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Khedouri and Ezra Meer Lawee Company Limited
CHEVROLET
Invoice No.: C / 45 / 819
Baghdad on: 18 / 9 / 1945
To: His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, The Respected - Baghdad
Number | Description | Price Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils
| Amount of our invoice previously sent to you under number | |
| C / 45 / 701 dated 13 / 8 / 1945 | 49 | 486
| Deducting the amount paid in cash as settlement for our invoice numbered C / 45 / 460 | |
| dated 28 / 5 / 1945 | 38 | 346
| (Amount of eleven dinars and one hundred and forty fils) | 11 | 140
On behalf of Khedouri and Ezra Meer Lawee Company Limited
⟦signature⟧
Khedouri and Ezra Meer Lawee Company Limited
CHEVROLET
Invoice No. C: 45 / 888
Baghdad on: October 11 / 1945
To: His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, Respectfully - Baghdad
Quantity | Details | Price Dinar | Price Fils | Dinar | Fils
| Our invoice numbered C / 45 / 918 dated 18 / 9 / 1945 | | | 11 | 140
| Your car number 1889 Baghdad on date 25 / 9 / 1945 | | | |
| Bottle of brake oil. | - | 300 | |
| Quarter gallon of oil (BP). | - | 125 | |
| Repairs | | | |
| Repairing front brakes (one front wheel) | - | 400 | |
| Repairing and patching the rear mudguard. | - | 350 | 1 | 175
| | | | 12 | 315
(Amount of twelve dinars and three hundred and fifteen fils)
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On behalf of Khedouri
On behalf of Khedouri and Ezra Meer Lawee Company Limited
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the
Khedhouri and Ezra Meir Lawee Company Limited
Invoice No.: C / 45 / 948
Baghdad on: October 31 / 1945
To: His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respectfully - Baghdad
CHEVROLET
Dinar | Price (Fils / Dinar) | Item | Quantity | Date
12 | | Our invoice numbered C / 45 / 888 dated 11 / 10 / 1945 . | |
| | Your car No. 1889 Baghdad on 16 / 10 / 1945 | |
| 1 / 062 | Axle stub ball bearing . | 1 |
| - / 150 | Our payment for purchase of shock absorber gasket from outside . | |
| - / 190 | Bottle of shock absorber oil . | 1 |
| - / 168 | Axle stub washers . | 4 |
| - / 800 | Our payment for purchase of shock absorber rubbers from outside . | |
| - / 600 | Our payment for shock absorber tin welding labor outside . | |
| - / 300 | Bottle of brake fluid . | |
| 16 / 000 | Our payment for purchase of a pair of front springs from outside . | |
| 1 / 600 | " " Axle stub spindles with bushings from outside . | |
| - / 665 | " " Shock absorber bolt with bushing from outside . | |
| - / 600 | Washing and lubrication . | |
| 1 / 500 | Our payment for oxygen welding labor for 2 shock absorbers outside . | |
| - / 680 | Our payment for purchase of 8 screws with nuts and spring washers from outside . | |
| - / 250 | " " Axle stub pin bushing from outside . | |
| - / 380 | " " Pair of rubbers above the shock absorber from outside . | |
| | Repairs | |
| 3 / 200 | Welding four pieces of steering elbow washers . | |
| 5 / 000 | Opening and repairing front shock absorbers with opening, repairing and tightening axle stub . | |
35 | 2 / 500 | Replacing front springs . | |
47 | | | |
( Amount of forty-seven dinars and eight hundred and sixty fils )
On behalf of Khedhouri and Ezra Meir Lawee Company Limited
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Car expenses
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties
19 November 945
The Honorable Director of Khedhouri and Ghoura Mirlawi Co. Ltd.
