AI English Translation, Pages 251-275
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
On the occasion of my upcoming travel outside Iraq, I request that you keep the following deeds and documents related to some
endowments of the Amarah community in your department, and below are the numbers of the deeds and documents attached to this letter:
Document Type | Date | Number
Endowment of the Mousawiya School | July 9, 1930 | 1
A case from the Sharia Court | | 2
" " " " | | 3
Appointment of guardianship from the Sharia Court | | 4
Copy of the endowment deed issued by the Sharia Court | |
of Amarah numbered 8 and dated May 3, 1930 | | 5
Tabu deed for a house in Al-Qadiriya neighborhood (endowment) | | 6
Note that there are other endowments whose deeds are missing, including six houses in the Torah (Al-Qadiriya) neighborhood, and two synagogues,
a school, and a slaughterhouse adjacent to the school without Tabu (Shatita) adjacent to the endowment house, three shops merged
into one shop and a second shop adjacent to the Torah.
Please accept my highest respect
Acting Head of the Jewish
Community in Amarah previously
⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧
Attachments
Six documents as detailed above
A copy of it " "
To Mr. Moshe Ephraim Cohen
52 /
23 / 4 / 1952
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Respected Mr. Yaqub Munshi Khamara
Basra
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 225 dated 22 / 4 / 1952.
We met with Mr. Gurji Shaul Aghababa and took the necessary steps to complete his instruction in the rules of ritual slaughter.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Daoud Hakham Yaqub
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Number 225
Date: 22 / 4 / 1952
Subject - Slaughtering of sheep for Kosher
To His Eminence Rabbi Rawer, the respected Rabbi Yaqub
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After greetings and respect
The bearer of this letter is Karmi Shaul Agaba, whom you requested I send to you in order to learn the slaughtering
of sheep for Kosher. When I was in Baghdad, I informed Your Eminence that his mother had passed away and his arrival was postponed.
Now he is ready to travel for the purpose of training him on the slaughtering of sheep for Kosher so that the community in Basra
may be at ease to eat Kosher meat. I hope his mission is completed, and we thank you. Please accept our highest respects.
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The President
We, the undersigned, present to you our tragedy of severe distress regarding the absence of
an official teacher to perform the task of slaughtering sheep throughout the past period of approximately nine months.
It has come to our attention that the teacher of Diwaniyah accompanies the army to Basra once a week for one day
only to perform this task. Given that the teacher Gurji Shaul Aghababa, who has trained in
slaughtering sheep with the teacher of Diwaniyah for a period of approximately five months, has gained sufficient experience
to slaughter sheep according to the Mosaic Law.
Therefore, we request permission for him to perform this task, to be the one responsible and bear our sins
for whatever may result, and the matter is yours in advance.
10/10/1951
Haroun Saleh Shaul
⟦signature⟧
Youssef Murad
⟦signature⟧
Saleh Haqir Ibrahim
⟦signature⟧
Ezra ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
To the Honorable Head of the Mosaic Community
We, the undersigned, present to you our suffering from severe hardship regarding the absence of
an official Musallam to perform the task of slaughtering sheep throughout the past period of nearly nine months.
It has come to our attention that the Musallam of Diwaniyah refused to come to Basra once a week for one day
only to perform this task. Given that the Musallam Gorji Shaul Aghababa, who has trained in
slaughtering sheep with the Musallam of Diwaniyah for a period of nearly five months, has gained sufficient experience
for slaughtering sheep according to the Mosaic Law.
Therefore, we request permission for him to perform this task and be the one responsible, and we bear our sins for what
may result, and the matter is yours, sir.
⟦illegible signature⟧ Israel ⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Baghdad on ⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Baghdad on April 27, 951
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
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After greetings,
We present to your Excellency this letter of ours containing the accounts of the Jewish community abroad,
the outgoing and incoming, for the period I spent performing the work of the Jewish community
abroad until the date of April 28, 951. Please accept our highest respect.
