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September 17, 937
His Eminence, the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
We have learned that the Ohavi Shalom Committee was dissolved some time ago, so please inform us of the entity
to which you have disbursed the allocations for this committee;
⟦if⟧
Mansour Murad Munir
Vice President
863 on 12 January 62
Dahoum
To the Honorable Chairman of the Management Committee for the Funds of the Mosaic Community
Through the Honorable Accountant
863 on 12 January 61 and in letter 1316 and in the budget and what is in the Sha
And considering the amount paid under 863 and considering that in the year 71 and in letter 3316 and in the budget of (1
86 \ 11 \ 67 in a similar letter in the year 55, we see that you should request in a letter and pay to the Lord of Words four riyals
For the purpose of spending on the filter to prevent the extent of suction for the benefit of the community as in its letter, and in expenses a riyal has been completed
And do not be surprised that in those ten pilgrimages 863 and considering that in the year 76 and in letter 6516 and in the budget (6
And more clearly, these are among the outstanding accounts, and considering that it was possible to extend the accounts from these issues
And accordingly on four chapters for this riyal, in fact, on this date, it was not delivered to the division that it carried out
According to which the news riyal has been paid, and from it also a riyal as well
And four riyals were withdrawn from those who did not possess riyals for the benefit of the filter in December and specifically (6
Through the Honorable Accountant
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Executor of Expenses
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Subject Summary ::
Number :: ⟦3082⟧
Date :: 12 November 937
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
We confirm our letter numbered 3070 dated 24 September 937 regarding
the allocations for the Oheb Shalom Committee and we request a prompt reply to its content ;
On behalf of the President
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⟦2014⟧
11 November 934
⟦12⟧
Tomchei Torah Association
The esteemed General Council, in its session held on 4 / 11 / 934,
approved the disbursement of 189 Dinars to your association as annual aid, and recommended:
1 - The necessity of printing your association's accounts in booklets to be distributed to the public, similar to other
charitable institutions.
2 - The necessity of printing a summary of the accounts in the coming years to be attached to the budget booklet
and presented to the General Council at the time of budget approval for review.
⟦signature⟧
The President
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2221
30 August 934
His Eminence the President of the Tomchei Torah Association, Respected
It has become clear to the Spiritual and Lay Councils in the joint session held on August 28, 34
that the chicken slaughterers have begun to manipulate the chicken slaughter fees, and this manipulation, besides causing
the community financial harm, on the other hand, damages the reputation of the slaughterers among the public and consequently damages
the reputation of the clergy in general. Accordingly, it was decided to suspend the salaries of the chicken slaughterers mentioned below who
receive salaries from your association:
Yaqub Shaul
Saleh Yusuf Hakim Naqqar
Yaqub Hakham Ezra Bikhor
Yusuf Hakim Mu'allim Ezra
Ishaq Eliyahu
Please inform us immediately of the amount of each of their salaries to decide on its deduction from your association's allocations.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Council
A copy of it to the accountant for information
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Appeal
From the Tomchei Torah Society
To the honorable members of the Israelite community
It is not hidden from our brothers that in the year 5670, i.e., 22 years ago, the late H.R. Shimon Agassi
may his merit protect us, thought of establishing a society for the purpose of producing capable Sages to fill the void that was expected in the
community - and indeed a society was formed which he named the Tomchei Torah Society. And the aforementioned society
was managed by means of subscriptions and continued its purpose and service in a manner that calls for satisfaction because it
produced capable Sages standing upon the Israelite law and most of them attained important positions
in the community, whether in the capacity of judges or in the Spiritual Council.
And when the General War broke out, it continued under the presidency of H.R. Sassoon Moshe Dangour, and in the year 5680
the society was reorganized under the presidency of H.R. Shlomo Moshe Laniado according to a constitution approved by
the venerable Ministry of Interior.
And since the initiation of the new society, two classes were formed for teaching the judicial and civil sciences, as well as
teaching the Arabic and English languages.
And the student Sages continued in a persistent manner until each of them became proficient in the judicial sciences
and speaks the eloquent Arabic language and the English language.
