AI en Translation, Pages 626-650
Page 626
51 / 1805
8 / 4 / 1951
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To
The Honorable Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi
After greetings
Please settle the remainder of your obligation from the divorce line donations for the month of March 1951
amounting to nine dinars according to list number 392 dated 1 / 4 / 1951 so that we may
be able to pay the line expenses for the mentioned month along with the expenses of the Spiritual Council for the same month
in accordance with the followed procedures.
Please accept the highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
15 / 4 / 51
⟦illegible⟧
Page 627
51/8794
1951/4/10
32
To
The Honorable Mr. Ibrahim Ephraim Cohen
After greetings,
The matter of leasing the properties of the Jewish community in Amarah is a matter that concerns it directly,
and we cannot legally authorize you to lease them. However, if there is a need to certify
your signature by the Presidency of the Jewish Community, you may contact this Presidency for this
purpose.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
A copy was sent
⟦for action⟧
Page 628
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Amarah
Number -
Date - 25 / 2 / 1951
Subject: 24
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
After greetings
Regarding the letter we sent to you concerning the authorization of Mr. Medhi Ephraim Cohen to take over
the affairs and accounts of the Jewish community in Amarah and to carry them out in the fullest manner
and until now we have not received a reply to our letter, and according to my telephone conversation with Mr. Shaul
I informed him to reply to our letter, and therefore I repeat to you, please be so kind as to hasten the sending of
the requested letter as quickly as possible, as well as authorizing Medhi Ephraim Cohen to renew the school lease
951 / 952 ⟦H⟧ and to receive its annual rent and send a copy of it to the Ministry of Education
in Baghdad, and that the administration does not object to accepting the renewal of the school lease contract in his name instead of
Ephraim Haifa Kashi.
- And I request you to kindly send a copy of the authorization of Mr. Medhi Ephraim Cohen to carry out the affairs
of the Jewish community in Amarah to His Excellency the Governor of the Amarah Province for review
or for information.
Therefore, I request from you a quick reply as I am obliged to travel and my total recovery
is linked to Baghdad to request leaving Amarah as quickly as possible
The Acting
Head of the Jewish Community Affairs in Amarah
Ephraim Haifa Kashi
⟦signature⟧
Page 629
Department Copy
51 / 954
1951/5/20
To
Mr. Salman Sayon Haskel Sayedkh, Respectfully
Greetings,
We have decided that you shall manage the affairs of the shrine of Our Master Al-Aziz (PBUH), and your duties are:
1- Leasing the properties belonging to the shrine of Our Master Al-Aziz (PBUH), provided that you consult us regarding every matter
of their rentals.
2- Submitting a list of revenues to us every three months.
We have decided for you a monthly salary of 25 Dinars in exchange for your performance of these tasks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Endowment Council of Our Master Al-Aziz
Vice President of the Lay Council
The Four
⟦Copies⟧
⟦illegible red mark⟧
Page 630
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
24
Number: 51 / 1954
Subject:
Date: 20 / 5 / 1951
Mr.
Mr. Salman Habib Ezekiel Zion, Respectfully
After greetings
We have decided that you shall manage the affairs of the shrine of Our Master Ezra (PBUH) and authorize you to:-
1 - Lease the properties belonging to the shrine of Our Master Ezra (PBUH), provided that you consult us on every matter
regarding their rental affairs.
2 - Submit a list of revenues to us every three months.
We have decided for you a monthly salary of 25 Dinars in exchange for your performance of these duties.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Trustee of the Endowments of Our Master Ezra
Vice President of the Lay Council
Page 631
51 / 2007
3/7/1951
⟦illegible⟧
To the Department
To
The Accountant of the Community Presidency
Reference to the payroll list of Shamash Secondary School for the month of June 1951
Please take the necessary measures to issue a check in the amount of 409/125 Dinars to the order of Mr. Shaul
Shohet, the acting principal of the aforementioned school.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to:
To the Directorate of Shamash School - for information and to receive the aforementioned check.
Accountant: The date the funds were recorded was before
the date of issuance of this letter, it has been corrected
The date of the letter was corrected by making it the date of its arrival.
⟦signature⟧
⟦Please take the necessary action⟧
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51 / 208
4 / 7 / 1951
Department Copy
To
Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
With reference to the salary and expense list of the Frank Iny School for the month of June
1951, please issue a check in the amount of 685/737 Dinars to the order of Mr. Salman Dabyan,
the director of the aforementioned school.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to
Director of the Frank Iny School
Page 633
51/2009
1951/7/6
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57
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To
Mr. Naji Baniri, Respected
After greetings
In view of the competence and ability we see in you, we have decided to appoint you to perform the task of
registrar of marriage and engagement contracts and the required ceremonies, as well as organizing the documents
related to engagement and marriage, provided that you maintain two separate registers, one for engagements and the other
for marriage contracts.