Ephraim Hayqeen Bashi
⟦signature⟧
Personal
Accountant ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
28 / 4 / 51
Issuance
To Mr. Morshi Ephraim Cohen Mulla Talay
Erbil April 20, 951
To the Honorable Acting Head of the Israelite Community in Basra
Basra
We submit to you herewith a list of the remaining amount in my possession, which is twenty-six dinars
and one hundred and seventy fils, spent in Baghdad as detailed in the attached list. Please
record it in the general ledgers and settle the account of the Israelite Community funds in Basra.
I remain at your service, with highest respect.
Ibrahim Hayyim Nashi
Copy to:
- The Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad for information
Fils | Dinar | Expenses | Fils | Dinar | Income
662 | 192 | Carried over from page 4 | 75 | 225 | Carried over from page 4
544 | | Telephone call from the Head of the Community and the Secretary, Babel | 750 | 2 | Exchange of Harat or Ratuba coins
584 | | Telephone call from Baghdad, Ibrahim Al-Saqr's tour | ... | 82 | Rawabi Abboud
090 | | Ta'zir with Fayeq regarding the lists | 500 | 1 | " "
584 | | Telephone call from the Head of the Community regarding Moshe Ephraim | ... | 1 | Maqtal
050 | | Inspection of Ibrahim Qahtana | 750 | | Capacity
100 | | To Yartali the porter | 990 | 1 | Dinar Abboud
1188 | | Electricity fees for Hola inspection | 500 | 2 | Inspection
... | | Purchase of a lock for the small butcher shop | ... | 11 | Issued from Dawliya Abboud
050 | | Petition stamp for cutting the electricity line | ... | 9 | One payment
918 | | Electricity fees for the month of March 951 | ... | 20 | " Abboud
600 | | Purchase of 2 bottles | 905 | | Dinar pieces
080 | | Papers for registering the names of the beneficiaries | 500 | 6 | Rawabi Abboud from Abboud's side
060 | | Cart fare for submitting Ta'zir papers | | |
050 | | Purchase of paper regarding the house support | | |
040 | | Stamp for sending the list of beneficiaries' names to Basra | | |
170 | | Description of lead account and engraving of references | | |
| | Porterage of sand to Hajj Yusuf Hamid | | |
| | Purchase of paper | | |
249 | 199 | | 970 | 222 |
249 | 199 | | 249 | 199 |
... | ... | | 921 | 24 |
The account was conducted in the presence of Mr. Moshe Ephraim and Hussein Cohen, the acting head
of the Israeli community currently in Amarah, and Mr. Hayyim Ibrahim, and was received
by Mr. Moshe Ephraim as a trustee for the community elections after his audit,
and signed at the end of the account by Moshe Ephraim Cohen, Hayyim Ibrahim,
the acting head Hussein Thamani, and the accountant Eliyahu Manshi Hati.
8 / 4 / 1951
Page ⟦2⟧
To | Bank | Fils | Dinar | From | Income | Fils | Dinar
444 | 162 | Previous page ⟦2⟧ | 27 | 229 | Previous page ⟦2⟧ | |
| 920 | Previous | 100 | | Ephraim Cohen Hospital | |
| 1050 | Water fees for the school for eight months | 100 | | From property revenues | |
| 1150 | Fee for opening the irrigation channel for the school and cleaning the watercourse | 500 | | Consumed postal expenditure | |
| 1150 | Cleaning the sink traps | 020 | | Salman Nassif | |
| 9891 | Postal purchases | 021 | | " | |
442 | 14 | Porterage of pipes and iron | 150 | | Ephraim Cohen Hospital | |
| 180 | Telegram fees to Baghdad | 025 | | Salman Renma | |
| 080 | Price of a key for the school and lock repair | 020 | | Hum Ayed | |
| 040 | Postage stamp on a petition to the Baghdad Governorate | 6000 | | From property revenues | |
| 020 | Porterage of the mat for the school | 250 | | From property revenues | |
| 2250 | Hawait expenditure | | | | |
| 1500 | Feeding expenses ⟦X⟧ with photos | | | | |
| 140 | Ordinary postage stamps | | | | |