After greetings and respect,
We enclose herewith check number 482929 dated 14/11/945 for the amount of forty-seven dinars
and eight hundred and sixty fils, in settlement of your invoice number C/45/948 dated 31 October
945. Please acknowledge receipt. Sincerely.
⟦signature⟧
The President
S Kh / A M
2522
Lawyer
ANWAR YANTOB
Anwar Yantob
ADVOCATE
Baghdad
BAGHDAD ( Iraq )
Bill No / Bill Number:
Date / Date: 11/25/19
M / To: The Honorable Director and President of the Musawi Physical Council
Description / Details | Dinar / D. | Fils / F.
Stamp fee for requesting a copy of a notice and its notification at the Notary Public | - | 225
Submission of notification fee for the preliminary judgment | - | 225
⟦line⟧ the appellate | - | 225
Professional fees | 2 | ---
Only two dinars and six hundred and seventy-five fils | 2 | 675
Total | 2 | 675
Anwar Yantob
His Excellency the President
Please review and order its disbursement
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11/19
NATHANIEL TRANSPORT
HAIFA
Baghdad letter No.502 of 18.11.1945 vide manifest No.482 of 11.11.45
Haifa , December 24th . 1945 194
P. O. B. 1274
Expenses incured on
1 case Scroll of Law
Marked
Address
Nr .
offloaded at
ex sis
of the
To
Cairo
to M. Mr. Haim Nahoum , c / o Mr. H. H. Nathaniel , Baghdad .
£ P
£
4
Trans jordan Transit Duty Agency fees
freight from
for kgs
Haifa
100.- at the rate of £ vide Railway ticket No.401201 of 10.12.1945 Export Licence
to
Cairo
X
per 1000 kgs
1.200
2.000
1.500
0.110
DINARS
Iraq . Transit Duty
Customs documents , Stamps etc.
2.250
at the rate of £ 1 . - per dinar
Telegram to Opening and weighing
0.150
Repatching
Rebaling
Stamps
Telegram to Customs dues Entry No.339 of 6.12.1945 Porterage from Shed 10.7 to Railways Customs declaration forms
Tel . Call and postage Overtime fees and expenses
Sundries
Other Expenses Cash guarantee fees
0.100
0.130
0.200
0.200
0.425
0.475
00100
0.960
P .. 9.820
( TOTAL : - NINE PAL . POUNDS AND 820/000 MILS ONLY ) ( 6.8.0.E. )
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HOTHAY HAWKA
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23 January 946
Your invoice numbered 112 and dated 7/12/945
Habib Heskel Nathaniel Company - Baghdad
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Reference to your invoice mentioned above.
Enclosed you will find check number 483821 dated 22 January 1946 on the
Ottoman Bank in Baghdad for the amount of (11.820 Dinars) eleven dinars and eight hundred and twenty fils according to
your invoice mentioned above.
Please inform us of your receipt of the mentioned check. Best regards.
Sent
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⟦signature⟧
The President
No.: 76/H
From: HAIM H. NATHANIEL BAGHDAD
Tel.: 6682 & 4306
Memorandum:
Baghdad: Baghdad on 24 / 1 / 1946
To,: The Honorable Lay Council of the
⟦line⟧: Jewish Community - Baghdad.
After greetings:
Subject: Receipt of a check.
We have received with many thanks your letter numbered 3540 and dated 23 / 1 / 1946 with the check numbered 483831
and dated the 22nd of it, as payment for our invoice numbered 112 and dated 27 / 12 / 1945 -
Please accept our highest respect.
Sincerely
On behalf of Haim Heskel Nathaniel
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 26
Date 25 / 1 / 1946
File number ⟦line⟧
2529
25 November 945
26
The Honorable Mr. Anwar Yantoub, Attorney
Baghdad
Enclosed you will find check number 482932 dated 23 November 945 on the Ottoman Bank
for the amount of thirty dinars and seven hundred and ninety fils, in payment of your invoice dated 11/19/945
regarding the lawsuit filed against the Physical Council by Mr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla Qadu, the former tenant
of the Al-Taawun Khan.
