AI en Translation, Pages 476-500
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Committee
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Number: 54 / 1
Date: 7 / 2 / 1954
Telephone: 85267
⟦illegible⟧ please
in response to ⟦illegible⟧
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To the Administrative Committee of the Respected Jewish Community, Baghdad
Greetings,
Subject: Request for an advance in the amount of (300) three hundred dinars
Please provide us with an amount of (300) three hundred dinars on account of
the stadium budget for the year 1953 / 1954, thus bringing the total of what
has been borrowed on account of this year's budget to (900) nine hundred
dinars.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Committee
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
President
Advance Secretary of the Committee
Submitted to the Committee
54
7 / 2
To be presented to the Administrative Committee
An advance in the amount of (300) dinars on
the account ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 477
Presidency of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number "SM" ⟦..⟧ / 54
Date 29 / 3 / 1954
122
To the Honorable Chairman of the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Committee
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 25 / 3 / 54, please hand over the furniture and loaned materials
to the late Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium to the administration of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School
for Girls.
Please accept our highest respect.
President of the Administrative Committee
A copy to:-
The administration of the Heskel Menahem Daniel School to receive the mentioned materials belonging to
your school and loaned to the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium and inform us.
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The Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Number "SM / ⟦...⟧ / 54
Date " - 26 / 2 / 1954
To the Honorable Chairman of the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Committee
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 25 / 2 / 54, please hand over the furniture and loaned materials
to the late Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium to the administration of the Habayel Menahem Daniel Vocational School
for Girls.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to:-
The administration of the Habayel Menahem Daniel School to receive the mentioned materials belonging to
your school and loaned to the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium and inform us.
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 15 / 4 / 1954
Subject Summary :: Payment of an invoice in the amount of 60/000 Dinars
To -
H. S. Abed & Co. Ltd. Company
After greetings,
With reference to your invoice numbered 3009 and dated 8 / 4 / 1954,
we enclose herewith a check numbered 17198 and dated 13 / 4 / 1954 in the amount of 60/000 Dinars
(Sixty Dinars) for the payment of your aforementioned invoice. Please send the receipt
of delivery.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Committee
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To "-
Members of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
On the occasion of the arrival of the Passover holiday; His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri announces;
that the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community will provide the needy families and individuals
with the (ration) allowance for free. Therefore, those concerned must visit the headquarters of the community presidency only on
Sunday and Tuesday, corresponding to April 11 and 13, 1954, for registration, while stating
the number of members of each family requesting the ration. Distribution will be limited to Thursday
and Friday of the same week, corresponding to April 15 and 16, 1954.
ـ And His Eminence wishes success for all ـ
Presidency of the Community
Israelite
Baghdad
9 / 4 / 54
Page 481
To - the members of the Israelite community in Baghdad
On the occasion of Passover, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri announces,
that the Administrative Committee of the Israelite community will provide the needy families and individuals
with the (ration) of Matzah for free. These individuals are requested to visit the community headquarters only on
Sunday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, 1954, for registration, while stating
the number of members of each family requesting the ration. Distribution will take place on Thursday
and Friday of the same week, April 15 and 16, 1954.
– And His Eminence wishes success to all –
4/9/54
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Page 482
To - the members of the Jewish community in Baghdad
On the occasion of the Passover holiday; His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri announces;
that the Administrative Committee of the Jewish community will provide the needy families and individuals
with the (ration) allowance for free; those individuals are requested to visit the community headquarters only on
Sunday and Tuesday, April 11 and 13, 1954, for registration, while stating
the number of members of each family requesting the ration allowance correctly, and the distribution will take place on Thursday
and Friday of the same week, April 15 and 16, 1954.
- And His Eminence wishes success to all -
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4/9/54
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To "-
The members of the Israelite community in Baghdad
On the occasion of the Passover holiday, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri announces,
that the Administrative Committee of the Israelite community will provide the needy families and individuals
with (Al-Bassa) Matzah for free. These individuals are requested to visit the community headquarters only on
Sunday and Tuesday, April 11 and 13, 1954, for registration, while stating
the number of members of each family requesting the Matzah supply. Distribution will take place on Thursday
and Friday of the same week, April 15 and 16, 1954.