| 070 | Round-trip fee to bring official papers for the Governorate | | | | |
| 150 | Donation for the directed to one of the district residents | | | | |
| 100 | To the District Officer via Kirkuk Governorate with a schedule | | | | |
| 100 | Electricity fees for the school for November | | | | |
| 120 | Purchase of a telegram, a house door, and Mu'in Murad Seeb | | | | |
| 200 | " Transport " " " | | | | |
| 050 | To the Mukhtar for signing the butcher's son's paper | | | | |
| 090 | Telephone call to the house regarding travel | | | | |
| 450 | Water fees for August, October, and February 53 | | | | |
| 100 | Stamp with a petition to cut the watercourse | | | | |
| 120 | Receipts paid to Bani Renma | | | | |
| 150 | Postage for papers of the previous batch for the Governorate | | | | |
| 900 | Electricity expenditure for February | | | | |
| 250 | Donation for implementing the sign of Abu al-Kubba | | | | |
| 21550 | Intent to implement the Jews and from cleaning the corners | | | | |
| 1000 | To Nassim Taffu for granting the directed | | | | |
| 2500 | Intent to bring the nationality revocation form | | | | |
192.25 | | Remaining page 4 | 75 | 225 | | |
To
Fils | Dinar | Expenses | Fils | Dinar | Income
224 | 114 | Previous Page 1 | 51 | 59 | Previous Page 1
| | Expenses for the servant Nati during his travel to Baghdad and his cooking | | | Sayden Yeshu
| 1500 | ⟦illegible⟧ from Basra to the boat | | | "
| | Car fare from Basra to the boat | | | "
| 2450 | Train fare Basra-Baghdad | 094 | | Humble Moshe Cohen
| 25000 | Baghdad expenses for twenty days | 2000 | | From advertising revenues
| 2100 | From Baghdad to Basra | 500 | | Orphans
200 | 24 | Car fare Basra-Basra | 050 | | Salman Basson
500 | | Porter fees for packing the Rizali for the Baghdad week 20 | 020 | | Akram Samiri
| | Tying rope for packing the Rizali | 050 | | Salman Zuleikha
878 | | Food expenses according to a list | 100 | | Moshe Cohen
5650 | 5 | Tying ham for the school receipt | 050 | | Moshe Sayegh Nahum
210 | | Labor fare for transporting slaughterhouse waste and others | 050 | | Salman Zuleikha
| | Transport expenses for the Rizali to Baghdad | 050 | | Moshe Sayegh Nahum
| 500 | Carriage fare from the Torah to Al-Karak and the city | 050 | | Hum Ayed
| 100 | For packing the Rizali in Al-Karak | 100 | | Moshe the servant Cohen
| 116 | Bari Post Office | 050 | | Naji Haddad
622 | | Transit postage stamps | 020 | | Akram Obeid
| | Water fees until the end of January 1953 commitment 200 | 020 | | Moshe Sayegh Nahum
160 | | Obeid postage stamps | 050 | | Salman Basson
150 | | Whitewash for the school and repairing the school cup | 018 | | Humble Cohen
| | Electricity connection expenses for the school | 100 | | Salman Basson
| 750 | Cleaning fee for the electricity connection house receipt | 050 | | "
| 100 | Slaughterhouse cleaner fee | 075 | | "
| 050 | Whitewash etc. 1 | 050 | | "
| 050 | " " 2 | 100 | | Mashi Cohen
| 5420 | Electrical tools receipt | 050 | | Salman Zuleikha
6290 | 6 | Porterage of wires | 126 | | Ezra Dabbara
| | Water connection expenses for the school | 050 | | Moshe Sayegh Nahum
| 100 | Fee for opening the fallen pipe | 015 | | Youssef Moallem
| 070 | Carriage fare for transporting the President and the Missionary | 025 | | Youssef Moallem
| 750 | Water connection to the school receipt | 050 | | Naji Haddad
442 124 / 92
On hand Page 2
229 27
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Fils | Dinar | Expenses | Fils | Dinar | Revenues
712 | 2 | Petty expenses and attendance of Dr. Ephraim Baji from his pocket for the first time | ⟦line⟧ | 2 | From administration revenues
