AI English Translation, Pages 126-150
1020
1949/6/29
Department Copy
The Honorable Mr. Baruch Isaac Al-Sayegh, Respectfully
Samawah
After greetings and respect,
Mr. Abraham Shaul, your former teacher, has approached me requesting
mediation with you for the purpose of giving him his salary, which he claims he has not yet received from the
community group in Samawah for the period of his recent employment with you.
So please be so kind as to look into this matter and provide all possible assistance.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely,
Head of the Community
Filed
Samawah Community
711
14
Samawah 8 / 7 / 942
Baghdad
To the honorable Head of the Israelite Community, respected
After greetings and much respect, we were honored by your letter numbered ⟦1000⟧ and dated ⟦42/6/29⟧
In which you task us to mediate regarding the case of the request of the Sabua teacher, Ibrahim Shaul, as he has
a remaining claim with some of the group. My dear, I was absent during this period and today
I arrived in Samawah and reviewed your letter. I have no knowledge of his claim, only according to
what is understood, Teacher Ibrahim submitted an opening regarding his claim to Khawaja Sassoon Moshe, one of
the members of the Jews of Samawah. The aforementioned Sassoon is not in town at
the moment. However, upon his arrival, by the will of God ⟦Exalted⟧, we will investigate and look at the list
⟦...⟧ and inform you in detail. But your Excellency must know that every teacher who left
Samawah has no remaining claim with any single person. This is due to Ibrahim, firstly, because of his conduct
with the group not being in a good moral manner, and secondly, his departure was sudden as
the group was relying on your telegram which you gave to him during his departure from here,
which reached him through the group, and he did not show it to the group, though it was through me. He
received it without my knowledge and traveled on Sunday night and Saturday evening, and no one
in the group knew who was owed or had money to pay him. If he claims
anything from anyone, nothing will be found. So, my dear, rest assured that upon Sassoon Moshe's arrival to our side,
we will immediately look into the case in detail, investigate, and inform you. We are at your service.
With much respect, sir,
Sincerely,
Byron Isaac
⟦Disobedience⟧
To be kept
Communities in Rusafa
49
⟦...⟧
On 13 / 7 / 1949
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⟦illegible⟧
His Eminence Rabbi Heskel Hoki Abboudi, the respected
Chief Rabbi of Basra
After greetings and respect
I hope you are well. Attached herewith are the summons issued by
the Jewish Community Court in Baghdad, requesting you to kindly take the necessary action regarding them
and to compel the defendant, Khedhouri bin Murad Yadkar, to appear in Baghdad on
the date appointed for the hearing. In the event that this is not possible for you, I request the ⟦assistance⟧
of the Governor to provide help in this matter.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect;
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
The division in Basra
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The Chief Rabbi of the Community
Basra - Iraq
21/7/49
Chief of the Rabbis
in Basra
Presidency of the ⟦Rabbinate⟧ ⟦...⟧
Number 742
Date 8/2/1949
To the Honorable President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
We wish to inform you that the person named ⟦Khedhouri⟧ Shaul Yadkar
has appeared before us in Basra and requested us to refer to the Religious Court of the Community
Mosaic in Baghdad, and we have instructed him to submit a petition of claim by his hand
He wishes to litigate and see the case in court, despite being notified according to
the procedures, and therefore we inform you of the matter to take what is necessary in ⟦his right⟧
Please accept our thanks and respect.
Sincerely yours
The President
For filing
To be registered - records of other communities
8/9
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
Number: 6
Date: 17 / 8 / 1949
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Number 759
Date 22 / 8 / 1949
From Mosul
N 21
To His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected
President of the Israelite Community in Iraq
Greetings and respect. Since the new Lay Council was formed in its current session, it found that
the Kosher slaughter in Mosul had deteriorated to the point that nothing remained of it but the name only
due to the control of the old contractor named Wanis over it and his conduct according to his will and whims
to the extent that he had refused to pay the salaries that had been allocated to the Israelite religious slaughterers
who had despaired of the treatment of the aforementioned Wanis and became without salaries, and their financial
condition became deplorable. This is on one hand. On the other hand, the aforementioned slaughterers
were not applying the required religious conditions in Kosher slaughter, as they were slaughtering
without a (Shohet and Bodek) inspector, and contrary to religious teachings. In addition to the religious
violation, Kosher meat was decreasing as a result, as it was restricted to a portion of
the butchers, and price manipulation occurred, and the entire community was harmed by that.