As for the revenues, they have decreased tremendously because most of the subscribers have ceased, and likewise the
endowment properties belonging to the society have seen their rents decrease, a matter which led to the appearance of a deficit in the
budget. Furthermore, the allocations that the Lay Council used to provide were cut by half four
years ago on one hand, and on the other hand, the students' needs and salaries have increased
and are not sufficient for them because most of them are married and have become fathers of children, and the small salary they
receive from the society is not enough for them.
And at this time, the aforementioned Sages have not received a salary for five months due to the resulting deficit in the
society, therefore we have no hope left except in the zeal of the honorable members of the community who honor the
sacred duty incumbent upon them in such situations.
And the reason for that is that the Iraqi Israelite community has progressed to the degree that it has become
in need of Sages who suit the present age and what it requires of general knowledge for the Sages
to be able to perform their duty well. Especially since learning foreign languages helps
the Sage to understand foreign sciences and the conditions of communities in other regions, whether
from reading books or newspapers, and the field becomes wide before him to delve into
various sciences, making him a complete Sage who serves the interest.
Therefore, we repeat our request to the former subscribers to continue paying the subscription, and for new
and former subscribers to extend a helping hand as their zeal dictates to them. And that is to
the president of the society, H.R. Shlomo Moshe Laniado, may God protect and sustain him. And our hope is firm that everyone will perform his portion of
this mitzvah, and the mitzvah of the Torah shall protect you, Amen, may it be His will:
Tomchei Torah Society
Elisha Shohet Printing Press
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Tomchei Torah Society
Baghdad
To the ⟦honorable⟧ and virtuous ⟦honorable⟧ respected gentleman
After greetings and ⟦honorable⟧ respect
We send to you a copy of the appeal addressed ⟦to⟧ the children of the noble
community regarding the conditions of our society and its need for assistance, with the hope that
you will be so kind as to either subscribe or donate according to what your hands may generously provide.
And we will send persons from our society for this ⟦honorable⟧ purpose when ⟦honorable⟧ necessary, and to your excellency
thanks in advance. And may you merit children, life, and sustenance, Amen, so may it be His will.
Tomchei Torah Society
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In view of the above, the petitioner's request has been rejected and the Spiritual Council
notified accordingly.
True to the original
Member | Member | Member | Member | President
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TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY | TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY | TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD
Baghdad, 2 June 1934 | Baghdad, | Number 55
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council
After greetings
Reference to your letter No. 255 dated 10 May 1934
Our society has previously looked into the case of Abdullah Ezra Zion based on the request of
the Chief Rabbi, and found no reason for the entitlement of the aforementioned to what he requests, and we submit to you
a copy of the decision given in this regard, a copy of which was sent to the mentioned President at
the time for review
With respect
President of the Tomkhe Tora Society
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Shaul Laniado
Tomkhe Tora Society
S. T. H. Y.
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1344
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 2474
Date 4 / 6 / 1934
File Number 28
To be filed.
On it 18 June 1934
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2554
10 May 934
His Eminence the President of the Tomchei Torah Society, the respected
Enclosed you will find the letter dated 14 Iyar 5694 submitted to our council by Rabbi Abdullah
Ezra Zion
Our council requests your Eminence to look into his case with an eye of fairness and assist him with all
that is in your power;
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
The President
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TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY | TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY | TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD
( 2 )
Baghdad: 26 February 1934
Baghdad,:
Annual Budget Statement of the Tomkhe Tora Society for the year 1934
Dinar | Fils
583 | — | What we collected from salaries
| | Dinar Fils
145 | 500 | What we collected from private property revenues
| | Dinar Fils
90 | 375 | What we collected from joint properties
9 | 375 | Deducting tax and stamp expenses and others 9 / 375
32 | 500 | Deducting the entitlement of the house of Rashid Pasha al-Zahawi for share 74
| | out of share 260
— | 500 | Deducting the entitlement of one short partner
63 | 5/250 | Almans allocations 5/250 Dinars monthly
189 | 15/750 | Allocations of the venerable Lay Council 15/750 monthly
