Correspondence regarding Jews being Harassed by Iraqi Government; Studying Abroad in London; Requests for Finical Assistance; Income Tax Reports
View interactive document pageThis item includes documents detailing internal administrative matters of the Baghdadi Jewish community such as employment actions, resignations, letters of recommendation, property management, and decisions of the organization. There are also requests for financial assistance and other personal matters, letters from members of the Baghdadi Jewish community to the Jewish Lay Council about increasingly harsh treatment by the government, and reports of individuals being arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned. Other documents include correspondence to the British government to organize a Passover Seder for Jewish soldiers, scholarships to study in British schools, Baghdadi Jews abrogating their citizenship and emigrating abroad, the collection of donations for Palestinian refugees and wounded soldiers, lists of members of the Baghdadi Jewish community in detention facilities, and financial documents such as income tax reports and receipts.
Department Copy T / 1440 / 50 1950 / 6 / 29 ⟦illegible⟧ Rafidain Oil Company Limited Baghdad Greetings, Please provide us with a supply order book (petrol) for the car belonging to the Presidency of the Community, numbered 10488 Baghdad. Please accept our respects. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/28 ⟦Suleiman Hakim⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council For filing 1/28/6
ISRP-⟦509⟧-16-3-50-45,000. M.123-a Iraqi State Railways IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 136 Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 195 2 / 7 / 1950 Number D - 9 CP / 851 Presidency of the Jewish Community Number 50 / 1028 / T Date 7 / 7 / 1950 To - Heirs of the deceased Zion Menashi Khalif House Number 12 / 138 Baghdad Subject - 18 boxes of window glass on the steamer Al-Dramin voyage / 34 Reference to the letters of this department ending with number 9 CP / 961 dated 4 / 3 / 1950 . The correspondence regarding your claim for an amount of (13.050) Dinars has lasted about two years. This amount was paid by the Railways Administration to the Port Directorate for a difference in its fees on your account after transporting the shipment mentioned above from Basra to Baghdad and delivering it to you. Please pay this amount to this department as soon as possible so that we can close this long-standing case. Regional Transport Supervisor for Exports and Imports Copy to - Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad . File Number - 9 CP / S For filing Without documents
ISRP. - 909 - 16-3-50 - 15 000. No. 123 IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS Baghdad (88) 195 ⟦...⟧ 136 Date ⟦...⟧ 19 Number - SB / 10182 / 22 / 8 / 50 / b 24 / 7 / 50 19 / 7 / 950 To - Mr. Ezra Ezekiel Dleih Baghdad Subject - 5 boxes and 13 bales of cotton fabrics with a mark Arriving on the steamer Bercolino Vivaldi according to Ocean Bill of Lading No. 1 arriving to Basra on board the steamer Mr. Cook voyage / 3 Reference to our memorandum No. SB / 10182 / 6162 dated 4 / 5 / 950 The Deputy Director of Transport for the Southern Region - Maqal - informed you in his letter No. CR 4503 / 446 dated 8 / 3 / 950 that he has sent to this department two certificates of shortage in contents regarding the shipment detailed above and that you can obtain these two certificates after paying an amount of (100) fils for <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the stamps affixed to them, however more than a year has passed and the two certificates in question have not been collected from this department and the mentioned amount is still outstanding, so please pay this amount to this department as soon as possible so that we can close this case. Transport Region Supervisor for Exports and Imports Copy to - Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad - please take the necessary action to settle this case File No. 9 CP / S EHO 28275/9 2852/04
⟦illegible⟧ ( 90 ) Events Sada al-Ahali The News Al-Istiqlal Al-Anba Al-Zaman Al-Ahali T/1513/50 14/8/1950 ⟦Al-Fasira⟧ Newspaper After greetings We request the publication of the news below in the local section of your newspaper for tomorrow, and please accept our highest thanks and respect; The Secretary ⟦line⟧ A religious prayer was held on Monday morning in all Israeli temples on the occasion of the passing of Her Majesty the Great Queen Alia and the return of the Prince ⟦named⟧ May God Almighty grant them a speedy recovery. ⟦line⟧ T/1513/50
3 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Number 50/1052/T Date 10 / 8 / 50 Baghdad 7 / 8 / 1950 Iraqi State Railways Directorate Baghdad Greetings, Subject: - An outstanding amount owed by the deceased Sion Menashi Khalifa in the amount of 3/130 Dinars, regarding your payment to the Port Directorate for a box of 18 window panes on the ship Al-Dramin Voyage 2 With reference to your letter No. 9 SB / 8514 dated 2 / 7 / 1950 We send you herewith check No. 707796 dated 8 / 8 / 1950 on the Ottoman Bank Baghdad, which is held by you as a debt of the deceased Sion Menashi Khalifa. Please acknowledge receipt. With thanks, Heirs of the deceased Sion Menashi Khalifa Karjiya Haroun Khalifa Address A copy to the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for information. For filing Executed ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
(90)
Number: T/1513/50
Subject:
Date: 14/8/1950
Al-Bilad Newspaper
Greetings,
We request the publication of the news below in the local section of your newspaper for tomorrow, and please
accept our highest thanks and respect.