For these reasons and others, the Council had begun to address the affairs of slaughter, and that
was after the aforementioned slaughterers showed their readiness to cooperate with the Council to get rid of
these abnormal conditions. Indeed, they contracted with the Council according to documents certified by the Notary Public
of Mosul to work under its command for a period of one year with monthly salaries of seventeen
dinars to the master slaughterer Moshi Moallem Eliyahu, thirteen dinars to the master slaughterer Moshi Moallem Khedhouri,
twelve dinars to the master slaughterer Zakai Zebulun, and six dinars to the slaughterer Yusuf Moallem Moshi Moallem Eliyahu.
To be continued /
The Physical Council of the Israelite Community
The Physical Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
Mosul
Office
Number: Follow-up to Number 6
Date: 17 / 8 / 1949
And under appropriate conditions that require the aforementioned slaughterers to go together at night to the slaughterhouse and perform
the Kosher slaughter (Shechita and Bedika) and all other religious rules they are bound by.
And they shall not perform any smuggled slaughter at all, and the prescribed fees for Kosher must be collected,
amounting to three hundred fils per cow, forty fils per head of sheep, and twenty fils
per lamb. On this basis, the Council began publishing advertisements
in local newspapers announcing its collection of the prescribed fees on animals taken as Kosher
and handing them over to its agent. However, the butchers had refused to pay these fees at last
for a few days and did not present the animals ⟦to the class⟧ under the pretext that they did not slaughter Kosher. In view of that, the
Council had alerted the community to stand firm against this strike, thereby ensuring the
application of religious rules in slaughtering and the collection of prescribed fees, thus providing Kosher
meat. However, as is not hidden from Your Eminence, the butchers had continued their strike
and sided with the aforementioned and Anis in their refusal to pay the fees prescribed above.
Therefore, the Council was forced to waive the direct collection of fees by its agent and tasked
the aforementioned and Anis (in order to avoid the strike) to cooperate with him to collect the said fees
and hand them over to the Council against organized receipts for that purpose, in exchange for a monthly salary
of fifteen dinars. Work began according to this arrangement since the beginning of May 1949,
and things were proceeding somewhat normally during this period.
However, intrigues began to play their role between the aforementioned slaughterers and Anis,
and the slaughterer, Master Ma'shar Moallem Makhlouf, began his false attacks, saying that he is unable
To be continued /
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
Number: Continued from Number 6
Date: 17 / 8 / 1949
Going to the slaughterhouse daily, and they cannot refrain from performing the liberated slaughter for some butchers, and that is
out of fear of them and to honor them. Indeed, the aforementioned Musa committed several proven violations in this regard.
The Council had tried to persuade, intimidate, and warn him for this bad behavior, but it did not succeed with him,
as he finally showed his readiness to cooperate with the aforementioned Danis and with Majid Salim to overturn
this situation, and he was able to persuade the rest of his fellow slaughterers as well, so they followed him in his ill-fated plan.
They organized the report dated 24 / 6 / 1949, signed by all the aforementioned slaughterers,
and they presented it to the Council, requesting their resignation from working for the Council, as they
had agreed with the aforementioned Danis on certain conditions favorable to them, and they actually began
collecting the prescribed fees themselves, with the assistance of Danis and his company, and by dividing those
fees among themselves. They returned to their old habit of going to the slaughterhouse individually,
each one on his own on his specific night without an inspector, and they began tampering with the slaughtering
and the rights of the Council. The Lay Council was forced to leave them to their own devices for the following
reasons: (1) Due to the lack of other slaughterers to compete with the current slaughterers,
(2) Due to the lack of a clean slaughterhouse for the community where the Council could centralize the affairs
of slaughtering and control it independently, and rid the community of the butchers' control over it,
and (3) Because the community's treasury is empty of funds with which it could address the situation.
Accordingly, we have organized this report and submitted it to your Excellency for your kind information.
To be continued /
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Mosul
T 4
Number: Follow-up to Number 6
Date: 7 / 8 / 1949
And taking the necessary measures and procedures to organize this vital issue.
A copy of it to: -
1- His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
For your kind information and to provide your guidance on the subject, please.
A copy of it to: -
His Excellency the Governor of Mosul Province, the respected, for your kind information, with the explanation that the Lay
Council was unable to collect the prescribed and imposed fees on
the Kosher slaughtering in accordance with the approval of the venerable Ministry of Justice communicated to us
by the letter of the Mosul Province Governorate No. 19102 dated 10 / 18 / 1948.