⟦line⟧ | 10 | Salary of Ibrahim Lyle for the month of December 52 | 750 | 7 | " " Advertising
⟦line⟧ | 1 | Expense to his shop for cleaning it to Baghdad | 951 | 42 | " " Mr. Rent
152 | ⟦line⟧ | Petty expenses according to a list | 050 | ⟦line⟧ | Salman Yusuf Zuleikha
150 | 11 | Expenses to Levi Yehuda for his trip to Baghdad | 050 | ⟦line⟧ | Salman Naqqash
592 | 6 | Property tax for the school for three months | 050 | ⟦line⟧ | Ezra Eliyahu Khabbaz
650 | ⟦line⟧ | Carpentry wages for the school receipt | 050 | ⟦line⟧ | Moshe Ephraim Cohen
⟦line⟧ | 5 | " Labor " | 150 | ⟦line⟧ | Salman Yusuf Zuleikha
⟦line⟧ | 1 | Purchase of postage stamps number | 050 | ⟦line⟧ | Naji Murad
750 | 8 | Expenses by Naji Al-Shukri | ⟦line⟧ | 9 | Exchange of covenant windows
750 | ⟦line⟧ | Petty expenses according to a list | | |
200 | 4 | Wages for inspecting school wires receipt | | |
700 | ⟦line⟧ | Purchase of sand for the school receipt | | |
100 | 1 | Wages for a condolence telegram on the death of Her Majesty | | |
250 | 1 | Purchase of paint for the school receipt | | |
400 | 1 | " " " " | | |
650 | ⟦line⟧ | Wages for transporting waste outside | | |
⟦line⟧ | 1 | To the poor Ibrahim, payment of the grant for him | | |
200 | 2 | Purchase of electrical tools for the school receipt | | |
400 | ⟦line⟧ | " Aras for the school " | | |
650 | ⟦line⟧ | To Sabih Ma'ur, expense for inspecting matters | | |
⟦line⟧ | 4 | Wages for painting the school receipt | | |
500 | 12 | " Labor " " | | |
500 | 1 | Wages for installing school glass receipt | | |
470 | 12 | Purchase of Halfa and cement for the school | | |
050 | 2 | To Yaqub Mazrib, school guard | | |
192 | 1 | Wages for a telephone call to Baghdad from Kirkuk | | |
500 | ⟦line⟧ | Petty expenses | | |
⟦line⟧ | 2 | Salary of Munshi Zuleikha Shashi | | |
⟦line⟧ | 7 | Purchase of paint for the school | | |
050 | ⟦line⟧ | Wages for workers to transport soil to the school | | |
249 | 114 | Continued on page 3 | 051 | 59 |
151
To | Expenditure | Income
200 | Postage to Jalawla district for transaction papers | 24 621 | Receipt of the amount received from the Adim Bashi
750 | Purchase of wood soap for expenses according to the voucher | 1 500 | Received by Abd Adnan Jibai
200 | Rope for packing boxes | 1 728 | Lamps number ⟦...⟧ Mashi / 15
650 | Bashi letter to the Hakham Bashi | 2 050 | One rug
250 | Received from auction and purchase | 450 | Mail from Sulaymaniyah
2 850 | | 920 | 2 Registers
12 000 | Car fees for transporting expenses and swords | 2 500 | 1500 2000 Sofas number
14 850 | Deducted from the income below | 7 500 | Sofa repair by Adim Jibai
| | 1 750 | ⟦...⟧ Zinc for chimneys
| | 250 | ⟦...⟧ Sofa ⟦...⟧
| | 2 250 | ⟦...⟧ For a sofa with covers number
| | 750 | Radio repair Abd ⟦...⟧ Bashi
| | 2 500 | ⟦...⟧ Zero
| | 1 000 | ⟦...⟧ Dashla
| | 1 000 | ⟦...⟧ Bottles
| | 100 | ⟦...⟧ Spools of thread
| | 250 | ⟦...⟧ Scissors
| | 600 | ⟦...⟧ Skeins
| | 4 750 | One suit from houses
| | 2 000 | Telephone
| | 900 | Telephone
| | 174 291 |
| | 14 850 | Expenses deducted
| | 159 441 | Only one hundred and ninety dinars and eight seventy-one fils
Statement
On today's date, April 11, 951
We, the Torah Commission and the authorized representative,
met below and audited all the community's accounts,
audited the Torah furniture, and audited
the expenditures from the revenues and what remains, which is
an amount of one hundred and ninety dinars and eighty
seventy-one fils, in the hands of the deputies of
the cash committee to assist the poor
people if the need arises,
otherwise it shall be spent on charitable projects belonging to
the Israelite community in Baghdad.
