diseases, as a result of the weakness of their resistance, and indeed many infections have occurred and are occurring inside
inside the prison, we must also spend dirhams, our only means to rely on medicines
and some fruits, fruits, and food to combat and eliminate them, for we must treat these
diseases with the food we have due to the inadequacy and lack of medicines at every extreme time encountered by
what nature has written for him of these diseases and he emerges from them recovered, praise be to God, so if it happens that he is infected
a second time, it will inevitably damage his eyesight without a doubt.
Our Lord the President, we know that you are the head of this community and responsible, and no doubt everyone
is keen on protecting its members one by one from the shocks and material matters that have befallen or may befall them
material matters, so how can our clinic not be informed of this in a known and clear manner, especially by us
with a sufficient amount of dirhams in order to save us from it. For we are members of this community who had
contributed, and our fathers had also contributed with whatever work they could, whatever it was
and as the circumstances of interest still require.
And we know what is for the poor, and the criminal persistence for the needy, the afflicted, and the souls
for the poor and the destitute.
Our Lord the President, what came above in this petition of ours is a brief explanation and nothing more, and the continuation
of our situation as it is will inevitably lead to some victims (loss of sight or illness)
God forbid, so upon whom, our Lord the President, does the responsibility for these victims fall? So please favor
your Excellency by helping a group of the destitute sons of your community so that we may write for you an eternal page in the history
of this community. This, and we hope your Excellency will look upon this case of ours with an eye of kindness and satisfaction
and please accept our highest appreciation.
On behalf of
A group of prisoners of the Kut Central Prison
1- Ibrahim Hayyim | 2- Ibrahim Yehuda Hay | 3- Mori Subhi Meir | 4- ⟦illegible⟧
Sentenced to hard labor | Sentenced to hard labor | Sentenced to hard labor | Sentenced to hard labor
For a period of seven years with a total fine | For a period of seven years with a total fine | For a period of seven years with a total fine | For a period of ten years
Amounting to ten thousand dinars | Amounting to ten thousand dinars | Amounting to ten thousand dinars |
1/21/1950
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ISRP.-999-16-3-50-15,000. M.123 a
IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS Iraqi Government Railways
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 195 7/24/50 Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 136 7/19/950
Number - SB / 8370 /
Presidency of the Jewish Community
T / 25 / 10
24 / 7 / 50
16
To -
Mr. Ibrahim Eliyahu Saleh
Through the clearing agents Eliyahu Heskel and Partners Baghdad
Subject - 1- Six bales of cotton fabrics with the mark
Aboard the ship Taksha according to the bill of lading
Maritime number 1
2- 17 bales of cotton fabrics with the mark
Aboard the ship Louis Mac Hugh according to the two bills of
Maritime shipping numbered 18 and 21 arriving
On board the ship Bandua voyage / 25
SICO
AES
A H
SALEH
Reference to the correspondence regarding the two shipments whose details are listed above, the
latest of which were the letters of this department numbered SB / 8370 / 6114 and SB / 9043 /
6161 dated 5 / 4 / 950.
We have requested you to send two amounts: the first is 193 / fils paid by us to
the Port Directorate for your account against remaining storage fees on the first item above, and the second
is 738 fils paid by us for your account for port remainders on the second item; however, we
have not received a response from you despite more than a year passing since our request to you in several letters. Please send
these two amounts to this department as soon as possible so that we can close these two cases.
Distinguished Transport Officer of the Region
for Exports and Imports
A copy of it to:-
Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad. Please take the necessary action to settle these two cases.
File No. SB / 9043
⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 9 / 50
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Kut 21 / 7 / 1950
His Excellency the President of the Respected Jewish Community
Baghdad
Our Lord President
We, a group of prisoners in the Kut Central Prison from the Mosaic faith, submit this petition of ours
To inform your Excellency of the state of misery our financial situation has reached, such that it has become impossible for all
of our families on the outside to obtain what satisfies their hunger while they are outside, as their situation has become more
bleak than before. They have cut off from us what they used to send us inside the prison for living expenses with the help of
some benefactors, due to the intensification of our sole distress, and as a result, it has become very difficult
for our families to continue in the prison because that costs us some simple, sole dirhams to deliver them
from various cities to face the prison.
Our Lord President, we wish you would look into our situation as we have explained it to your Excellency above on one hand, and
on the other hand, we inform your Excellency that a large portion of us has become vulnerable to various diseases,
diseases, as a result of the narrowness of their dwellings, and in some cases, many infections have occurred and appeared inside this
prison. We must also fight with dirhams, our only means for sustenance, medicine, and some
supplies, fruits, and sour foods. By eliminating them, we are without treatment for these diseases
with the dirhams and the mentioned foods and without effective medicines, so every patient remains silent for his
nature from these diseases and emerges from them inevitably. If it happens that he is infected a second time
with another pest, it will inevitably end his fate without a doubt.