On behalf of the Rabbi
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Amarah
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Amarah
Number 25
Date 18 / 8 / 1949 Date
JEWISH COMMUNITY AMARAH
Subject / Deficit in the budget of the Private Jewish Primary School
in Amarah
To ⟦line⟧
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The Respected Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
769
4 / 9 / 949
The Private Jewish Primary School in Amarah was established in the year / 1911 AD
and it is the only school in the Amarah Province that teaches the Hebrew religion along with the application of
the Ministry of Education's curriculum in other subjects. It is a complete primary school containing
eight classes, including two classes for children, and it includes three hundred male and female students, as the
children's classes along with the first and second grades are mixed classes of boys and girls.
This school relies in its budget on the revenues of the Jewish community in
Amarah and on the fees of a small number of students. If a deficit happened to occur in this budget
in one of the years, it used to be obtained from donations made by some of the town's wealthy people. Since
its establishment, the school has managed itself and has not needed assistance from other
provinces.
As for the ended academic year, which is the year 948 / 949, this school suffered
a shortage in its budget, as its teachers are currently demanding four months' salaries
which they have not received until now, and the total monthly salaries are one hundred and fifty Dinars.
This budget shortage results from two things: first, the absence of wealthy people at the present time
who are able to cover this deficit, and second, the large decrease in tuition fees
resulting from the weak conditions of the students' guardians this year.
Therefore, we have come hoping your Eminence will kindly look into the matter and extend a helping hand
in one of the possible ways, and by doing so, you will have undertaken a great charitable project in which you ensure
the school's continuation and its perseverance in staying open, and not closing its doors, which would deprive the children
of the Jewish community in this country of acquiring their knowledge in the Hebrew religion, and the matter
is yours in any case.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Community
in Amarah
To be filed
Communities and Deaths
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Amarah
Presidency of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community Amarah
No. 27
Date 18 / 8 / 1949
JEWISH COMMUNITY AMARAH
Subject / Deficit in the budget of the Jewish School
Private Primary in Amarah
To
The Honorable President of the Jewish Lay Council
in Baghdad
285
4 / 9 / 949
The Jewish Private Primary School in Amarah was established in the year / 1911 AD
And it is the only school in the Amarah Brigade that teaches the Hebrew religion while applying
the curriculum of the Ministry of Education in other subjects. It is a complete primary school containing eight
classes including two classes for children and includes three hundred male and female students as the children's classes
along with the first and second grades are mixed classes of boys and girls.
This school relies in its budget on the revenues of the Jewish community in Amarah
and on the fees of a small number of students. If a deficit happened to occur in this budget in one
of the years, it used to be covered by donations made by some of the town's wealthy people. The school
since its establishment has managed itself and did not need assistance from other brigades.
As for the ending academic year, which is the year 948 / 949, this school suffered a shortage
in its budget as its teachers are currently demanding four months' salaries which
they have not received until now, and the total monthly salaries are one hundred and fifty dinars. This shortage
in the budget is caused by two things: first, the absence of wealthy people at the present time who would wish
to cover this deficit, and second, the large decrease in tuition fees resulting from the weak conditions
of the students' guardians this year.
Therefore, we have come hoping your highness will kindly look into the matter and extend a helping hand in one
of the possible ways, and by doing so you will have performed a great charitable project in which you ensure the school's continuation
and its perseverance at all times and not closing its doors, which would deprive the children of the Jewish community in
this town of acquiring their knowledge in religion and Hebrew, and the matter is yours in any case.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Community
in Amarah
200 Dinars
⟦...⟧
Yusuf ⟦...⟧
258
1949/9/11
Department Copy
Budget deficit of the Israeli Private
Primary School in Amarah
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Presidency of the Israeli Community
in Amarah
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After greetings and respect,
The Council has reviewed your letter No. 27 dated 8/18/1949
regarding the financial distress suffered by your private primary school. The Council
appreciates the position of your community and the difficulties it faces financially to manage the affairs
of this school; however, we unfortunately cannot cover the deficit in the budget of the
aforementioned school in its entirety, given that the Council's revenues do not allow for that. The Council has decided
to allocate an extraordinary sum of two hundred dinars to be spent as a grant to your school.
We enclose herewith check No. 829075 dated 9/9/1949 in the amount of
two hundred dinars drawn on the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad to the order of the Head of the Israeli Community
in Amarah, requesting you to kindly notify us of receipt.
Please accept our respects.