44 | 500 | Subscription and honorarium of Al-Nafi' in the year 94
The annual deficit is eighty-two Dinars, and that is excluding the property renovation expenses that we spent ⟦no⟧
this year approximately eighteen Dinars, and other expenses such as purchasing books, stationery supplies, and subscriptions to newspapers
local and foreign, and the wages of two servants in the Beit Zilkha and Bir Eliyahu synagogues ⟦...⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Year 5644
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1314
1925
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
81
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58
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Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD
Baghdad: 26 February 1934
Baghdad,:
Annual Budget Statement of the Tomkhe Tora Society for the year 1934
Dinar | Fils
432 | — | Salaries of the Hahamim, number (8), 36 Dinars monthly
90 | — | Salary of the property supervisor and revenue collector Ibrahim Ezra
60 | — | Estimated salary for the English and Arabic teacher
Deducting Revenues
Dinar | Fils
13 | 500 | Rent of 1 shop in Bab al-Agha to Sayyid Ali bin Sayyid Hussein
37 | — | " " 1 " Suq al-Saray to Moshe Sassoon Shamash
16 | — | " " 1 " al-Haraj in al-Maydan to Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah
15 | — | " " 1 " " " " Sassoon Moshe Ghazal
35 | — | " Guesthouse " " " Dr. Muhammad Sabri
45 | — | " Soda Factory " " " Abd al-Yusuf
Our entitlement from the rent of six shops in Suq al-Haraj in the shared al-Maydan
Dinar | Fils
15 | — | Rent of shop No. 14 to Ahmed Muhammad Rasliya
15 | — | " " " 16 to Abbas bin Saeed al-Sufi
15 | — | " " " 18 to Abdul Amir bin Majid
15 | 750 | " " " 20 to Abdullah bin Nu'man
15 | 375 | " " " 22 to Muhammad Haj Jassim and Abdullah
14 | 250 | " " " 24 to Haj Muhammad bin Abd
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Tomkhe Tora Society
Tomkhe Tora Society
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
Baghdad
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Baghdad, February 26, 1934
Number 54
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council in Baghdad, may his glory endure
After greetings
With reference to your letter dated February 4, 1934, numbered 2477, enclosed you will find the annual
budget for the Tomkhe Tora Society. Please acknowledge its receipt, and accept our highest respect.
President of the Tomkhe Tora Society
Hakham Shlomo Moshe ⟦Anyadi⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1344
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY - BAGHDAD
1926
Administration of ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad
Number 2200
Date 27 / 2 / 934
Number ⟦illegible⟧ 26
File
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2287
4 February 934
Tomchei Torah Association
The esteemed General Council approved in its meeting on January 11, 934, the payment of
the amount of fifteen dinars and three quarters of a dinar 15/750 to your association monthly as allocations
during the year 33 - 934 starting on the first of October 33. Our council has recommended
the necessity of reviewing your accounts and ensuring your association's need for this aid before organizing
the budget for the following year. Therefore, we request you to submit an organized account before organizing the budget
for the coming year so that the Council may know from it the extent of your committee's need for aid; otherwise, the Council,
acting on the recommendation of the General Council, will delete your association's allocations from next year's budget.
To him
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The President
A copy of it to the Accountant
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TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
Baghdad, January 3, 1934
His Excellency, the Honorable President of the Lay Council.
No. 51
Greetings and respect,
Presented to your presence in response to your letter dated December 29, 933, numbered
2446, we inform you that our society's books are maintained voluntarily by one of the society's members, Sasson Effendi Hakham
Nissim Cohen. Upon presenting your letter to him, he replied that in a few days he will submit a copy of the account to your Excellency as you ordered. May you remain
in increasing respect.
President of the Tomkhe Tora Society
Hakham Shlomo Lahnado
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
Tomkhe Tora Society
Tomkhe Tora Society
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 2218
Date: 4 / 1 / 934
File Number: 46
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Save
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29 December 933
Very Urgent
His Eminence, President of the Tomchei Torah Association, Respected
Unless our council reviews the financial status of your association and confirms your need for
assistance, our council, in view of the financial distress prevailing over its fund, will be forced to
cut your association's monthly allocations. Therefore, please provide us as quickly as possible
a copy of your association's account until 30 September 933, detailed and containing the items of the debt
owed by your association on the mentioned date, to be presented to the special committee.