Our Lord President, we know that you are the head of this community and are undoubtedly very keen on protecting
its members one by one. What is proven and shown of calamities and emergency matters, so how can it not comply
witnessed by known clear features and light sent to us for a collapse suffering from diseases so that
you may heal us from them. We, the individuals in this community, appeal to our share and our situation, our hopes may also contribute to what
is placed on our shoulders of injustices, whatever they were and still required by health conditions or
free education for the poor, free cooperation for the needy, and assistance for the disabled, the poor, and the destitute.
Our Lord President, what came above in this petition of ours is a brief explanation indicating that the continuation of
our situation as it is now will inevitably lead to some victims (victims of misery and disease),
God forbid. Upon the majesty of our Lord President, the responsibility for these victims will fall. So please, your Excellency,
help a group of the sons of your community to return them so that an eternal page may be written for you in the history of this
community. We hope your Excellency will look upon this case of ours with an eye of sympathy and satisfaction, and please,
our Lord, accept our highest thanks.
On behalf of a group of prisoners of Kut Prison
Maurice Saleh Sawa
1- Ibrahim Hay
Sentenced to hard labor
for a period of ten years
and a fine, the first of which is
ten thousand dinars
2- Adham Al-Lahu Ajami
Sentenced to hard labor
for a period of seven years
and a fine, the first of which is
one thousand dinars
3- Sentenced to hard
labor for a period of ten
years
For filing
Aid
21 / 7 / 1950
21 / 8 / 1950
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2
List of some prisoners in the Kut Central Prison
Number | Name | Profession | Sentence | Date of Sentence
26 | Ezra Isaac Levy | Former manager of the Kut power station | Two years rigorous and a 500 dinar fine | 1949/6/4
27 | Maurice Jacob | Baghdad lawyer | Three years rigorous | 1949/10/2
28 | Ezra David | Kut tailor | " " | 1949/10/2
29 | Baruch Rahim | Basra draper | " " and a 500 dinar fine | 1949/10/2
30 | Abdullah Safai | Kut student | Two years | 1948/10/10
Note: 1- The prisoners above have been transferred from Baghdad, Kut, and Baqubah to the Kut Central Prison
2- Some of the prisoners whose names are listed above have completed their sentences
from prison for a period ranging between one and two months, and they are:
1- Menashi Ezra. 2- Yusuf Abed. 3- David Rahim
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To the presence of the respected uncle Muqbil Shatub
After abundant peace and much respect, we are in good health and we care for nothing
except the pain of your separation, which is dear to us.
My dear, some time ago I sent you a registered letter and no answer has come to me, and may
the reason be for the best. And now I have not received a letter from your side since my family
all traveled and now I remain in prison, and the mentioned period of (4) months remains for me
until I leave prison, and I do not know where to go to any place as I do not possess
the money that is sufficient for me to live, and even the money for the envelope and stamp is scarce among people.
And I hope from your honor that you send us an allowance like what you send to my group
since there is no one with me to receive money from you and bring it
during the visit, so send it to us by mail to his house, and oh my brother, send us
clothes with the money for the day I will leave prison.
As for the matter of revoking my citizenship, I hope you will investigate quickly
⟦the truth⟧ regarding the revocation of my citizenship since there is no one for me
other than God and you. Thus, my master, you stand in place of my father and mother
and you shall have the reward and recompense from God.
The one praying for your well-being
Yaqub Rufail
The Detention
The prison in Kut al-Kut
Sentenced to 2 years
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List of some prisoners in Al-Kut Central Prison
No. | Name | Profession | Sentence | Date of Sentence
1 | Maurice Yamin | Distinguished at the Ports Directorate, Basra | Three years rigorous | 1948/5/24
2 | Naji Ezra Menachem | 〃 | 〃 | 〃
3 | Ibrahim Salman | Wireless teacher 〃 | 〃 | 〃
4 | Hanoun Asher | Pharmacist | 〃 | 〃
5 | Ephraim Ghazala | Pharmacist | 〃 | 1948/6/19
6 | Ibrahim Yehudji | Contractor and agent for an oil company in Basra | Seven years hard labor with a fine of one hundred and fifty dinars | 1948/10/21
7 | Yusuf Haroun Zarour | Transport contractor, Basra | Three years rigorous with 〃 three thousand 〃 | 1948/8/18
8 | Ibrahim Hayyim | Farmer, Fallujah | Seven years hard labor with a fine of one hundred and fifty dinars | 1948/10/5
9 | Maurice Saleh Hawa | Merchant, Basra | Ten years hard labor | 1949/2/1
10 | Salman Ezra | Station manager at the Ports Directorate, Kirkuk | Four years rigorous with a fine of one hundred dinars | 1948/7/27
11 | Yaqub Saleh | Merchant, Kirkuk | Five years rigorous | 1948/9/6
12 | Ibrahim Qattan | Clerk at the Ports Directorate, Basra, Baghdad | Seven years hard labor | 1949/1/29
13 | Ezra Haroun Saleh | Painter, Baghdad | Four years rigorous | 1948/5/25