Secretary
⟦line⟧
A religious prayer was held on Monday morning in all Jewish synagogues
on the occasion of the illness of Her Majesty the Exalted Queen Aliya, and supplications were made to
God Almighty to grant her a speedy recovery.
⟦line⟧
T/14/50
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
( 90 )
Number: 50/1513/T
Subject:
Date: 14 / 8 / 1950
Respected Newspaper
After greetings
I request the publication of the news below in the pages of your newspaper for tomorrow, and please
accept the highest expressions of thanks and respect;
Secretary
A religious prayer was held on Monday morning in all Jewish synagogues
on the occasion of the illness of Her Majesty the Exalted Queen Aliya, and supplications were made to
God Almighty to grant her a speedy recovery.
⟦line⟧
A / 14 / 8
22 ⟦illegible⟧ 15 OCT 50 ⟦illegible⟧ Number: Telegram Type: Registration Time: 12/10 Arrived at: 15/24 Minute: From: Basra Received by: ⟦illegible⟧ Word Count: 7 Administrative Instructions: Date: 16 Issuing Office: Basra To Anwar Salim Habaza Secretary of the Jewish Community Call me at telephone 647 tomorrow at ten o'clock / Yahya 22/10
Mosul 17 / 10 / 1950 The Honorable Mr. Salim Khabbaza, Respected After greetings and much respect and longing, and with reference to your letter dated 15 / 10 regarding the case of the prohibition of Akram Hayyim, I had telegraphed you yesterday to call me from telephone number 627 at ten o'clock on the day to discuss with you this case, and I remained waiting until 12:00 even though I was busy outside, and you did not contact me and I do not know the reason? So I explain to you the situation, that the department specialized in issuing the prohibition or its absence is the Travel Officer's department, and I had obtained for you the necessary letter from the aforementioned department of jurisdiction, and there is no longer a need for another letter from the Execution Department. In order to facilitate the acceleration of the case, I had sent you the political budget with the letter addressed to the Presidency of Execution in Mosul, as there was no longer a need to rely on the letter from the Travel Department, and we sent it to you at the exact hour since this letter is what is required and is sufficient for the purpose because it is issued by the department of jurisdiction. Notwithstanding that, if you are in need of a letter from the Execution of Mosul, I am ready to obtain it for you after you clarify your opinion on it instead of what was submitted from it, and send it to me so I can perform the necessary work. In conclusion, I wish you health and success. May you remain in respect. Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ Sincerely
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject:
Date: 22 / 10 / 1951
Dear Brother Mr. Yahya Shmuel, the respected
Secretary of the Jewish Community in Mosul
After greetings and respect
I received with much thanks and gratitude your letter dated 17 / 10 / 951
And I tried to contact you three times by telephone, but you were not present
in the office when the telephone operator informed me.
Accordingly, I return to you herewith the prohibition letter regarding the inspector
Al-Haq Habib with the photos attached to it and another additional photo. I would be
extremely grateful if you would kindly return them ⟦...⟧ as the Director of
Travel and Nationality Police in Baghdad has ⟦...⟧ insisted on printing the traces of this
prohibition as well and was not satisfied with the travel officer's letter. Truly
I am embarrassed towards you for the many troubles I have caused you, may
the Almighty Creator grant us success in rewarding you with goodness.