- And His Eminence wishes success to all -
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4/9/54
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To -
Members of the Israelite Community ⟦line⟧
In view of the occurrence of the flood disaster, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri requests the honorable members of
the community not to perform marriage ceremonies (Kiddush) in public places such as synagogues
and gardens, and to suffice with performing these ceremonies in residential places only, and he also requests not to
perform the usual holiday greetings during Passover. May God protect Iraq and its children.
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To :-
Members of the Israelite Community
Due to the occurrence of the flood disaster, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri requests the
honorable members of the community not to perform marriage ceremonies (sanctification) in public places such as synagogues
and gardens, and to suffice with performing these ceremonies in residential places only. He also requests not to
perform the usual holiday greetings during Passover. May God protect Iraq and its children.
Page 486
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. ⟦...⟧ President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/54/⟦777⟧
Subject: Special service fees.
Date: 27 / 4 / 1954
His Excellency Mr. Hamid Mustafa, the respected Legal Drafter
After greetings
Reference to the letter of the venerable Ministry of Justice numbered H 1/6/17 and dated
7 / 3 / 1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission,
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community has decided in its session held on
27 / 4 / 1954 to pay <del>sixty-five</del> ⟦eighty⟧ dinars for your fees, and enclosed is a check numbered 17121
dated 28 / 4 / 1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned amount, please
inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
17121 28/4
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A check for eighty dinars
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number
3 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 4 / 27 / 54
Date: 21 / 4 / 1954
Subject: Fees for special services.
His Excellency Mr. Hamid Mustafa, the respected Legal Drafter
After greetings
With reference to the letter of the esteemed Ministry of Justice No. H 1 / 6 / 17 dated
7 / 3 / 1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on
20 / 4 / 1954 to pay sixty-five Dinars for your fees, and enclosed is a check No. 17113
dated 21 / 4 / 1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned amount, please
inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. ⟦5452⟧ President
⟦5453⟧ Secretary
Number T /: ⟦54/10/7⟧
Date: 27 / 4 / 1954
Subject: Special service fees.
His Excellency Mr. Rashid Mahmoud, the Respected Legal Drafter
Greetings,
With reference to the letter of the Honorable Ministry of Justice No. H 1 / 6 / 17 dated
7 / 3 / 1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission,
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on
27 / 4 / 1954 to pay ⟦eighty⟧ dinars for your fees, and enclosed is a check No. 17121
dated 28 / 4 / 1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned amount. Please
inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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17121 / 28
⟦See and accompanied by a check⟧
⟦Eighty Dinars⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T / ⟦2247⟧ / 54
Date 21 / 4 / 1954
Telephone Number { 8353 President
5054 Secretary
Subject: Fees for special services.
His Excellency Mr. Rashid Mahmoud, the Respected Legal Drafter
After greetings,
With reference to the letter of the Honorable Ministry of Justice No. H 1/6/17 dated
7 / 3 / 1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission,
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on
20 / 4 / 1954 to pay sixty-five Dinars for your efforts, and enclosed is a check No. 17114
dated 21 / 4 / 1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned amount. Please
inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T/54/3349
Date 27/4/1954
Telephone Number 3532 President
5452 Secretary
129
Subject: Fees for special services.
His Excellency Mr. Hamid Mustafa, the Honorable Legal Drafter
After greetings
Reference to the letter of the venerable Ministry of Justice numbered H/1/6/17 and dated
7/3/1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community has decided in its session held on
27/4/1954 to pay eighty dinars (80.000 dinars) for your efforts, and enclosed
is a check numbered 17121 and dated 28/4/1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned
amount, please inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect
Issued
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. ⟦{⟧ 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 54/3350
Date: 27 / 4 / 1954
128
Subject: Fees for special services.
His Excellency Mr. Rashid Mahmoud, the Honorable Legal Drafter
After greetings,
With reference to the letter of the venerable Ministry of Justice No. H / 17 / 6 / 1 dated
7 / 3 / 1954, since the investigation committee formed with your membership has completed its mission,
the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on
27 / 4 / 1954 to pay eighty dinars (80.000 dinars) for your fees, and enclosed
is a check No. 17122 dated 28 / 4 / 1954 drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned
amount. Please inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦On behalf of⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. ⟦{⟧ 3531 President
5452 Secretary
No. T/: 7719 / 54
Subject: Special service fees.