⟦signature⟧
The President
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Tomchei Torah Association
Baghdad
Number 43
Date September 14, 933
⟦248⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Jewish Community Property Committee
Subject
In response to your letter dated August 24, 933, we inform you regarding the fate of the remaining amounts with us
for the purpose of purchasing a property whose income would be for the Tomchei Torah Association. We inform you that Rabbi David son of Rabbi
Jacob had paid to this committee an amount of three thousand five hundred rupees for the purpose of purchasing a property
in the name of Tomchei Torah. Unfortunately, due to the lack of the association's income and because the Lay Council did not pay
the previous allocations belonging to this association, we have paid these amounts for the salaries
of the rabbis and its teachers. Now, from the date of the past Hebrew month of Sivan, the association is in debt
for the salaries of the rabbis and teachers, and we hope to receive the accumulated amounts from the Lay Council in order to
pay these salaries and purchase the aforementioned property, the value of which is recorded as a claim to Rabbi David.
This, and please accept our highest respect
Signature of the President of the Association
Seal of the Association
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Jewish Community Property Committee
Number: 71
Baghdad, September 25, 933
October 24
His Excellency, the Respected President of the Lay Council
This committee has noted the arrival of funds for the Tomchei Torah Society from abroad to purchase
the remaining common shares of the shops located in the Al-Midan neighborhood, numbers 2/3/14 and
2/3/16. When this committee inquired <del>from</del> about these funds and how they were spent, the aforementioned
society replied in its letter No. 43 dated September 14, 933, a copy of which is attached, that it spent
the funds amounting to 3500 rupees on the salaries of the Rabbis, which was contrary to the condition of the endower.
Since your council has the authority of supervision and accounting over such matters according to the
community law and its regulations, we refer this case to you to take what you deem appropriate and inform us of the result.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of the Property Committee
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 2089
Date 10 / 24 / 33
File Number 26
It shall be written that the society erred in this action by violating the conditions
of the endowment ..
⟦signature⟧
10/24
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TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD BAGHDAD BAGHDAD
Baghdad, August 15, 1933 Baghdad, ⟦line⟧
Number 400
Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Greetings;
In response to your letter No. 2163 dated the 10th of last month, Isaac Eliyahu Shlomo
has never been deprived of receiving lessons in our society's school. As for the religious lessons
given by Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri, the aforementioned Rabbi informed him not to
attend his lessons only. Since the mentioned Rabbi teaches voluntarily, our society was unable to
force him to accept him. For your information, the mentioned student is still attending the Zilka Synagogue
for all other religious lessons without hindrance;
President of the Tomkhe Tora Society
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Laniado
⟦handwritten signature⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Year 5686
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1344
1926
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 2557
Date: 15 / 8 / 27
File Number:
Filed
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2158
10 July 1933
Salary of Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri in Tomchei Torah
His Eminence, President of the Tomchei Torah Society, Respected
It has become necessary to inform us of the amount of salary received by Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri from
your society.
I hope to receive the answer as quickly as possible,
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
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2210
July 26, 1933
Your Salary
His Eminence Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri, Respectfully
Our council has decided to set an amount of three dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils 3/750 as a monthly salary
for your Eminence, to be received from the Yeshivot administration starting from June 12, 1933
⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to His Eminence Rabbi Michael Jeremiah, Respectfully
" " The Accountant to act accordingly
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TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY | Tomkhe Tora Society | Tomkhe Tora Society
BAGHDAD | Baghdad | Baghdad
Baghdad, July 13, 1933, Baghdad
Number 78
His Excellency the Vice President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings
In response to your letter No. 2158 dated the 10th of this month, Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri does not
receive any salary from our society from its founding until this day; rather, he delivers lessons in an
honorary capacity.
President of the Tomkhe Torah Society
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Laniado
⟦signature⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
14 - 10 - 1933
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY BAGHDAD
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To be kept in the affairs file
Letters and peace ⟦...⟧
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July 10, 1934
Isaac Eliyahu Shlomo ◦
His Eminence, President of the Tomchei Torah Association, Respected ◦
It has come to our attention that the individual named Isaac Eliyahu Shlomo has been prohibited from receiving lessons at the school of
your association since last March; would your Eminence please state the reasons necessitating this ◦
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Vice President of the Gashmi Council ◦
Dated 15 / 8 / 934
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7 February 933
Association Accounts
To " -
Tomchei Torah Association
Reference to your letter No. 35 dated 29 January 933
The allocations for this month will be paid to you based on the promise made in your letter being replied to
On behalf of
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Acting Head of the Israelite Community
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