Provided that the community's revenues from
sales after this date, if any, are added to it
and recorded in a new page dedicated to the sales of
our entire endowment.
Saleh Ibrahim Cohen
Ezra ⟦...⟧
Heskel Ovadia Hata
⟦...⟧
⟦Hebrew text⟧
Amara on 4 / ⟦151⟧ AH to
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Iraqi Dinar: 800 /
Only one hundred Iraqi Dinars and no more by plane
The honorable Mr. Ali Habib Ahmed ⟦...⟧
We have credited to your account only one hundred Iraqi Dinars ⟦...⟧
Delivered to you by hand ⟦line⟧
And the amount has arrived
The Kingdom of Iraq
10
Fils
From
Khairi Tashid Niqdar Al-Saadi
Pharmacist Habib ⟦...⟧
100
You receive
Annex List No. 2
To ⟦...⟧
From ⟦...⟧
12.271
Rent for the poor and orphans, Gabbay family and orphans 100
Salaries of synagogue employees, Gabbay, according to receipt 12
Expenses for Gabbay orphans 1
To the hand of Hani, missing brothers from deficit 15
His entitlement in the community for four months
Description of fees for Ruqayya or building permits to complete the building 750
Secret
Sundry expenses paid for processing the travel affairs of the minor 27.255
and the recent minors, including car fees and telephones
and other miscellaneous items
Fees paid for the purchase of stamps and silver medical 4.166
Murad Al-Bustani
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160.271 | 160.271
160.271 | 160.271
And accordingly, we have explained above in detail the community's revenues and expenses
Expenses paid for the same period (previously transferred) and the rest has been fulfilled
Which is for the community, what the synagogue furniture imposes, and what remains of the fund was paid to the committee
Inspection for the deficit point of facilitating the poor and expenses paid for processing the affairs
of the recent minors, as well as in addition to the above, knowing that there is an amount of one hundred and fifty dinars
paid to Hayyim Cohen, a creditor for the rent of the houses for the year 1952, as well as an amount of
nine dinars and five hundred fils deposited with Israel Haron to be paid to Musa Ephraim Cohen
And that is the original, and I no longer have any connection to the accounts or the community's funds
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1953
111 | Ephraim Salman Jabbawi | Age
| Fouad Ephraim | 8
| Souad Ephraim | 3
| Hefni Ephraim | 1
1112 | Salima Karji the wife |
1114 | Naji Salman Jabbawi | 42
| Hefni Sami Naji | 9
| Sabah Karji Naji | 6
| Samira Naji | 4
1115 | Salha Karji Hefni wife | 26
1116 | Amal Salman Hefni | 26
1122 | Karjia Daoud | 51
1069 | Najia Salman Hefni | 18
An amount of one hundred dinars has been paid, which is for church furniture goods
As a donation for the travel expenses of the persons registered above
Ephraim Hefni Naji
⟦signature⟧
Menashe Ephraim Cohen
⟦signature⟧
Murad Robin Al-Basha
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Amarah
Number -
Date - 2 / 4 / 1954
Subject:
Fils Dinar
82 Only eighty-two dinars and no more
I, Haj Muhammad Burli, have purchased from Mr. Moshe Ephraim Cohen
twenty carpets for the amount written above, which is eighty-two dinars, and I have given
him this receipt as an acknowledgment of my receipt of the twenty carpets and his receipt of the amount
This aforementioned amount is to be spent on the travel expenses of the poor Jews of
Amarah, and accordingly I have signed this receipt, Haj Muhammad Burli
2 / 4 / 54
8 Fils
5 Fils
Witness
Nassim Ibrahim
Witness
Youssef Moallem Yaqoub
Witness
Nazim Makki
Witness
Michael Murad
Witness
Shaher Badlo
Teacher at ⟦...⟧ School
Witness
⟦...⟧
Witness
⟦...⟧
52 / 2497
14 / 5 / 1952
Completion of slaughterer training
⟦illegible stamp⟧
80
To ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community - Basra
After greetings
The presidency of this community has been informed of the training of the slaughterer Ibrahim Koji Shaul Ana Baba and he has become qualified
religiously qualified to perform this task ⟦line⟧ .