Please send a receipt for this amount. Best regards.
His Excellency the President
For signature please ⟦illegible⟧
11/25
The President
MNKH / AM
⟦9219⟧
No. 9514
Reuben Yehuda Peress, Merchant Agent (Clearing & Forwarding) Baghdad
REUBEN YEHUDA PERESS
CLEARING & FORWARDING AGENT
Baghdad: 5 February 946 Baghdad
Requested from: The Jewish Community Committee M
Mark: E ⟦...⟧ 330
for: 17 B/S C/S
Dec No: 911
S/S Fort Mc-Murray | I.D. Dinar | FILS Fils
D/O & Stamps | -- | --
B/E Stamps & Petties | 1 | --
C. Duty | -- | --
Opening Hire ⟦...⟧ Inspection | 1 | --
Freight | 8 | 657
Ground Rent { according to receipt Dinar 8/784 | 1 | 25
Clearing charges "Free of charge" | -- | --
Lorry loading charges | 1 | --
Porterage | 1 | --
Sundry expenses | 1 | --
⟦line⟧ | 11 | 082
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E. & O. E.
Errors and Omissions Excepted
12 February 946
Respected Mr. Rubin Yehuda Bibers
With reference to your list numbered 9514 and dated 5/2/946
We send you enclosed with this letter check number 484302 dated 11/2/946 and issued
to your order on the Ottoman Bank for the clearance fees and expenses of 17 bales of used clothing.
Please kindly confirm your receipt of the aforementioned check. Sincerely.
The President
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2/12
⟦The Accountant⟧
The Lay Council
Sardab
9/947/
To the honorable and virtuous notable, Mr. Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq, respected
After greetings
The news of the passing of your late son had a painful impact on the souls of the members of the
Lay Council, due to the commendable qualities the deceased possessed and his firm dedication
to the interests of the community and the great services he rendered to its educational institutions by holding
membership in the Schools Committee for nearly twenty-five years, which has left him an eternal memory
in the hearts.
Therefore, our Lay Council decided in its first session held after the arrival of the news of the
noble departed to express its participation in the deep sorrow for the death of the deceased, expressing the
heavy loss suffered by the community upon his death, and to offer condolences to your noble person
in this painful catastrophe, asking the Almighty to grant the deceased a place in His vast paradise
and to grant you great reward, and to protect with His eye of care the family of the deceased and his son to be the best successors
to the best predecessor.
Please accept the highest respect
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The President
⟦illegible⟧
ABRAHAM HAIM
SAFAFIR 69/10
BAGHDAD, Baghdad on September 5, 1947
Gentlemen, President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community, Respected
Baghdad
My family and I thank you for your kind words that came in your letter numbered 45
and dated the 2nd of this month. The wishes of your esteemed council in our painful disaster
have made the greatest impact in our hearts, and we pray to the Almighty to protect you along with the members of your council and keep
every misfortune away from you.
⟦signature⟧
Incoming
Number 64
Date 7 / 9 / 1947
File Number
Date - 12/18/1947
Gentlemen, President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings
We request the favor of approving the withdrawal of the following checks
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 30 | Check No. ( ⟦illegible⟧ ) to the order of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri and recorded in unforeseen expenses.
⟦line⟧ | 60 | Check No. ( ⟦illegible⟧ ) to the order of Mr. Saleh Cohen for hospital audit fees for the six months ending March 31, 1946.
With respect;
Accountant
A.
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
After greetings,
I hope to inform your Excellency that the late His Eminence Rabbi Ibrahim Aslan,
one of the retirees, passed away on Saturday, 1/24/1948.
I request your order regarding the date you designate for the cessation of his salary.
Please accept my respects.
