AI English Translation, Pages 651-675
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
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To
Mr. Salman Sion Heskel Murad, Respectfully
After greetings,
We have decided to appoint you to manage the affairs of the shrine of Our Master Ezra (AS) and we authorize you to:-
1 - Lease the properties belonging to the shrine of Our Master Ezra (AS), provided that you consult us on every matter
regarding their rentals.
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⟧
Agent of the
Trustee of the Endowments of Our Master Ezra
Vice President of the Lay Council
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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Department Copy
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8 / 2 / 51
4 / 7 / 1951
To
Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
With reference to the payroll and expenses 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,
Director of the aforementioned school.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to
Director of the Frank Iny School
51/2009
1951/7/6
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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
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 51/209
Subject:
Date: 6 / 7 / 1951
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To
Mr. Naji Panizi, Respectfully
After greetings
In view of the competence and ability we perceive 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 joint 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
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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
51 / 2025
1951/7/16
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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
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
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
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5 / 8 / 1951
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To
Mrs. Rahma Hizqeel 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 severe need, it has decided to grant you a gratuity of 10 Dinars.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
Copy to:-
The Community Presidency Accountant for information and necessary action
⟦illegible stamp⟧
my task. I therefore ask you to
please take this into
consideration and grant me a
bonus in relation to the
number of my years of service
and the zeal that I have tirelessly
displayed, taking into account the fact
that my emoluments have always
been lower than what they should
have been.
While hoping that
you will be so kind as to give a
favorable response to my request,
I beg you to accept, Mr.
President, with my thanks
in advance, the expression of
my perfect devotion.
Rhalky
1 / 8 / 1951 Baghdad
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 726
Date: 1 / 8 / 951
File Number:
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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⟧
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⟧
The undersigned, acting ⟦illegible⟧
by proxy and in my own capacity, have appointed by virtue of this the lawyer ⟦illegible⟧
required for the three lawsuits filed in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against the Presidency of the Community
The first ⟦illegible⟧ and our property numbered ⟦illegible⟧
under a guarantee of (500) Dinars. And the second filed by me against the Presidency of the Community numbered
with number ⟦illegible⟧ by virtue of a guarantee of (500) Dinars. And the third filed by me, Karam ⟦illegible⟧
numbered ⟦illegible⟧. And I have authorized the aforementioned lawyer to enter the said lawsuits
in any capacity, to plead, defend, establish evidence, and submit documents and briefs
of all kinds, to notify and be notified, to select and dismiss experts, and to register the judgments that
are issued in the said lawsuits in all enforcement departments, and to request the placement of provisional
seizure and its release, to reach a settlement with the judgment debtor, to request his imprisonment, and to issue
his arrest warrants, and to receive the attorney fees and expenses awarded to me in the lawsuits
mentioned, and in short, I have authorized the aforementioned lawyer to exercise all
powers granted to me by Sharia and law for the purpose of attempting ⟦illegible⟧
the Presidency of the Jewish Community in the amount related to the mentioned lawsuits
until the final legal stages ⟦illegible⟧ as a testimony ⟦illegible⟧ worship
This power of attorney was given in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
957
1450
957
1451
957
1452
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11/17/1953
• Request for a Property Map •
To "-
Directorate of Land Registry (Tapu) of 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 •
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
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Mr. Belkader Hamoudi
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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T / 54 /
7 / 2 / 1954
His Excellency the Director of the 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.
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531
5452
Number: T / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 8 / 10 / 1952
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Province, Respected
After greetings
This community had issued a deed appointing Shaul Heskel Meir as executor to implement the will of his deceased brother Isaac
Heskel Meir, and following the death of the aforementioned executor, this community appointed the named Yaqub Moshi Shomail as executor succeeding the previous executor
after the Personal Status Court ratified the aforementioned executorship. A sum of ten dinars was allocated to the new executor
for his fees, and we also see fit to spend what is required for the fee to certify the executorship and pay the tax due on the mentioned property, and the amount
spent by the executor reached 92/623 dinars, and since the mentioned amount is based on official receipts in the executor's possession, please be so kind
as to calculate it from the sale proceeds, and with highest respect.