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
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209
Second Copy
Receipt of delivery of a safe
iron
We acknowledge our receipt of the iron safe borrowed by
the director of Matta Saleh School (on behalf of the Ezra Daoud Levy Association)
Number 1 (one) ⟦located⟧ in ⟦Ras al-Qarya⟧ Baghdad
For information
Ezra Daoud Company
Limited
E. D. HAKKAK & SONS LTD.
Ezra Daoud Hakkak and Sons
Limited
Baghdad
By ⟦illegible⟧
14 / 4 / 53
London 20 June 1952
My dear honorable gentleman, our dear Ezekiel Daoud Shatoub, the respected
Following the inquiry of your dear and noble mind, and God willing, may the Creator continue
to keep you and the safety of your children, Lotri, in
the utmost health and goodness, Amen.
Then, our dear, your envelopes have come to us from you
And the number of its envelopes was in an envelope in jewelry and the settlement
of the money of the original cotton ⟦...⟧ its envelopes in
⟦...⟧ in your right, so you liked to favor
it, which is beyond the capacity for ⟦...⟧ to it
The described before you in without the inside
May He preserve you, you accompany it and we thank you
With regret, we have heard the news of the death of the late
Alim ⟦...⟧ Saboon, and our grief was great
for her, and perhaps the mercy of God
and Blessed be He, will give them patience and solace
Regarding the cultivation
And if you ⟦...⟧
Otherwise your children were and paid ⟦...⟧ a party
Our expression
Shahood
R. Shahmoon
7, Northgate
Prince Albert Road
London N.W.8.
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
His Excellency Senior Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, may God increase his glory and greatness!
I congratulate you and the noble people on your high position as head of the community, for which you are worthy through your patriotism and dedication.
⟦...⟧ I pray to God to grant you success in goodness and happiness, my Lord.
I apologize for offering ⟦congratulations⟧ in writing, as duty dictates a high visit to you to enjoy the benefit of knowledge and spirituality.
From what I have learned from following your sound opinion, I shall visit you and be honored by your abundance.
My dear brother! I ask for your kindness toward the bearer of this letter, for he is among the afflicted and his son is a prisoner, and he deserves compassion.
I thank you, my dear, and may you remain in success and peace.
Your old sincere friend, the lawyer Husni Mukhlis al-Bajaji
⟦signature⟧
15 / 1 / 953
BY AIR MAIL
AIR LETTER
IF ANYTHING IS
CLOSED THIS LETTER
WILL BE SENT BY
ORDINARY MAIL.
ST JOHNS WOOD
5 15 PM
20 JNE
1952
⟦line⟧ Haskel D. Sh⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ Rawak St⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ Bagdad
⟦line⟧ Iraq
Sender's name and address :-: E. R. Sh⟦...⟧
107, No⟦...⟧
Lon⟦...⟧ W.8
England
8 15
28 JUN
52
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To open cut here
⟦illegible Arabic text visible through paper from reverse side⟧
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦T/2008/53⟧
Date: ⟦4/2/1953⟧
Subject Summary:
91
Religious Prayer
On the Occasion of
The Coronation of the Master of the Country, the Redeemed King Faisal II
On the occasion of His Majesty the Redeemed King, the Great Faisal II, assuming his constitutional powers at this blessed
hour of this happy day, corresponding to the second of May of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three
AD, and as this great hour coincides with the time of the appearance of the Holy Torah scroll and its recitation in all
Mosaic synagogues, according to the religious rituals practiced on the Holy Sabbath, the Presidency of the Jewish Community,
driven by its pure loyalty to the Master of the Country, the Redeemed King, and its sincere devotion to the Hashemite dynasty, ancient in glory
and sovereignty, and in celebration of this auspicious day on which the young King, the cub of the Great Ghazi, is crowned, and as dictated by
religious duty, calls upon all its members to pray and supplicate to the Creator, Almighty, to protect the Redeemed King with His guard
and that his long reign be an era of goodness and prosperity for the entire Iraqi nation.