We hope you will commence this sacred mission.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Spiritual Council
Page 634
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
⟦illegible stamp⟧
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Number: 900 / 51
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 6 / 7 / 1951
To
Mr. Naji ⟦Panieri⟧, Respected
After greetings,
In view of the competence and ability we see in you, we have decided to appoint you to perform the task of
Registrar of marriage and engagement contracts and the required ceremonies, as well as organizing the documents
pertaining to engagement and marriage, provided that you maintain two regular registers, one for engagement and the other
for marriage contracts.
We hope for your initiative in this sacred task.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Page 635
200
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Department Copy
51 / 2005
1951/7/2
To the Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
Greetings,
We confirm to you that Mrs. Victoria Saleh Sassoon Mahlab is the wife of Mr.
Sassoon Abboudi Bashi, and we have provided her with this letter upon her request.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Page 636
51 / 2025
1951/7/16
50
Department Copy
To the Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to the petition submitted by Mrs. Renee Nissim Malki on 1951/7/9,
We approve granting the aforementioned her entitlement from her salary for the months of July, August, and September 1951,
amounting to (77/750) Dinars (seventy-seven Dinars and seven hundred and fifty Fils) only,
in installments of 26/250 Dinars per month.
Please take the necessary measures to disburse the mentioned amount. With high respect.
On behalf of the President of the Jewish Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to:
Frank Iny School for the teacher.
Mrs. Renee Nissim Malki.
⟦I hope it will be paid from her salary⟧
1951/7/15
Personal File
Page 637
To the Schools Committee
We refer to you the petition of Mrs. Malaki
We hope that you look upon it with kindness
In view of the long services provided by
the aforementioned lady to this school.
⟦signature⟧
The Director
Dear Vice President
After greetings
1- Attached is the petition submitted by Mrs.
Malaki, in which she requests to be given the summer
vacation salary ⟦rest number⟧.
And she means the death certificate
⟦signature⟧
The Secretary
1957/7/9
1- To
That the health condition ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 1957/7/16 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on a salary ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦signature⟧
1957/7/23
Page 638
Presidency of the Israelite Community:
Special Number: 1455 / 51
Date: 8/5 / 1957
Baghdad, July 4, 1951.
Mr. President
of the Schools Committee,
Baghdad.
Mr. President,
I have the honor to inform you
that, for health reasons, I
will not be able to resume
my post at the next start of term.
I have served in your schools for
eighteen years, having always given
satisfaction, I hope, as much by my
assiduous labor as by the devotion
brought to the accomplishment of
Page 639
726 / 51
5 / 8 / 1951
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To
Mrs. Rahima Ezekiel Al-Haseera
Greetings,
The Lay Council has considered your request for a monthly allowance and regrets its inability
to grant the aforementioned request. In view of your dire need, it has decided to grant you a one-time gift of 10 Dinars.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to:
The Accountant of the Community Presidency for information and necessary action
Page 640
1 / 8 / 1951 Baghdad
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 726
Date: 1 / 8 / 951
File Number:
42
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Lay Council
Presented to your Excellency
I am Rajabiya Saqil Lawi, as I have been forced to remain in Baghdad
out of necessity and without anyone to support me, in addition to being divorced and supporting my
⟦only⟧ son, I present this to your Excellency hoping for the allocation of what you deem appropriate
in such critical circumstances.
This is for your Excellency to command ⟦...⟧
The Petitioner
Rajabiya Saqil Lawi
⟦illegible⟧
Page 641
I, the undersigned, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, in my capacity as the Acting President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad,
and in addition to my position, have appointed on my behalf the lawyer Mr. Jamil Matloub for the three lawsuits filed
in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against the presidency of the aforementioned community. The first filed by Zainab Ali and her associates, numbered
1450 of the year 1953, regarding the collection of (250) dinars. The second filed by Reda Ali and his associates,
numbered 1451 of the year 1953, regarding the collection of (200) dinars. And the third filed by Karim Qanbar
and his associates, numbered 1452 of the year 1953, regarding the collection of (220) dinars. I have authorized the aforementioned lawyer
to enter the said lawsuits on my behalf, to plead and defend, to present evidence, and to submit petitions and briefs
under his signature, to receive and serve notices, to select and dismiss experts, and to execute the judgments that will be issued in the said lawsuits
in all enforcement departments, to request the placement and lifting of enforcement seizures, to reach settlements with the judgment debtor, to request his imprisonment
and release, and to receive and collect attorney fees and expenses awarded to me in the said lawsuits. In conclusion, I have
appointed the aforementioned lawyer to exercise and use all powers granted to me by law and Sharia for the purpose of protecting
and defending the rights of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad related to the lawsuits mentioned above until the final stages,
including first instance, objection, appeal, cassation, retrial, and correction. For clarification, this power of attorney was issued in Baghdad
March 6, 1954.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, Acting
In addition to it
File
⟦illegible⟧
Page 643
T / ⟦15⟧ / 53
11/17/1953
Request for a property map.