The Accountant
1/25/948
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: ⟦884⟧
Date: 1/25/948
File Number:
A letter of condolence shall be written
99
⟦illegible⟧ / 2 / 1948
The Honorable Mr. Ezra Salman Nissan, Respectfully
After greetings,
The news of the death of the late, well-remembered His Eminence Rabbi Abraham Aslan, the former
Acting Chief Rabbi, has had a deep impact on all members of the Lay Council, given the deceased's
long services in the affairs of the community. The Council requests you to convey to all members of the deceased's family
its sincere condolences, with its supplication to the Almighty Lord to shower the deceased with His abundant mercy and to inspire the members of
his noble family with patience and solace, and to preserve them as the best successors to the best predecessor.
Sincerely,
Vice President
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For filing
Miscellaneous
A. H.
Baghdad on February 15, 1948
The Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 96 dated 2/10/1948
The condolences of the respected Lay Council on the passing of the late His Eminence Rabbi Abraham Aslan
Yehuda, the former Acting Chief Rabbi, to the abode of eternity, had the greatest impact on myself and all members of the family of
the deceased.
On behalf of the family of the noble departed, I ask you to convey to all the respected members of the Lay Council
our deep gratitude for their kind condolences, praying to God Almighty to protect you all with His eye of care
and protection, for He is the All-Hearing, the Responder.
Please accept the highest respect.
On behalf of the family of the deceased
Ezra Salman Nissan
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
File Number
⟦illegible⟧ Miscellaneous
Seen by me
Baghdad on 3 / 3 / 1948
His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council
After greetings
Please kindly approve the disbursement of the following amounts :-
Fils | Dinar
000 | 5 | Check No. 83654 for the expenses of the Sha'shua plot
| | Check No. 83655 as follows :-
700 | 2 | Brokerage fees and labor for the Sha'shua plot
300 | 1 | Insurance for Khan al-Shorja for a period of five
| | and twenty days until the end of March 1948
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
300 | 3 |
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
300 | 8 |
Please accept our respect
Accountant
Accountant
Miscellaneous
Corrected
12 / 3
A .
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 584
Date: 18 / 2 / 1948
Subject:
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings
The approval of your esteemed council to hold the funeral service at the headquarters of the community presidency
for the souls of the righteous martyrs and the laying of wreaths on their tombs had the best impact and the finest
results, as you encouraged by this the members of the community to show their sincere feelings towards
the martyrs among their fellow citizens, and the members of the community are truly proud of your esteemed council in view
of the actions it has taken in this regard.
I cannot but, in view of your encouragement and assistance, extend to your esteemed council
my deepest thanks, praying to the Almighty to guide your steps towards all that is good
and successful.
In conclusion, please accept my utmost respect;
Sincerely
President of the Community
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 641
Date 18 / 2 / 1948
File Number
For filing
Protocol
A
4/1/48 ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
⟦illegible⟧ / 1 / 1948
After greetings,
In view of the approaching start of the new fiscal year, the Council has decided to request your respected committee
to prepare the estimated budget for the fiscal year 48/1949 and the actuals for the fiscal year 46/947, with
the request to submit it before the end of February 1948. Best regards.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Submitted 20/4/48
10/5/48
⟦illegible⟧/3/1948
Very Urgent
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
After greetings,
We confirm our letter No. 78 dated 4/1/1948 and request the acceleration of submitting the budget
estimates for the year 1947/48 along with the actuals for the years 1946/1947 and 1947/1948, hoping to observe
complete economy and not to increase the requested allocations from the Lay Council beyond what they were in the
past year, considering that our council has decided in its session held on 18/3/1948 to allocate
the sum of three thousand Dinars in the new year's budget for the construction of the second floor of the community administration headquarters
to be a center for the various community committees and the administrations of its charitable institutions due to the urgent need for that.
Please accept our respects ⟦line⟧
Vice President
For filing
Budget for the year 47/48
Department Copy
129
5/⟦...⟧/1948
186
7/7/⟦...⟧
His Excellency Mr. Moshe Daoud Shohet, Respectfully
After greetings and respect,
It is difficult for me to inform you that the Lay Council, in view of your insistence on resigning from its membership
for health reasons, had no choice but to accept it.