Awaiting your reply, please accept my highest thanks and respect
Sincerely
⟦...⟧
For filing
Issued on
Mosul ⟦10/1/952⟧ Note :- You will find the letter enclosed To ensure its safe arrival The honorable Professor Mr. Salim Khayara, respected After greetings and much longing, wishing you happiness and success I received your letter dated ⟦1/1⟧. According to your request, we obtained a letter from the Travel and Residence Officer's Department in Mosul under number 10715 ⟦10/1/952⟧ regarding the non-prohibition of travel for ⟦Menash Aswad Hayim⟧ after we endured many hardships, as it is not easily possible to grant the non-prohibition without the person concerned appearing in person, and after we overcame that, we did not have a plan to obtain the non-prohibition letter, so we cut the stamp from one of the letters sent by you and pasted it on this letter sent to the Directorate of Travel and Residence, whose date and number are mentioned above, and all of this was to facilitate your request as you are very dear to us and this request of yours was but a simple matter and we are at your service and wish you health and success, my dear, Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧
50 The Honorable Professor Salim Jannat, Respectfully Secretary of the Administration of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings and much respect. I received your letter dated October 18 Thursday before noon, and I immediately left all work and went to the Passport Department I understood the necessity of bringing the person named Kaddouri by all means, and after searching for him we were able to find him on Friday, and we made an appointment with him and brought him with us for the presentation yesterday And when showing the photograph to the inspector ⟦Kahrajim⟧, he replied that he resembles the debtor instead of saying it is not him! And he requested the presence of the debtor, while the original debtor fled from one place to another, and finally, with the help of some friends, we were able to convince him with one dinar as a fee for his disruption, in addition to (750) fils for transportation fees and incidental expenses. Upon questioning him again, he said that the debtor is from Mosul while the owner of the photograph is from Baghdad and has no connection to him. And this process ended at the end of working hours, and the letter was written and remained before the President for signature And today we took it, and you will find it enclosed, paper No. 1/5/1164 on 10/20/1950 We hope you will kindly inform us of its arrival, hoping that we have performed our duty We are at your command and service, and we ask the Almighty Creator to grant you success and bless you with health and happiness, and may you remain in glory and honor Sincerely ⟦signature⟧ 10/20/950 Statistics 2/22 Photographs of the Shay'a children Top Secret
H. M. Mosul 25 / 10 / 1950 The Honorable Professor Mr. Salim Khabbaza, the respected Secretary of the Administration of the Israelite Community, Baghdad After greetings and respect . . I received your dated letter and truly thanked your kindness, and in addition to what was mentioned in your letter of sublime phrases towards me at a time when I did nothing but my duty, you also attached the aforementioned letter with the order as well, where you also transferred the amount to me, so thank you. I conveyed your greetings to His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon, the head of the community, and in return he prays for your goodness and success. In conclusion, please accept my highest respects Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 10 / 850 Note :- I have the intention at the beginning of next week to head your way, God willing so if you require anything, I am at your service. For the file Documents
⟦illegible⟧ 19 Sasson George Zbeida 20 Ezra Shemesh 21 Ezra Hasson 22 Habib Hakami 23 Ezra Hasson 24 Hakami Levi Hazan 25 Salem David 26 Salim Ben Yosef 27 Yosef Ezra 28 Yitzhak Shimon
92 Iraqi Government Ministry of Communications and Works Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs (Subscribers Section) 28410 Number T 4 / 61135 Date 8 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Number T / 74 / 50 Date 10 / 9 / 50 Subject / Statement of Debtor's Address Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad The Central Telephone Office in Baghdad is owed by Mr. Yaqub Moshi an amount of 7/965 Dinars with the Palestine Rescue stamp fee in the amount of fils for the fees of his disconnected telephone number 4392 in Baghdad. We request ⟦informing us⟧ whether the aforementioned person has relatives in Baghdad or assets so that securing the collection of the required amount from them can be facilitated as quickly as possible. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Director General of Posts and Telegraphs 50 / Y / 6