To -
Directorate of Tapu, Baghdad Province.
Greetings,
We kindly request you to provide us with a map of the property located in the Al-Kulat neighborhood belonging to this
Presidency, with sequence 276/1, its modern door number 0/0 from the general map number
23159.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Telephone⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
44
Mr. ⟦Abdul Qadir⟧ Hamoudi
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T / ⟦4446⟧ / 53
17 / 11 / 1953
. Request for a map .
To -
Land Registry Directorate of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We kindly request you to provide us with a map of the property (cemetery) sequence number 321
located in the Bani Said neighborhood (Kurkhana).
Please accept our highest respect.
Aoun
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
⟦signature⟧
⟦Issued⟧
Books
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Page 645
T/ 54/
2/7/1954
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Province, Respected
After greetings
Please provide us with a certified copy of the inspection report conducted by your
respected department in late February 1949 regarding the inspection of the Priests' Cemetery belonging
to the Jewish community in Baghdad.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦Issued⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
Page 646
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T / ⟦B 4 / 820⟧
Date: 10 / 10 / 1952
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Tabu for the Baghdad Province, Respected
After greetings
This community had issued a decree appointing Shaul Hazqeel Meir as executor to carry out the will of his deceased brother Isaac
Hazqeel Meir, and following the death of the aforementioned executor, this community appointed the named Yaqub Moshi Shua as executor succeeding the previous executor
after the approval of the Personal Status Court for the aforementioned guardianship. A sum of ten dinars was allocated to the new executor
for his fees * and an authorization to spend what is required in fees for the certification of the guardianship and the payment of the tax due on the aforementioned property, and the amount
spent by the executor reached 92/623 dinars, and since the aforementioned amount is based on official fee receipts in the executor's possession, please be so kind
as to calculate it from the sale price, and with highest respect.
* According to the approval of the heirs of the previous executor.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
The Clerk
For ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
1 / 10 / 52
Page 647
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 } Telephone Department
5452
Number: T/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1 / 10 / 1952
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad Province Land Registry, Respected
After greetings
This community had issued a deed appointing Shaul Heskel Meir as an executor to carry out the will of his deceased brother Isaac
Heskel Meir, and following the death of the aforementioned executor, this community appointed the person named Yaqub Moshi Shohet as an executor succeeding the previous executor
after the approval of the Personal Status Court for the aforementioned executorship. A sum of ten dinars was allocated to the new executor
for his fees * and he was also authorized to spend the necessary fees for the certification of the executorship and the payment of the tax due on the aforementioned property, and the amount
spent by the executor reached 92/623 dinars, and since the aforementioned amount is based on official receipts in the hands of the executor, please be kind enough
to calculate it from the sale price, and with highest respect.
* According to the approval of the heirs of the previous executor.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Page 648
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
3531 President
Telephone Number
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject:
Date: 1/27/1955
The Honorable Virtuous Lady Eliza Munir Hakkak, Respected
After greetings,
This Presidency offers its condolences to you on the death of your late husband Munir Hakkak and prays to the Creator
to grant you patience and to rest the deceased in His spacious gardens. We would like to inform you that there is a synagogue in Baghdad
named Al-Rakhita Synagogue frequented by worshippers morning and evening, and it is in need of painting which costs one hundred
and fifty dollars. If you donate it, a memorial will be written in the name of the deceased on marble. It is not hidden from you that
every synagogue is called ( ⟦illegible⟧ ) and I ask the Almighty Creator not to show you any misfortune.
Please accept our greetings,
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Head of the Community
Page 649
To the honorable Mrs. Lise Sher ⟦...⟧
After greetings
This presidency receives with regret the news of the death of the late
your husband Meir Atalla, and we pray to the Creator to inspire you with
patience and solace. The deceased in his life. And we would like
to inform you that there is a synagogue in Baghdad
named Al-Rakhita Synagogue, frequented by worshippers morning
and evening, and it needs painting at a cost of one hundred
and fifty dollars. If you donate it, it will
be established as a memorial in the name of the deceased <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> over time, and
it is no secret to you that every synagogue is called (
And we ask the Almighty Creator not to show you any harm
And please accept our greetings
Abi Hatem
Page 650
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 1954/7/6
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Awqaf for the Baghdad Region, Respected
The Presentation
Since I was the long-term lessee of the vacant lot numbered 255, upon which an outbuilding and a temple (Torah) have been constructed
for the Mosaic community, I have waived all my rights therein to the Jewish community in Baghdad to be used as a synagogue
for the Mosaic community in Baghdad.
It is requested of your Excellency to register it in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, Acting President of the Jewish Community,
in addition to his position. This is for your Excellency's order.
⟦Munshi Ibrahim⟧
The Lessee
Munshi Ibrahim Kashi
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, Acting President of the Community, in addition to my position, agree to the registration of this
vacant lot and outbuilding in the name of the Jewish community in Baghdad.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community