Date: 21 / 4 / 1954
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His Excellency Mr. Abdul Rahman Al-Fallahi, Director General of Justice, Respected
After greetings
With reference to the letter of the venerable Ministry of Justice No. H 1/6/17 dated
7 / 2 / 1954, and since the investigation committee formed under your chairmanship has completed its mission, the
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on 20 / 4 / 954
to pay one hundred dinars for your efforts, and enclosed is a check No. 17112 dated 21 / 4 / 1954
drawn on the Ottoman Bank for the mentioned amount, please inform us of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦blue ink mark⟧
Page 493
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect.
With reference to your letter dated 12/24/1953 and numbered ⟦...⟧ / 5 / 953
We have reviewed (13) pieces of the endowment deeds sent to us to be studied
along with all the community's endowments, and we found that they require extensive audits and a great deal of time given
their importance. Therefore, we agree that our fees shall be ten dinars, five dinars for each of us
for each endowment of these (13) endowments and the other endowments to be studied, provided that ⟦the⟧
fees of the great Professor Daoud Samra are paid to him separately and by his agreement with your esteemed committee.
Accordingly, please order the payment of the fee to us in the manner explained so that we may begin the work.
Please accept our highest respect. — January 14, 1954
Lawyer Lawyer
Ibrahim Khazam Zion Gigi
The Memorandum
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Administration of the Lay Council
Number 1064
Date 24 / 2 / 1953
File Number
957/2/24
Subject - Report on the results of my contacts with Mr. Saleh Shlomo regarding the accounts of
the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel for the period from the date of the death of the previous trustee
until the lease of each of them.
To -
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings
1 - With reference to your letter numbered C/ 52/864 and dated 15 / 6 / 1952 addressed to Mr. Saleh Shlomo,
and a copy of it to me, and your administrative order numbered C/ 52/865 and dated 15 / 6 / 1952.
According to the authorization of your council to me, I have reviewed the accounts of the rents of the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel, with Mr. Saleh
Shlomo, for the period from the date of the death of the previous trustee on 3 / 3 / 1952 until the maturity of each of them, given that all contracts
of those rents are signed by him and the promissory notes are issued to his order. Mr. Saleh Shlomo's claim for the amounts of those rents
is based on the first paragraph of the endowment deed of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel issued by the Personal Status Court under number
45/33 and dated 25 / 2 / 1945, which states the following:-
(( The ownership of the entire yield of the endowment shall be exclusively mine as long as I am alive, and I have the right to enjoy and dispose of it in the manner I see ))
(( appropriate in an absolute manner and without restriction or condition.
2 - And according to the letter of the Presidency of the Lay Council numbered C/ 52/922 and dated 4 / 8 / 1952, you sent to Mr. Saleh
Shlomo lists of the amounts of those rents, of which the Lay Council's share is 5542/953 Dinars, and you requested in that
letter the details of the promissory notes and liabilities in his possession for the mentioned period as detailed in the aforementioned letter, and you also requested in it
confirmation of the correctness of that account.
3 - But Mr. Saleh Shlomo, despite your confirmation of that letter and your warning to him by the notary public, did not send any answer.
4 - Mr. Saleh Shlomo, after that, informed me that he instructed Mr. Edouard Shashoua (the private clerk of the late Ezra
Menachem Daniel), to extract the accounts of those rents, given that Mr. Edouard is well aware of the details of this matter
well.
5 - Mr. Edouard Shashoua has prepared those accounts and submitted them in full to Mr. Saleh Shlomo, as Mr. Edouard informed me
of that.
6 - Accordingly, I began contacting Mr. Saleh Shlomo, and he confirmed to me that the accounts ⟦have become⟧ in his possession and he will submit them to the community, after submitting
the accounts of the endowments of the late Heskel Menachem.
7 - And indeed, Mr. Saleh Shlomo sent the accounts of the endowments of the late Heskel Menachem (for the post-death period only) attached to his letter dated
17 / 12 / 1952.
8 - Mr. Saleh Shlomo informed me of his desire to settle the accounts of the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel with the community, and I am waiting
for the submission of those accounts.