84 Department Copy T / 1541 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs Baghdad Greetings, Reference to your letter numbered BT 4 / 1135 / 28410 and dated 9 / 9 / 1950. The administration of this community has no knowledge of the address and relatives of Mr. Yaqub Moshi Basha mentioned in your above-referenced letter. Please accept our respects. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council For filing ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 10 / 9 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Incoming Number ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧ Ministry of Education Directorate of General Missions Number ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community of Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Please accept the assurances of my highest respect Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ Ministry of Education Directorate of General Missions
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
85
Number: 55/654
Subject: Certificate
Date: 14 / 12 / 1950
Foreign Exchange Control
Baghdad
Greetings,
We hereby confirm that Mr. Menashi Heskel Ezra Horish is a religious teacher (Hazzan)
at the Al-Hwaidi Synagogue and receives a monthly salary of 3.375 Dinars (three Dinars and three hundred
and seventy-five Fils). He left work at the aforementioned synagogue on 1 / 10 / 1950
due to his old age, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
50 Fils
To be referred to Foreign Exchange
as per custom
⟦illegible signature⟧
12/12/1950
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim / 12
⟦Department Copy⟧ Kindergarten School Private ⟦Karrada⟧ Huwaidi Street Baghdad 11 / 12 / 1950 To Whom It May Concern We hereby certify that ⟦Munshi Haqqi Ezra⟧ was in our school a religious teacher in the Huwaidi Torah for a period of six years with a salary monthly amounting to 3.275 Dinars (three dinars and two hundred and seventy- five fils) and he left work in our school as of 10 / 10 / 950 And based on his request, we provided him with this certificate Head of the Management Committee Huwaidi Synagogue 50 fils 11 / 12 / 50 ⟦Ruhi⟧
Administrative Committee 95 ⟦illegible⟧ 50/1653 CERTIFICATE 12/12/1954 We hereby certify that Mr. Munshi Haskel Ezra Horesh, whose photo is attached above, is a religious teacher (Hazzan) in the Jewish synagogue and receives a monthly salary of 3/375 Dinars (Three Dinars and three hundred and seventy-five Fils). He left work at the mentioned synagogue on 10/1/1950 due to his old age, noting that his denaturalization number is 7961 as it appears to me. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 12/17 ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 12/17 Ibrahim / 17
Copy of Department 95 501 / 1652 12 / 22 / 1950 Certificate Foreign Exchange Control Baghdad Greetings, We hereby certify that Mr. Munshi Heskel Ezra Horish is a religious teacher (Hazzan) in the Jewish Synagogue and receives a monthly salary of 3.375 Dinars (three Dinars and three hundred and seventy-five Fils). He left work at the aforementioned synagogue on 10/1/1950 due to his old age, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ For filing / ⟦Action⟧ Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 12
December 17th, 1950. Messrs. ⟦B.⟧ Honkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Rangoon. ⟦Rangoon.⟧ Dear Sir⟦s⟧, Draft No.84/3, dated 3rd August, 1948, for £60. Draft No.84/4, dated 3rd August, 1948, for £67. Draft No.84/5, dated 17th November, 1948, for £24.15.0. I have been advised by THE BRITISH BANK OF IRAN & THE MIDDLE EAST - ⟦Baghdad⟧, that the above-mentioned drafts issued in my favour are still pending. As I have not received the above-mentioned drafts neither have I heard <del>anything</del> about them, I should be obliged if you could contact the applicant so that he sends me second copies of the drafts in question. I shall be glad in the meantime if you can let me know of his name and address. Yours faithfully President, Jewish Religious Court, Bagdad. ⟦PRESIDENT.⟧ For filing The Gentleman
