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IJA 3095

Bidding Rules for Kosher Meat Tax License

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These are the bidding rules for receiving a kosher meat tax license in Baghdad.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3095
Item Number
6317
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Baghdadi Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court, President of the Jewish Community, London, Kosher, File Folder, Dietary Law, Jewish Law, Typed, British, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

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THE
"BRITISH"
FLAT FILE.
No. 1973.
(Made in Several Distinct Colours.)
MADE IN ENGLAND.
From:
To:
Name:
Address:
Town:
File No.:
Last No.:
Special Remarks:
THE
DIGBY
SERIES
REGD. TRADE MARK
W. H. H. & Co. Ltd. LONDON.

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The Corporeal Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
List of Bidding Conditions for the Ghabila and Entrails Contract
In stating the list of the auction for the Ghabila and Entrails for a full year starting from April 1st, 19 to the end of March
19, concerning sheep and goats slaughtered in the Jewish slaughterhouse in Baghdad according to the following conditions:
First - The Corporeal Council in Baghdad may award the contract for Ghabila and Entrails together, or Ghabila alone, or
the Entrails alone, whether by count or in bulk.
Second - The Ghabila is a fee of fifteen fils per kilogram of Kosher meat, eggs,
kidneys, their fat, and the fetus (lamb) found inside its mother, and the entrails according to current practice, provided that
the fetus shall be outside the scope of the Ghabila fee if any government authority does not permit the slaughter of pregnant ewes,
and this fee is collected from the slaughters of the Jewish community's slaughterhouse in Baghdad, Adhamiya, and Karrada that
are offered for sale to Jews.
Third - Entrails are taken in kind from Kosher and Treif sheep, goats, and cows slaughtered in the community's slaughterhouse
mentioned in the center of Baghdad Province, provided that the contractor receives them delivered at the slaughterhouse, where he is responsible for the expense of collecting
and transporting them without any prior objection from him if they appear cut, small, or black.
Fourth - Cash security must be paid at a rate of ten percent 10% to the treasury of the Corporeal Council on account of the
contract value, provided that this is counted for the last two remaining months of the contract period, and the remainder
of the value is paid in twenty installments, each of which is linked to a promissory note issued to the order of the Corporeal Council,
and the note for the first installment is due on April 15, 19, and so on the maturities of the notes linked to the
successive installments follow every fifteen consecutive days so that the last installment ends on January 30, 19.
Fifth - A reliable guarantee is taken from the contractor that includes the execution of the contract's provisions and the payment of the notes when
their consecutive due dates arrive, and in case of failure to do so, the cash security is increased to twenty percent 20% instead
of the aforementioned guarantee.
Sixth - The maturity of each of the aforementioned promissory notes entails the obligation of immediate and instant payment,
and upon refusal of payment as mentioned, the Council alone has the right to terminate the contract without the need for prior
notice and to award it to others for the amount it deems appropriate for the account of the original contractor, with the right of recourse against the latter to cover
the deficit in value and the statutory interest starting from the occurrence of the right to terminate.

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Thirteen — If the slaughterhouse slaughterers go on strike and refrain from slaughtering based on sectarian differences, and
the council takes upon itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse based on the strike arising from the aforementioned sectarian differences,
then the contractor has the right to demand from the council the daily contract fee for the duration of the strike only (the daily contract fee is the
quotient of the total contract fee divided by the number of days on which slaughtering is carried out during the year).
Fourteen — The Physical Council reserves the following points:
(a) The council may organize the agreement on the aforementioned bases within the regulations in order to secure its rights on the bases of
the commitment.
(b) All necessary expenses such as half a percent brokerage fee, notarization of the commitment agreement by the notary public, the value of stamps,
and other fees shall be the responsibility of the contractor only, and the council shall not participate in them.
(c) What is relied upon regarding this commitment is the written agreement only.
(d) The council has the option to extend the final referral period if it deems it necessary, and it alone has the right to confirm the final
referral, cancel it, or accept other additions within three full days starting from the day following the aforementioned
referral.
(e) Half of the brokerage fee mentioned in paragraph (b) of this article shall be due to the broker appointed by the council, who is
⟦line⟧ and the other half to the broker who brings the final bidder and through whom the contract is
concluded and referred in a final manner, and the full brokerage amount shall be collected from the contractor and given to the two aforementioned brokers
by the council.
Addendum: Slaughtering must be restricted to the city of Baghdad alone, and no slaughtering may be carried out in
al-Karrada or al-Adhamiya except after the approval of the council?
President of the Physical Council

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Seventh - That the strike of the butchers and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever, and their monopolization of sheep with the aim of reducing
what is offered for sale of meat and increasing its price, all of this leads the contractor alone to the obligation of providing a sufficient number of sheep
for slaughter to cover what the Jewish community in Baghdad needs of Kosher meat at a rate of 4800 kilograms every day and 5200
kilograms for every Friday, excluding Saturdays, for as long as the strike and monopoly persist. Should the contractor fail to do so,
the Council alone has the right to terminate the contract immediately and grant it to others, and demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in
the previous paragraph regarding taking the necessary measures to cover what the community needs of meat at the expense of the mentioned
contractor, and demanding the difference resulting from the decrease in the substitute amount along with the statutory surplus starting from the date of the occurrence of
the strike and monopoly.
Eighth - The Physical Council shall not be charged with any compensation whatsoever for an incident or incidents that may have arisen from
force majeure causes such as the occurrence of heavenly pests or earthly accidents or the issuance of government orders or other cases related
to the shortage of Kosher meat or the interruption of slaughtering within a legitimate excuse or facing difficulty in selling Treif meat or the strike of
butchers or their monopoly on sheep and other reasons that were not within the possibility to prevent.
Ninth - The exempt days excluded from entry into the contract period are the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Ab,
and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and one of the first and last two days
of each of the Sukkot festivals (Tabernacles), namely the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third
of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and Passover (Pesach), namely the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second
of the Hebrew month of Nisan, and Shavuot (Descent of the Torah), namely the sixth and seventh of the Hebrew month of Sivan,
and all Saturdays.
Tenth - All necessary slaughterhouse expenses during the contract period, including lighting, cleaning, security,
water fees, and others, are the responsibility of the contractor, and the Council is not required to pay any part of them.
Eleven - The contracting procedure, the organization of bonds and their delivery to the person in whose name they were written, the provision of the aforementioned
appropriate guarantee, and taking care of paying the remainder of the deposit and brokerage fees that will be mentioned in paragraph (b) of Article 14, all of this
should be completed within one week starting from the date of the Council's decision on the final awarding of this contract. If the
contractor fails to fulfill one of the mentioned conditions, the Council may terminate the contract and hold the contractor liable for everything resulting from that
of damage, loss, compensation, and surplus, as stated in items six and seven of this contract.
Twelve - The matter of Kosher and Treif discipline and the religious procedures arising from it belongs to the
specialized Rabbis only, so the contractor has no right to make any objection or opposition against any measure or procedures
undertaken by the aforementioned Rabbis, as they alone have the right to decide what pertains to discipline without any intervention from anyone else whatsoever.

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Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect her
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.
Date
Year 569
⟦illegible⟧