⟦signature⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject:
Date: 4/3/1954
12/3/54
To be filed
To the Honorable Lawyer Mr. Jamil Matloub
Greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad has appointed you as the lawyer to enter
into the three lawsuits filed in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against the Presidency of the aforementioned community. The first
filed by Zainab bint Ali and her associates, numbered D.W. 953/1450; the second
filed by Ali Reda and his associates, numbered D.W. 953/1451; and the third filed by
Karim Qambar and his associates, numbered D.W. 953/1452. In exchange for your fees in the
aforementioned lawsuits, a legal fee of thirty-five Dinars has been allocated to you. We have sent you
17.500 Dinars in advance, i.e., half of the fee, and the remainder of the fee, 17.500 Dinars, will be paid
to you upon obtaining a judgment dismissing the aforementioned lawsuits and reaching finality. We
hope you will inform us of the receipt of the mentioned amount. Respectfully yours,
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of the Presidency of the Community in Baghdad
I received the check numbered 928291
drawn on the Ottoman Bank
and I agreed to the terms
set forth above
11 / March / 1954
Lawyer
Jamil Matloub
Date 11 / March / 954
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Presidency of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number: M / ⟦...⟧
Date: ⟦...⟧ / 7 / 54
122
To the Honorable and Distinguished Mr. Saleh Shlomo, Respectfully
Greetings,
In response to your letter dated 1/19/1954, we confirm what was stated in the letter of the Presidency of the Lay Council
dated 7/4/1952, which clarified that the lease contracts for the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel were
signed by you in your capacity as the trustee of the endowments of the late Menachem Saleh Daniel, regarding the share of the latter endowment
amounting to 297 shares out of a total of 504 shares, as well as regarding the share of the late Ezra Daniel's endowments amounting to 207
shares out of a total of 504 shares. Note that the rental amounts for both aforementioned endowments were merged,
and you received the advance payments at the time and they were credited to you, while the remainder is under promissory notes to your order as detailed
in those contracts signed by you.
In view of the responsibility of this committee and your responsibility at the same time, it is very surprising that you
approached the administrative agent for the heirs of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel, as it is known that the said agent was appointed about
four months ago as an agent for the affairs of Khedhouri and Selim Sassoon Daniel and has no connection to this endowment.
Rather, the claim should be made against you and no one else. We had written to you about this matter on 7/4/1952, requesting
the submission of a list supported by details and figures, and not just a request for an account.
This committee requests that those lists be sent as quickly as possible along with the amounts belonging to the said endowment.
As we explained to you in detail in our letter dated 7/4/1954, we hope to receive the answer as quickly as possible.
As for your statement that after the death of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel you leased one shop for six months and made
some adjustments to four shops that were leased to Mr. Muwaffaq Hamid, whose rent became due on
30 Safar 1373 AH, and three shops leased to Messrs. Zaki and Ahmed Al-Kilani, whose rent was due on
4 Jumada al-Awwal 1373 AH, we inform you that we have no information regarding these matters, nor did you mention in your letter
whether you have received their amounts or not.
Please send us the amended contract papers and inform us of the details of the mentioned amendments,
the amounts you received from them, and what remains owed by them to the endowment. If we do not receive these details from you by the end of the
current month, we will be forced to resort to legal measures against the tenants.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the President of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531 / 5452
Number ⟦948 / 10⟧
Date 25 / 2 / 1954
Subject:
To -
The Honorable Manager of the Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings,
Please open a current account in the name of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. Checks and
financial transactions for the two aforementioned schools shall be signed by both the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community,
Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, and his deputy, Mr. Frank Yameen. In the absence of one of them, one of the
committee members, Mr. Menashi Ibrahim Kashi, shall sign in his place.
Please accept our highest respect.
| | On behalf of
| | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Specimen Signature | Specimen Signature | Acting President of the Community
Mr. Farid Daoud Samra | Mr. Frank Yameen |
Chairman of the Administrative Committee | Vice Chairman of the Administrative Committee | Specimen Signature
| | Mr. Menashi Ibrahim Kashi
| | Member of the Administrative Committee
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Menashi Ibrahim Kashi ⟦...⟧