V 204 On the day of the month of in the year A.M., are according to the era which we/accustomed to reckonad here in the city of Bombay , which is situated on the coast of the sea. That the bachelor, Mr. son of Mr. said to his bride the virgin r the daughter of Mr 'Be unto me wife in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel; provide, and Jewish husbands who work, support, honour, cherish, maintain, provide and clothe their wives sincerely and honestly.' r '/And I give unto thee, the of thy virginity 00 silver zuz and will provide thee with food,clothing and thy wants; and I will cohabit with thee <del>ascc</del> according to the custom of the whole world.' Miss this virgin has consented and has become his wife. The weddir trousseau which she has bought from <del>hhs</del> house of her family whether in silver, gold, jewellery or apparel amounts to the total of ⟦line⟧ And this bridegroom has further added to it from his own property the amount of ⟦line⟧ so that the aggregate amount is ⟦line⟧ apart from the 200 zuz due to her as ordinated by the law. And this bridegroom has thus declared: 'The responsibilities of this whole wedding contract in connection with the principal dowry, the wedding trousseau, and the additional sum along with other conditions, I take upon myself and upon my heirs after me for their payment back from the choicest of my property, possessions and wealth and I possess under the whole heavens and from that which I have acquired, and from which I may acquire in future. Both landed and movable property are all pledges and sureties, for the <del>payxxxx</del> re-payment to be made therefrom, of the <del>aks</del> claims of this wedding contract during my lifetime and after me, even the cloak on my shoulders from this ady and forever.' The responsabilities and restrictions related to this wedding contract the abovenamed bridegroom , Mr. ⟦line⟧ has taken upon himself by entering in⟦to⟧ the obligation by a special symbolical form in full faith under a strict oath, with the consent of the heavenly Tribunal and with the consent of those who make true oath with a view to confirm and validate all that is writte⟦n⟧ and specified therein, thereby cancelling all kinds of declarations in the world and disqualifying testimonies thereto in accordance with the ordination of Harishba. (May his memory endure in the world to come.) That this document is neither to be deemed as surety submitting to a forfeiture of pledged propert⟦y⟧ without having received a sufficient consideration :, nor is it to be deemed as a mer formula or blank of documents ; but it is like all wedding contracts, in vogue among Israel, made as instituted by our Sages of pleased memory and th⟦e⟧ the whole is proper, clear and valid.
⟦On the seventh⟧ in the ⟦twenty-ninth⟧ week of the month of Adar in the year five thousand six hundred and seventy-one of the creation from the date we are accustomed to date by in the city of Baghdad located on the Tigris River by the permission of the scholars, may their dignity be great, how ⟦the young man⟧ the master ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦son of⟧ ⟦the Rabbi⟧ ⟦Salman⟧ ⟦David⟧ the protected said to the blessed bride be my wife according to the law of Moses and Israel and I, with the help of the Almighty, will support, aid, honor, respect, raise, provide for, and clothe you according to the customs of Jewish men who work, support, honor, respect, raise, provide for, and clothe their wives in truth and faithfulness, and I have given you ⟦your dowry⟧ ⟦your virginity⟧ which is deferred and established upon me from my wealth of silver ⟦two hundred⟧ ⟦zuz⟧ ⟦which⟧ ⟦is⟧ ⟦equal⟧ ⟦to⟧ ⟦the weight⟧ ⟦of pure⟧ ⟦silver⟧ ⟦and upon⟧ ⟦your support⟧ ⟦your clothing⟧ ⟦and your needs⟧ and the consummation with you as is the custom of the world, and this bride has consented and become his wife, and this ⟦groom⟧ mentioned has consented and added from his own money an increase over the original of this Ketubah an amount of ⟦ten⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦gold⟧ ⟦liras⟧ and this dowry with which she entered from her father's house ⟦cash⟧ ⟦in the amount of⟧ ⟦three hundred⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦gold⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦and a dowry⟧ ⟦in the amount of⟧ ⟦150⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦in the lesson⟧ ⟦which⟧ ⟦is not⟧ ⟦included⟧ ⟦in⟧ ⟦the amount⟧ ⟦50⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦gold⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦total⟧ ⟦amount of⟧ ⟦the Ketubah⟧ ⟦500⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦gold⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦and it is⟧ ⟦in the amount of⟧ 100 ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦gold⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦and an increase⟧ ⟦in the amount of⟧ ⟦400⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦liras⟧ ⟦and this⟧ ⟦total⟧ ⟦amount⟧ ⟦called⟧ ⟦the dowry⟧ ⟦and the increase⟧ ⟦and the visit⟧ ⟦is⟧ ⟦what is⟧ ⟦besides⟧ ⟦the original⟧ ⟦of silver⟧ ⟦zuz⟧ ⟦which⟧ ⟦is⟧ ⟦200⟧ ⟦Ottoman⟧ ⟦silver⟧ ⟦liras⟧ of the currency current here in Baghdad which is under the rule of His Majesty our King ⟦Faisal⟧ ⟦the Fifth⟧ may his status be exalted, and everyone has accepted and received it and it has become in his possession and he accepted it upon himself as a debt and a loan, and thus said to us the mentioned ⟦groom⟧ that the equivalent of all this Ketubah, the original, the dowry, and the increase with all the rest of the conditions of the Ketubah, I have accepted upon myself and upon my heirs after me upon all the best of my property, real estate and cash available to me under all the heavens including what I have owned and will own of movable property and real estate, all of it is seized and documented for the fulfillment of this Ketubah, all of it, the original, the dowry, and the increase, so that it may be fulfilled from them in my life and after me, even from the clothes that are on me, and he took an oath (young men) a complete oath by means of a (handkerchief) on all that was mentioned in truth and faithfulness on the intention of the Creator, Glory be to Him, and on the intention of those who swear in truth and on our intention to certify and prove all that was written above, nullifying all that is found (against this contract) of denial and cancellation for its witnesses according to the opinion of the Lord of the Deposition Shawir bin Adiwit, may his mention be sought, and this contract was not made out of reliance nor is it from the papers filled with nonsense, rather it is like all the established contract documents circulating in the Israelite community written according to the rules as organized by our scholars, blessed be their memory, and everything in it is true, just, proper, and established. 200 cash dowry 150 dowry 150 deferred and advanced 500 total The Zuz is one hundred Mithqals On the day of the month of in the year A. M. are according to the era which we are accustomed to reckon here in the city of Bombay, which is situated on the coast of the sea. That the bachelor, Mr. son of Mr. said to this bride the virgin the daughter of Mr. 'Be me wife in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel; provide, and Jewish husbands who work, support, honour, cherish, maintain, provide and clothe their wives sincerely and honestly.' And I give unto thee, the of the virginity 200 silver zuz and will provide thee with food, clothing and thy wants; and I will cohabit with thee according to the custom of the whole world.' Miss the virgin has consented and has become his wife. The wedding trousseau which she has brought from the house of her family whether in silver, gold, jewellery or apparel amounts to the total of And this bridegroom has further added to it from his own property the amount of ⟦line⟧ so that the aggregate amount is ⟦line⟧ apart from the 200 zuz due to her as ordained by the law. And this bridegroom has thus declared: 'The responsibilities of this whole wedding contract in connection with the principal dowry, the wedding trousseau, and the additional sum along with other conditions, I take upon my wealth and property, as for their payment back from the choicest of my property, and wealth and possessions and possess under the whole heavens and from that which I have acquired, and from which I may acquire in future, both landed and movable property are all pledges and sureties for the payment-re to be made therefrom, of the claims of this wedding contract during my lifetime and after me, even the cloak on my shoulders from this day and forever.' The responsibility and restrictions related to this wedding contract the aforementioned bridegroom, Mr. ⟦line⟧ has taken upon himself by entering i the obligation by a special form in full faith under a strict oath, with the consent of the Heavenly Tribunal and with the consent of those who make true oath with a view to confirm and validate all that is writte and specified therein, cancelling all kinds of declarations in the world and disqualifying testimonies thereto in accordance with the ordination of Harishba. (May his memory endure in the world to come.) That this document is neither to be deemed as a mere suruey submitting to a forfeiture of pledged property without having received a sufficient consideration,; nor is it to be deemed as a mere formula or blank of documents, but it is like all wedding contracts in vogue among Israel, made as instituted by our Sages of blessed memory and it the whole is proper, clear and valid. Witness ⟦line⟧ Celebrant ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ I admit all that is said above. Bride groom ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