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7 / 10 / 945
His Eminence, the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
Reference to your letter numbered 1502 dated 27 July 5705
The Lay Council decided in its meeting held on 4 October 945 to disburse a
lump-sum monthly allowance <del>amounting to</del> four dinars to His Eminence Rabbi Moshe Abraham, the additional member of the Religious Court,
to be received starting from the first of August 945.
The President
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A copy of it to the accountant to act accordingly;
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 104
Date: 27 ⟦Tishrei⟧ 705
Balanced gold for Ezra for Naftali for Simcha
Honorable Committee
Your honor from your teacher balanced for H. Yosef Cohen may his light shine for Ezra for Naftali
From before Ezra for Naftali for Simcha and if you have copies of it and do
not give him the money and likewise we received for Amrag (15) individual (2) of the oil
for Mariash for Yitzhak and also (26) one 921 and delivered to your honor for Moshe
individual Kaddad Ezra for Naftali likewise 27/ Elul as debtors balanced A. H.
Six teachers balanced from it and do not give him the money worth for H. Yitzhak B. H.
And so individual (4) from for Amrag (15) from the oil for Mariash for Yitzhak
from it and we delivered them Moed for Pethahiah
The young Raphael
Yitzhak Hayyim
May his end be good
Description
Also the gold money for Mariash for Yitzhak for Moshe and do not give them
Baghdad on July 15, 951
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings,
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that throughout my tenure as President of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
for nearly twenty years, I have not received any leave. In view of my urgent need for recreation and rest
and my wife's need for treatment abroad, I request Your Excellency to take the necessary steps to grant me a leave of no less
than two months to enable me to travel outside Iraq during the summer season and accompany my wife and some members
of my young family with one of my older daughters to care for them and supervise them.
Pending approval to grant me the requested leave, please accept my utmost thanks and respect.
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Rabbi Salman Hugi Aboudi
President of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
A copy of it -
To His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the
Israeli Community in Baghdad - for information.
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
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The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Presidency of the Israeli Community
Baghdad
Number ⟦98⟧
Date 2 / 1 / 1945
Number: 2
Date: 1945/1/2
To the Honorable Material Committee of our community, may God preserve them
Dear Sirs,
In our meeting from Wednesday, Beshalach, 24th of Shevat 5705, it was decided to request from your honor
to allocate a sum of ⟦...⟧ Dinars per month as a salary for Rabbi ⟦...⟧ starting
from 15/8/945 and also to allocate a sum of ⟦...⟧ Dinars per month
for Rabbi ⟦...⟧ starting from 1/1/945 and also (15) Dinars
for Mr. ⟦...⟧
And likewise to allocate a sum of ⟦...⟧ Dinars per month for ⟦...⟧
We request your honor to approve the aforementioned decisions
With great respect
The Secretary ⟦...⟧
We hereby inform you that we have decided to raise the salary of
the beadle ⟦...⟧ starting from 1/1/945
With great respect
President of the Committee
Sassoon Kadoorie
Copied to the protocol book page ⟦...⟧
By Ezra
The Spiritual Council
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2489
Date June 6, 945
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect
Based on the minutes dated March 16, 945, received from the people of Hillah
referred to our council by your Excellency regarding the request to appoint a committee to manage the community's affairs
there from the nominated gentlemen, and since Hillah is one of the provinces belonging to the region of
Baghdad according to the system of the supplement to the Jewish Community Regulation No. 48 of the year 932, and
the management of the affairs of the community of this province is among the duties of the Council, and since the Council
cannot exercise the management of those duties itself directly, it has decided, based on
the powers vested in it in Article 25 of the Community Regulation, to appoint a sub-committee
from the people of Hillah for this purpose. We therefore request your Excellency to kindly present the case
to the esteemed General Council to obtain preliminary approval for the formation of this
committee in accordance with the aforementioned Article 25. With respect to your Excellency.
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The Righteous Court of Justice
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 3456
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Date :: 4 / 10 / 945
Date ::
His Excellency the President of the Respected Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings,
The Ministry of Justice has recently mandated, through its circular to the sectarian courts in Iraq, the necessity of writing
all correspondence and trial records in the Arabic language only. Since there is only one clerk in our court
who handles the recording of cases, copying correspondence, and writing notifications ⟦line⟧ it
has become necessary to add a second clerk to the court to facilitate the performance of its duties and work in a regular manner.