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9/12
Enclosures
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Encl/ Check
Vice President
(1)
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
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Number :: ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 2 / 3 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧ / 959 / 950
Date 5 / 2 / 950
Subject :-
To:
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
Respected Members of the Lay Council
Greetings
It has been the custom of the Jewish community in Basra to distribute money and other items to the poor of the community
on the occasion of the blessed Passover holiday. We used to collect these amounts from the wealthy who generously
gave them. We place before Your Excellency and your honors the following:-
1- The number of poor and needy people whom we must help has increased due to the closing
of the doors of livelihood in their faces.
2- The presidency of the community has borne a heavy burden as a result of the presence of some members of your community in our city
which required us to help them and facilitate their affairs.
Therefore, we ask you to help our community with an amount that helps us achieve this humanitarian
project that must be achieved on the occasion of the blessed Passover holiday.
With much appreciation and respect to Your Excellency and your honors.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
For filing
The Community in Iraq
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1950
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(2)
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/1311 / 950
Subject:
Date: 7 / 3 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ the Acting
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable and Respected Gentleman
Greetings and respect,
Furthermore, I would be most grateful if you would kindly honor the Presidency of the Community
at twelve o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, 8 / 3 / 950, for a discussion
with you regarding some matters related to the community.
I would have liked to visit you personally to spare you this inconvenience, but the many
occupations of the community have prevented that.
Hoping that you will accept this invitation of mine, please accept the highest respect;
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
(Heskel Shemtob)
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A / 7 / 3
(2)
Amounts Received
Fils | Dinar | Receipt No. | Donor Name
| | 81252 | Isaac Daniel Eliyahu
| | 81254 | Yaqub Al-Iraqi Brothers Company
| 100 | 81255 | Ibrahim Aini
| 50 | 81256 | Nassim Shaul Khadhuri
| 50 | 81257 | Salim Khadhuri and Shaul Khadhuri
| 50 | 81258 | Salim Shamash
| 25 | 81261 | Menashi Kila
| 50 | 81262 | Menashi Shammo
| 100 | 81263 | Ezra Meir Basson
| 25 | 81264 | Eliyahu Zubaida
| 75 | 81265 | Eliyahu Khadhuri and Nassim Khadhuri
| 50 | 81266 | Salman Sami
| 50 | 81267 | Ibn Shamash ⟦Rescue⟧
| 50 | 81268 | Shalom Nassif
| 25 | 81269 | Munir Souri
| 25 | 81270 | Eliyahu Shakkouri
| 50 | 81271 | Ezra Yusuf Abu Daoud
| 25 | 81272 | Yaqub Sadaka
| 15 | 81274 | Karjiya Aslan
| 5 | 81275 | Abdullah Khalil
| 7 | 81276 | Murad Sabri
| 7 | 81277 | Abdullah Nissan
| 7 | 81278 | Naim Shammo
| 50 | 81279 | Munir Shamaa
| 85 | 81280 | ⟦Heirs of Rabbi⟧ Daoud Suleiman and Shaul Shakroun
1201 One thousand two hundred and one dinars
| | | Amounts not yet received
| 200 | 81251 | Khadhuri and Ezra Ibrahim Lory Company
| | 81253 | Victor Hay
| 50 | 81259 | Shaul Zubaida
| | 81260 | Eliyahu Yaqub
| 25 | 81273 | Karjiya Sultana
(2)
Amounts Received
Fils | Dinar | Receipt No. | Donor Name
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11252 | Salman Daniel Huy
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11254 | Yaqub Al-Turaihi Brothers Company
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11255 | Ibrahim Aini
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11256 | Nassim Sina and Khedhouri Dubai
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11257 | Yaqub Khedhouri and Sassoon Khedhouri
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11258 | Sassoon Shamil
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11261 | Munshi Kahla
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11262 | Munshi Shamash
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11263 | Ezra Yeremiak
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11264 | Eliyahu Nazih
⟦line⟧ | 750 | 11265 | Eliyahu Sahyoun and Nassim Khalawi
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11266 | Salman Saji
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11267 | Sassoon Brothers Company
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11268 | Shalom Safi
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11269 | Hezekiah Souri
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11270 | Eliyahu Zelka
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11271 | Ezra Munshi Abu Daoud
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11272 | Yaqub Sadaqa
⟦line⟧ | 150 | 11274 | Cohen Aslan
⟦line⟧ | 50 | 11275 | Samana Hillel
⟦line⟧ | 1000 | 11276 | Murad Houri
⟦line⟧ | 2 | 11277 | Abdullah Munshi
⟦line⟧ | 2 | 11278 | Nassim Shua
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11279 | Mikhail Odeh
⟦line⟧ | 150 | 11280 | Khedhouri Daoud Yalbul and Shaul Salloum on his account?