While all members of the Council regret depriving the community of your valuable services through your participation
in the membership of this Council and benefiting from your insightful views, I take this opportunity to inform you on behalf of
the Council of its appreciation and deep gratitude for the great services you have rendered to the community throughout your membership in
the Lay Council.
Please accept my sincere wishes for your success, and remain with respect.
The Council
Vice President
For filing
Actions ⟦...⟧
A. A.
Jewish School Committee
Baghdad.
June 3, 1948.
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 186
7 / 6 / 948
File number ⟦illegible⟧
The Alliance Israélite Universelle
Paris.
Gentlemen,
We received your letter of May 14, 1948, a few days before the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Larédo.
We wish first of all to thank you for the continuous interest you take in our community and its school works and we ask you to believe in all our gratitude for these good sentiments.
By their departure Mr. and Mrs. Larédo as well as the Sabaghs have left a great void, especially after their long stays among us. We send you herewith copies of the letters we addressed to them, which express only a part of our gratitude toward these two excellent couples.
Regarding the replacements for the management of the Albert Sasson and Laura Kaddouri schools, we thank you for your good intentions.
It is somewhat difficult for us to make any distinction between the Silverts and the Dayans. Both couples have served well everywhere. However, the Dayans were already in Iraq and being Iraqi subjects, their transport to Baghdad will not require any formalities, and you can well imagine if there are difficulties these days for visa applications etc. The subject was discussed at length with Mr. Larédo who will inform you.
We will therefore leave the decision to you and, while thanking you again for your good services, we ask you to believe, gentlemen, in our gratitude.
⟦signature⟧
p. President
School Committee.
Filed
7 / 6
Seen
⟦signature⟧
Copy to:
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Lay Council
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 293
Date: 16 / 2 / 1949
File Number:
To be attached to
Paper 11
Not to be distributed to
Baghdad on February 16, 1949
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings,
I request that the following proposal be presented to the Council at the first suitable opportunity.
It has become clear from two cases recently submitted to the Lay Council for decision, namely
the case of the abolition of the position of Director of Meir Elias Hospital and the case of the French language teacher at the
Alliance School, and the discussions that revolved around them, that the method followed in forming the subcommittees of the Lay
Council, especially the Schools and Hospitals committees, consisting of members all from outside the Council, is an
impractical method that may lead in most cases to the loss of the necessary connection between the Council and each of
these two committees, and to the difficulty of understanding the motives of each when making a decision of great importance.
This is in addition to the fact that the Council does not know what is happening in the community's schools and hospitals except through
the few official communications it receives regarding the dismissal of an employee or the appointment of another.
Since the Lay Council is primarily responsible for the actions of each of
these two committees and is a higher authority for them on one hand, and on the other hand, the Council, according to
the powers granted to these two committees explicitly or implicitly, considers each of them - with all right -
a committee whose decisions are difficult to reject without affecting its powers and its ability to continue working, it is
necessary to appoint a member of the Lay Council to each of the Schools and Hospitals committees so that
he can present the Council's viewpoint to the committee and present the committee's full viewpoint to the Council.
Thus, there will no longer be a need to hold joint meetings except in exceptional and
extreme circumstances, and the Lay Council will be continuously and sufficiently informed about the progress of work in each of
the two aforementioned committees.
Please accept my highest respect;
Sincerely,
Yaqub Balbul
For filing
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To be presented to the Council
17 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
To be notified to the Secretary ⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad, March 4, 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
Furthermore, your dear gift to my son Meir Hayyim on the occasion of
his marriage had a deep impact on me. Please accept my sincere thanks along with the thanks of my son
and his spouse for this kind gesture and for your precious gift which they will cherish and keep
with all honor and gratitude.
Please accept my highest respects and appreciation, praying to the Almighty
for your continued happiness.
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
Notes
To be presented to the Council
4/3
To be filed
4/1