Long live the Great King Faisal II.
Long live the Great Prince Abdul Ilah, the Crown Prince.
He is the Hearer of Supplication.
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Heskel Dawood Shetoob
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 53/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1/ 4 / 1953
Subject Summary ::
Religious Prayer
On the occasion of
The Coronation of His Highness the Beloved King Faisal II
On the occasion of His Majesty the Beloved King Faisal II the Great assuming his constitutional powers at this blessed
hour of this happy day, corresponding to the second of May of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three
AD, and because this great hour coincides with the time of the appearance of the Holy Torah scroll and its recitation in all
Mosaic synagogues, according to the religious rituals performed on the Holy Sabbath, the Presidency of the Jewish Community,
in its name and out of its pure loyalty to the Master of the Country, the Beloved King, and its sincere devotion to the Hashemite dynasty rooted in glory
and sovereignty, and in celebration of this auspicious day on which the young King, the cub of the Great Ghazi, is crowned, and as dictated by religious
duty, calls upon all its members to pray and supplicate to the Creator, Almighty, to protect the Beloved King with His guardianship
and that his auspicious reign be an era of goodness and prosperity for the entire Iraqi nation.
Long live King Faisal II the Great.
Long live Prince Abdul Ilah, the Great Crown Prince.
God is the Hearer of prayers.
Ezekiel David Shetub
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 53 / ⟦...⟧
Date :: 2 / 5 / 1953
Subject Summary ::
Religious Prayer
On the occasion of
The Coronation of the Master of the Country, the Redeemed King Faisal II
On the occasion of His Majesty the Redeemed King Faisal II the Great assuming his constitutional powers at this blessed
hour of this happy day, corresponding to the second of May for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three
AD, and the coincidence of this happy hour with the time of the appearance of the Holy Torah scroll and its recitation in all
Mosaic synagogues, according to the religious rituals performed on the Holy Sabbath, the Presidency of the Jewish Community,
on its own behalf and on behalf of the community, offers to the Master of the Country, the Redeemed King, its sincere loyalty to the Arab Hashemite State with glory
and sovereignty, and its joy on this illustrious day in which the young King, the cub of the Great Ghazi, is crowned. As dictated by religious
duty, it calls upon all its members to pray and supplicate to the Creator, Almighty, to protect the Redeemed King with His guardianship
and that his auspicious reign be an era of goodness and prosperity for the entire Iraqi nation.
Long live the Great King Faisal II.
Long live the Great Crown Prince, Prince Abdul Ilah.
Amen to the Hearer of Prayers.
Samuel Daoud Shashoua
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: T / 7008 / 53
Date: 1 / 5 / 1953
Subject Summary:
A Divine Prayer
On the Occasion of
The Coronation of the Master of the Country, King Faisal II, the Redeemed
On the occasion of His Majesty King Faisal II the Great assuming his constitutional powers at this blessed
hour of this happy day, corresponding to the second of May of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three
AD; and due to the coincidence of this exalted hour with the time of the appearance of the Holy Torah scroll and its recitation in all
Mosaic synagogues, according to the religious rituals practiced on the Holy Sabbath, the Presidency of the Jewish Community,
with its wishes and pure loyalty to the Master of the Country, the Redeemed King, and its sincere devotion to the Hashemite dynasty rooted in glory
and sovereignty, and in celebration of this auspicious day on which the young King Faisal II the Great is crowned, and as required by religious
duty, calls upon all its members to pray and supplicate to the Creator, Almighty, to protect the Redeemed King with His guardianship
and to grant his long reign an era of goodness and prosperity for the entire Iraqi nation.
Long live King Faisal II the Great.
Long live Prince Abdul Ilah, the Great Crown Prince.
He is the Hearer of prayers.
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Heskel Daoud Shohet
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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