⟦line⟧ | 12010 | One thousand two hundred and one dinars |
| | | Amounts not yet received
⟦line⟧ | 2000 | 11251 | Khedhouri and Ezra bin Lawi Company
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11252 | Victor Jameh
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11253 | Noah Zubaida
⟦line⟧ | 500 | 11254 | Eliyahu Bekhor
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 11273 | Karmi Sultana
From this chapter according to the instructions of
His Excellency the President, this amount was spent
It will be distributed in Basra
Under the supervision of Mr. Daoud Houri
5/12/53
Have the amounts been deposited
all in the bank?
Khedhouri Daoud Yalbul and Shaul Salloum on his account?
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Honorable Vice President
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
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Number :: 101
Date :: 2 / 3 / 1950
(5)
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧ 950 / 960 / 6
Date 5 / 2 / 950
Subject :-
To :
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
Greetings
We offer you our great thanks and gratitude for the efforts you are making in service of the members of the community,
and we pray to God to grant you success in performing the mission you have taken upon yourselves.
Please accept our highest respect.
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President of the Community
To be kept
Community File
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Number ⟦line⟧ 51
Telegram No. ⟦line⟧
Incoming Internal Telegram
Time of registration ⟦line⟧
920
Department Stamp ⟦line⟧ Arrived at 9 o'clock 45 minutes
From ⟦line⟧ Received by ⟦line⟧ 12
Word count 21 Administrative instructions ⟦line⟧ Date 22 Issuing department ⟦line⟧
To
Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Your letter 1259/90 dated 19 / 2 for us
Distribution of your salaries is a request for teachers
against their late salaries and not for the distributors ⟦illegible⟧
22MAR50
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Number 6
Incoming Internal Telegram
BAGHDAD
TELS
22 MAR 50
Number:
Telegram Code:
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Minute:
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Date:
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Daoud Khoury
(7)
Daoud Jouri
Basra
Your telegram March 22nd approved
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Acting Head of the Jewish Community
T / 1229 / 950
19 / 3 / 1950
The Honorable Mr. Daoud Jouri, Respected
After greetings and respect,
I enclose herewith a transfer to your order in the amount of 1201/- (one thousand two hundred
and one dinar) for the amounts I received from some benefactors in Baghdad as aid
to the poor members of the community in Basra on the occasion of Easter.
I ask you to kindly supervise personally how this amount is spent,
and you may seek the assistance of a committee consisting of Messrs. Abdullah Basli'il, Karji
Salman, Salman Ezra Isaac, Mushir Rubin, Hesqel Ezra, and Shamoun Atarji
or others whom you trust.
Hoping that I have not troubled you with this assignment, please
accept my highest respect.
Sincerely,
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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3/19
3/19/4
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T/ ⟦1227⟧ / 950
1950/3/28
Ezra Meir Hakkak Company Limited
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
I have received with great thanks your donation of one hundred dinars for the purpose of helping
the poor of the Jewish community in Basra on the occasion of Passover, and I can only
express to your establishment my abundant thanks and appreciation for your generosity, wishing you
continued success and prosperity.
Please accept my highest respects,
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
and President of the Lay Council
⟦Copy of this letter⟧
⟦Based on the request of Mr. ...⟧
⟦...⟧
Attachments
Receipt from the Jewish Lay Council
in Basra for the aforementioned donation
A / 3/28
Hilla, March 17, 1950
The Honorable President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad.
Greetings and respect.
On the occasion of the approaching Passover holiday, I request your Excellency to order
the provision of some of the Jewish prisoners in Kut prison, numbering
(53) fifty-three prisoners, with the necessary food items that we are required
to take during the aforementioned holiday, and with highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Saleh Shaul Elias
On behalf of the people of Fallujah
T / 900 / 1228
28 / 3 / 1950
The Honorable Teacher Shaul Al-Hail, Respectfully
Fallujah
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After greetings,
With reference to your letter dated March 17, 1950, regarding the prisoners
among the Jews in Kut.
We have requested Mr. Isaac Shirazi, a resident of Kut, to spend
20 Dinars (twenty Dinars) for the purpose of providing the special Passover bread for the prisoners
according to the requirements of the Jewish religion.
May you remain in peace;
Note:
This letter was written based on
the request of Mr. Salman Shahrabani
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A / 3/26