Therefore, I hope you will take the necessary steps to decide on the appointment of an additional employee to the court as quickly as possible, given
the approaching reopening of the court after the end of its summer recess and the necessity of recording and writing correspondence
and applications in the Arabic language instead of the Hebrew language, in implementation of the Ministry of Justice order referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect;
Supervisor of the Court
Jewish Religious
Baghdad
Mr. Aba Hu
Keep? The file for examination
At the request of His Excellency the President
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His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
His Eminence the President of the Israelite Community, Respected
Please conduct all reviews related to salaries, leaves, and all personnel matters with
the Lay Council in writing in the future.
His Excellency the President
For signature, please
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The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 20
Date 21 / 12 / 1945
File Number
Number: 2
Date:
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In the Name of God
For good luck and life
May his Rock protect him
To the honorable Treasurer of the Spiritual Committee, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him
Peace and Blessing
Your Excellency the President
For your kind review
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11 February 946
Appointment of an additional member
His Eminence, President of the Israelite Spiritual Council, Respected
Reference to your letter No. 1602 dated 12/17/946
The Council reviewed your above-mentioned letter in its meeting held on 2/4/946
And it was decided after deliberation to approve the appointment of His Eminence Rabbi Saleh Youssef Hayyim as an additional member
With a salary of four dinars per month, provided that this appointment is for a period of seven months only from
the date of his appointment.
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Copy to His Eminence Rabbi Saleh Youssef Hayyim
To the Accountant to act accordingly
The Spiritual Council
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
No. 502
Date 21 / ⟦10⟧ / 947
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Lay Council, respected
Baghdad
Through His Eminence Rabbi Salman Sassoon Khadouri, respected
President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
After greetings and respect
I was appointed as a clerk in the Jewish Religious Court as of 1 / 8 / 947 with a salary
of eight dinars per month. A year and five months have passed and I am still
at my current salary, which is not consistent with my efforts, in addition to the increase in my work as a result
of implementing the Arabic language instead of the Hebrew language, as the writing of
the trial minutes, the writing of notifications, the copying of papers, and other
tasks have been left to me alone. Therefore, I ask for your Excellency's
kindness in increasing my salary in view of the economic situation in this crisis,
especially for someone like me who is obligated to support many individuals - and please
accept my utmost respect and thanks to your Excellency, and may you remain well.
The Petitioner
Heskel Ibrahim Wahba
The Lay Council
Incoming ⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
A copy of it
To His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadouri, respected
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Number :: 692
Date :: 14 / 7 / 1947
File Number:
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad
The Respected
We submit herewith the petition of the court clerk, Mr.
Nadhir Qattan, supporting the request contained
therein and suggesting that you kindly consider increasing
his monthly salary by three dinars
The President
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Sassoon Khedouri
The Religious Court
The Jewish
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 21
Date 14 / 7 / 1947
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His Excellency the President
Kindly review
Saleh
14 / 7
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23 January 946
Promotion of a Clerk
His Eminence, President of the Respectable Israeli Religious Court
Reference to your letter No. 692 dated 13 / 1 / 946 regarding the request for the promotion of the clerk
Mr. Heskel Qattan
The Council reviewed your aforementioned letter at its meeting held on 21 / 1 / 946
And decided after deliberation to postpone consideration of it until the beginning of the next fiscal year, when the Council will re-
examine it when organizing the budget for the year 46 / 47 starting on 1 April 946.
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2592
31 May 946
His Eminence the President of the Honorable Israelite Religious Court
Baghdad
Further to our letter No. 3542 dated 23 January 946 regarding the promotion of the court clerk Mr.
Heskel Ibrahim Qattan
The Council reconsidered the case of increasing the salary of Mr. Heskel Qattan in its session held
on 30 May 946 and decided after deliberation to increase his nominal salary from eight Dinars to ten
Dinars per month, effective from the first of June 946.
President
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Copy to - Mr. Heskel Ibrahim Qattan
Reference to his petition dated 1 / 1 / 946
Accountant of the Lay Council
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14 August 946
His Eminence, the President of the Respected Israeli Spiritual Council
The Council has reviewed your council's expense list for the month of June 946 and decided after deliberation to refuse approval
for the expenditure of the amount of (4/150) Dinars spent on refreshments on the occasion of the religious students' examination
And on this occasion, the Council decided to inform you of its dissatisfaction with the plan that was carried out in this regard.
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2612
10/21/1946
His Eminence, the Honorable President of the Spiritual Council
After greetings.