x 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 the record, to be filed
⟦signature⟧
1 / 10 / 52
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Number :: T / ⟦illegible⟧ / 51
Date :: 1 / 10 / 1952
Subject ::
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Province, Respected
After greetings
This community had issued a deed appointing Shaul Heskel Meir as executor to implement the will of his deceased brother Isaac
Heskel Meir, and following the death of the aforementioned executor, this community appointed the named Yaqub Moshi Shohet as executor succeeding the previous executor
after the Personal Status Court's ratification of the aforementioned executorship. A sum of ten dinars was allocated to the new executor
for his efforts * and he was also authorized to spend the necessary fees for the ratification of the executorship and the payment of the tax due on the aforementioned property. The amount
spent by the executor reached 92/623 dinars, and since the aforementioned amount is based on official receipts in the executor's possession, please be so kind
as to calculate it from the sale proceeds. 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
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 President
Telephone No. 5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 27 / 1 / 1955
To the Honorable 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
by the name of 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⟧ ). I ask the Almighty Creator not to show you any misfortune.
Please accept our greetings,
Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
President of the Community ⟦line⟧
To the honorable and virtuous lady Munazzah Sher ⟦illegible⟧
After greetings,
This letter informs your presence of the death of the late
your husband Khair Hattala, and we pray to the Creator to inspire you with
patience and solace for the deceased in his life. And we would like
to inform you that there is a synagogue in Baghdad
by the name of 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
fixed as a memorial in the name of the deceased <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> on a wall
stating that this synagogue is called ( )
And we ask the Creator, Almighty and Sublime, that you see no further harm,
And please accept our sincere greetings,
Abi Hatem
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531 / 5452
Number:
Date: 6 / 7 / 1954
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Awqaf for the Baghdad Region, Respected
The Presentation
Since I was the long-term lessee of the plot numbered 255, upon which a residential unit and a place of worship (Torah) are built
for the Mosaic community, I have waived all my rights therein to the Israelite 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 Khedhouri, Acting President of the Israelite Community,
in addition to his official capacity. This is submitted for your Excellency's order.
⟦illegible⟧
The Lessee
Menashi Ibrahim Kashi
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Acting President of the Community, in addition to my official capacity, agree to the registration of this
plot and residential unit in the name of the Israelite community in Baghdad.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number:
Date: 6 / 7 / 1954
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Awqaf for the Baghdad Region, Respected
The Presentation
Since I have been leasing under a long-term lease the plot numbered 255, upon which is built an annex and a place of worship (Torah)
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 command ⟦line⟧
The Lessee
Menashi Ibrahim Kassashi
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, Acting President of the Community in addition to my position, agree to the registration of this
plot and annex in the name of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
7926 From God, the Israeli community in Baghdad Telephone number 3531 5452 His Excellency the Director of Endowments of the Baghdad region Subject: Date 7/5/1954 Presented to the community Since I was renting on a long-term lease the patched plot 200 and grew up on it including and worshipping (Torah) the Mosaic find, I have relinquished all my rights in it to the Israeli community in Baghdad to use it as a synagogue for the Mosaic view in Baghdad (km) and I have taken all the furniture currently in it from electric toilets, chandeliers, mattresses, chairs and others. Your Excellency is requested to register it in the name of Rabbi Sasson Khedouri, Acting Head of the Israeli community in addition to his position. This is for your Excellency the tenant, Munshi Ibrahim Kash, I, Rabbi Sasson Khedouri, Acting Head of the community, in addition to my position, I agree to register this limp and torch in the name of the Israeli community in Baghdad. Rabbi Sasson Khedouri, Acting Head of the community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 2279 / 54
Date: 25 / 6 / 1954
Subject:
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To the honorable and distinguished Mr. Eliyahu Ezra Khalaschi, member of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings
With reference to your letter dated 22 / 6 / 1954, the Administrative Committee reviewed at its session held on 24 / 6 / 54
its content and approved your absence from attending its sessions on the occasion of your travel outside Iraq.
The committee regrets being deprived of your excellent services during the period of this auspicious trip, awaiting your return to be enlightened
by your valuable opinions, wishing you a happy and successful journey; and this Presidency prays to the Almighty Creator to grant you health and happiness
in your departure and return.
Please accept the highest respect
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
A copy to: -
President of the Administrative Committee - for your kind information.