14 | Mamman Habib | Customs official in Baghdad | Three and a half years rigorous | 1948/6/19
15 | Ibrahim Morsi | Student, Baghdad | 〃 hard labor 〃 | 1949/7/2
16 | Yusuf Nassim | Driver, Hilla | 〃 〃 | 1949/1/2
17 | Munshi Ezra | Student, Basra | Two years rigorous | 1949/1/21
18 | Anwar Hay | Worker, Baghdad | One and a half years rigorous | 1949/1/7
19 | Shimon Nattat | Pharmacy owner, Ramadi | Two years and nine months rigorous | 1948/7/29
20 | Yaqub Rafo | Worker, Baghdad | Three years rigorous | 1948/9/18
21 | Ezra Leva | Grocer, Kirkuk | Five years rigorous | 1945/9/2
22 | Yehuda Safi | Officer, Baghdad | Two years rigorous or a cash fine of 500 dinars | 1949/2/12
23 | Yusuf Abed | Tailor, Hilla | 〃 〃 | 1949/1/21
24 | Daoud Rahmin | Broker, Baghdad | 〃 〃 | 1949/1/21
25 | Naftali Yaqub | Car owner, Baghdad | Three years hard labor and a fine of one hundred dinars | 1948/10/5
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TELEPHONE:
3531
5452
President of the Jewish Community
BAGHDAD
No.: 2163
BAGHDAD: 26/11/1951
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE REGENT AND CROWN PRINCE OF IRAQ
IRAKIA LONDON
⟦line⟧
WE REJOICED AT THE NEWS OF THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION
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COMMUNITY IN BAGHDAD
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TELEPHONE:
3531
5452
President of the Jewish Community
BAGHDAD
No.: 2163
BAGHDAD: 20/11/1951
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE REGENT AND CROWN PRINCE OF IRAQ
IRAKIA LONDON
⟦line⟧
WE REJOICED AT THE NEWS OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SURGERY
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21 / 11 / 1951
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RAHEL SHAHMOON SCHOOL
Rahel Shahmoon School
No. / Number: 78
Baghdad / Baghdad on: December 22, 1921
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings
With reference to your letter No. 1586 dated 12/14/21, we inform you
that in our school there are no endowments whatsoever except for the Senior Simha endowments that come to us
from the director of the Alliance School, amounting to approximately ⟦Rupees⟧ 78/500 annually, which we record in the budget
as well. This is for your information, sir.
With all respect
⟦Nassim ...⟧
The Director
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Palms and Dates in the Bible and the Talmud
Collected by Ezra Haddad
The Hebrew word "Tamar תמר" (plural: Tamarim) signifies both the palm tree and the date together. The
mention of the palm and its fruit appeared in the oldest books and legends of the Jews. In the Torah, which is the Holy Book, as well as in
the Talmud, which is the greatest source of Jewish jurisprudence, rituals, and traditions, there is much evidence of the status
and importance the palm held in both religious rituals and daily life alike.
1 - In the Holy Bible
There is much evidence that the ancient Hebrews knew the palm and especially admired
the straightness of its trunk, the beauty of its form, and its general utility in human life. Some of them used to name their daughters "Tamar"
as a metaphor for beauty and a balanced stature (Genesis 38:6; 2 Samuel 13:1 and 14:27).
We do not have any evidence that the ancient Hebrews (the Children of Israel) knew the palm during
their stay in Egypt in the days of Pharaoh. The first time the palm was mentioned in the Bible was after the Exodus of the Children
of Israel from the land of Egypt and their entry into the Wilderness of Wandering in the Sinai Peninsula. They set up their camp in
an oasis called Elim (geographers believe it is Wadi Gharandel) where they found twelve springs of water
and seventy palm trees (Exodus 15:27). There is no doubt that their keenness to record the number of these palms is evidence
of their amazement at this tree.
It appears that Palestine in those eras was abundant in palms, especially in the Jordan Valley region. For
Jericho, located by the Dead Sea, was called the "City of Palms" עיר התמרים (Deuteronomy 34:3).
The city of Ein Gedi, located on the western shore of this sea, was anciently called Tamar
תמר (Joshua). The wise Deborah used to sit to judge the people under the trunk of a palm tree that
was known by her name in Bethel (Judges 4:5).
It appears that some ancient Palestinian tribes worshipped an idol in the shape of a palm tree called
(Baal Tamar) (Judges 20:33). It is said that the ancient Phoenicians worshipped Astarte in the form of
a palm tree called in the Bible "Asherah," meaning the pole (Deuteronomy 16:21).
In the Bible, the date or its juice "molasses" is considered one of the seven excellent fruits (Deuteronomy
8:8).
Archaeologists have discovered ancient Jewish coins featuring the image of a palm tree. Among Roman antiquities is a
coin depicting the figure of an Israelite girl sitting under the trunk of a palm tree weeping, and near her a Roman soldier
carrying a spear in his hand, as a metaphor for the Roman seizure of Jerusalem in the days of Emperor Titus in 70 AD.
Despite the fact that Mosaic law prohibits images and statues in Israelite temples,
the walls of Solomon's Temple were constructed of cedar wood engraved with images representing palms (1 Kings 6:32).
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