We kindly request you to send the marriage certificate registry in your possession for the purpose of auditing it by
the auditor appointed by the Lay Council to audit the accounts of the Community Presidency for the six months ending
on March 31, 1946, and we will return the aforementioned registry to you after its completion.
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And when we arrived at the mentioned site
• A group of us started
searching for our missing items in the garden and the scattered things there, if not for the smell we started searching
so we found a body like a murdered person lying in the garden under an olive tree, we searched its clothes but did not find any document in them
• This was at exactly eleven o'clock on the night of 26 / 3 / 947
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With the help of God, to Ezra the Scribe, to Ezra
For the Holy
And he did not have information about the Ezra Company in the Al-Burqis neighborhood, the craftsmen at
buying houses in these governments to the governments of the school house after having
failure to pay the twenty science in the school in these governments of the school
Elul - the school in the school of Elul Nathan
Tishrei - the school, the old contracts, the school Nathan science ⟦...⟧ the governments
Kislev - and in the school in the file of contracts, a science ruling, and in the ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧
progressed, and in this case, yes, with information, information about them, and it is necessary in ⟦...⟧
with information, information of the tithes and the rest of the section of the good papers Hassan
Nissim Al-Ezra
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Date - 12 / 1947
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings,
The esteemed Council has previously informed us of its approval to carry out the slaughter on the night of the general census
of souls occurring on 19 / 10 / 1947 at the expense of the community, during our attendance at a session of
your esteemed Council.
We have previously spent for the processing of the slaughter requirements an amount of (15.750 Dinars) which remained suspended
until this date, while this amount has actually been spent by us and distributed to several persons such as skinners,
blowers, porters, and Hastil Sheikh Ouda.
There is no doubt that your esteemed Council does not agree that we personally bear this amount, so we request approval
for its disbursement, and may you remain ⟦line⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
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His Eminence the Head of the Israeli Slaughterhouse, Respected
After greetings,
I list below for you a copy of the Council's resolution number taken on 2/8/1948 regarding your letter
dated 12/25/1947 for your kind review and to note its contents, and may you remain.
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Vice President
Copy to - His Excellency the Head of the Community - for kind information
Copy of the Resolution
2 - The Council considered the letter of the Head of the Slaughterhouse dated 12/25/1947 regarding
the payment of an amount of (15.750 Dinars) for the completion of the sacrifice on the night of the general census, and decided to approve
the payment of the mentioned amount as a special case, while notifying the Head of the Slaughterhouse that the reason for refusing the payment previously
was due to it being mentioned in total under the name of Mustahal Sheikh Awda, with the request that details of the amounts
spent in the future must be mentioned with the names of their recipients and supported by receipts.
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His Eminence, the Head of the Israeli Slaughterhouse, Respected
After greetings,
The Council has decided, on the occasion of approving the expenditure list of the slaughterhouse for the month of December
1947, to request that you observe the following two points in the future.
First - The necessity of supporting every expenditure exceeding one dinar with a proper receipt.
Second - The necessity of requesting the Council's approval in advance before spending any unusual expenditure such as paving
and restoration ... etc.
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Vice President
For filing
Slaughterhouse
A.
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
Presented to your Excellency
That I have a betrothed stepdaughter, but she is fatherless, and I am
the one managing her affairs. I have come with this letter of mine requesting your kindness in granting me
a loan in the amount of fifty dinars, to be deducted from me monthly at five dinars from my salary
monthly. I hope that my hope in this request will not be disappointed because it deserves sympathy.
In conclusion, I pray for all members of the Council for success and goodness for the prosperity of our community.
The Employee
Ezra Kamil
4/20/1948
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 158
Date 20 / 4 / 948
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The Lay Council
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 179
Date 28 / 5 / 948
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Baghdad on May 27, 1948
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings
I hope to inform your Excellency that the ground of the Israeli slaughterhouse in Baghdad is not
level, and some of the edges of the water channels in it have recently collapsed. Since these
deficiencies hinder the progress of work in the mentioned slaughterhouse and annoy the workers there, therefore
I hope you will consider the matter of filling these deficiencies by repairing them as quickly as possible.
Please accept, your Excellency, the assurances of my respect;
Daoud ⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Slaughterhouse
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Secretary
How much does this restoration cost and who owns it
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Al-Umran Garage
Managed by
Sheikh Omar Street
No. 215 / 240
And gas supply for all lorries, buses and engines
Mohammed Al-Haj Kadhim Al-Umran
Telephone Number { Management 5230
General 83519
Garage 7337
Account statement for car number:
To the honorable Mr.:
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