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5274
12 January 939
15
Presidency of the Israelite Presence
Baghdad
Reference to the petition of the late Nissim Hakham Yosef Al-Qasi dated 2 Kislev 5699
referred to us by you
Since the Lay Council on 11 / 1 / 939 requested to be informed of the truth of the claim
of the aforementioned regarding the fees for writing the Ketubot and certificates for a period of nine years, we therefore return the petition to you
enclosed, requesting to inform us of the truth of the matter and return it with the answer.
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community
A copy of it to the Lay Council for information
Abstract
Baghdad, January 2, 1939
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
It is not hidden from you that my late husband, Mulla Nissim Hakham Yosef Agassi, passed away
leaving me with my children: three adults and two minors. The late husband's profession was limited to (Bodiq)
until the time of his death, despite the fact that he left us nothing but accumulated debts. My children and I have remained suffering
poverty and destitution without a helper. As for my eldest son, Yosef, he is in fact a teacher, but on the occasion of
my daughter's marriage, massive debts were incurred by him. The second, Meir, is a soldier. The third
is a daughter. The fourth and fifth are two minor boys. We have become as the Torah said ( ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ). Since the deceased used to receive a salary from the community fund in exchange for
his aforementioned profession, monthly (5.625) Dinars, and this salary was at a level that met our necessary
needs. Since this salary had passed to the deceased after the death of his late father, Hakham Yosef,
by way of a petition to both the Spiritual and Lay Councils, and since the deceased has an eldest son, the aforementioned
Yosef, who is capable of taking his place because he is fit to perform this profession as required, and on this occasion,
when the order for his appointment is issued in place of his late father, an act of mercy may be granted to
( ⟦illegible⟧ ) who is terrified and appeals to your honorable position with all the bitterness of her heart.
Therefore, I ask of your justice to order the referral of this petition to the competent authority to look into my presentation
after appointing my aforementioned son at least as a Shohet so that he deserves the salary of the deceased and supports us with it.
And for the benefactors, there is a reward and recompense from God Almighty, and to your presence the greatest greetings and honor, my Lord.
Tuffaha daughter of Eliyahu Salem
Widow of the deceased Nissim Hakham Yosef
Agassi.
Referred to His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, 4/1/939
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
President of the Community
Baghdad 15/1/949
His Excellency the President of the Israelite Community
The Respected Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
After greetings and respect
Reference to your letter No. 5274 dated 10/1/949
Sassoon the Scribe was the one assigned to write the Kasher
and the Taref in the slaughterhouse for a monthly wage. But the Lay Council
which was under the chairmanship of the late Mr. Naim Zilkha at that time
asked me to appoint one of the slaughterhouse employees to perform this work in addition
to his job, and Shabir Hakham Yosef was appointed to this position and has performed
it throughout this period. The deceased had verbally requested from me at
the time of his appointment an additional wage for this work of his, but I was unable to grant his request
at that time, and he personally did not write any official letter regarding that
until he passed away and wrote this letter out of severe distress.
Herewith you will find the petition attached, and with further respect
17.6.2002
0273F
15
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number: 5284
Date: 17 January 939
Subject: 22
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Reference to your postscript on the petition of the late Nissim Hakham Yosef Agassi dated 11/1/39
We return herewith the original petition of the applicant with a copy of the letter from the head of the slaughterhouse to this Presidency
dated 16/1/939, in which you will find the required clarification;
L.W.
President of the Community
To the Respected President of the Community
Subject: We request your opinion on the appropriate amount that your Excellency decides for ⟦the amount⟧ to be spent for the aforementioned
for writing the Kosher and Treif, and remain with respect.
17 January 939
Vice President
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council - I suggest spending five Dinars for this purpose, and remain 24 / 1 / 939
President of the Community
Disburse. For filing
1/25
With the help of Heaven, Sunday
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Telegrams : IDEAL
Telegraphic Address: Ideal
David Shaoul Obadiah * Baghdad
DAVID S. OBADIAH
GENERAL MERCHANT
Export of Wool, Skins & Sheep Casings
CODES :
BENTLEY'S COMPLETE PHRASE CODE
BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE CODE
ACME COMPLETE PHRASE CODE
RUDOLF MOSSE CODE
Baghdad 29/10/49 Baghdad
(IRAQ)
To the Honorable Mr. Shalom, Secretary of the Respected Lay Council, Baghdad
After greetings - we inform you ⟦that⟧ while I began today to remove the sand from the basin
belonging to the casings factory and located in the street near the aforementioned factory, there arrived
Mr. Ahmed Ramadan, one of the engineers of the Capital Municipality, and he prevented the workers from moving the sand
and cleaning the basin .. so we request you to contact him by telephone or in person so that
he may authorize our workers to clean the aforementioned basin, which is an essential part of the
casings factory and it is not possible to work with casings without it .. please accept our utmost respect
David Shaoul
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2212
18 May 939
Presidency of the Jewish Slaughterhouse in Baghdad
The Lay Council decided in its meeting held on 17 May 939:
1 - To appoint Rabbi Yusuf Hayyim Mu'allim Ezra as an employee in the slaughterhouse with a monthly salary of two dinars
and a quarter starting from the first of May 939, in order to strengthen the staff of the slaughterhouse. With this additional
appointment, you will be able to make the necessary arrangements to allocate a staff of five slaughterhouse employees
to supervise the Kosher and Treif (Shemirit).
2 - Since Rabbi Yusuf Duri has been absent from his post for a long time, it is necessary for another person
to perform the work in his stead, and in the event that this person stops attending, you must inform the Council
of that immediately;
The President
A copy of it to the accountant for information
Ma'adel Karim 6 Adar 6 Adar II 24 Nisan 6 Sivan 48
Tomchei Torah Society
This is to inform you that the amount paid to you monthly
from the school office from Al-Riyadh School is ⟦three⟧ dinars
for the months of Adar, Adar II, Nisan, and Sivan, which is 510 fils for each month
Please take the necessary action
The Accountant
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For filing
29 / 5 / 10
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And for the sake of the good for the benefit of this, Qorit
Baghdad 1 November 928
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Presented to your Excellency
I, Khedhouri El-Kowayl, the retiree, present to your Excellency that
my salary is very small, and I previously used to rely on my late
daughter who used to work as a nurse in the Royal Hospital
And since your Excellency knows what befell her three months ago
I have become in a financial state that calls for sympathy, so I beg
your Excellency to be so kind as to help me and give me my
accumulated salaries, and the matter is yours, sir
Khedhouri Cohen
Referred to the ⟦...⟧ Committee
11/1/929
For filing
29/1/2
Telegraphic Address: David Shaul Obadiah * Baghdad Telegrams:
IDEAL IDEAL
DAVID S. OBADIAH
GENERAL MERCHANT
Export of Wool, Skins & Sheep Casings
111/9 Mustansir Street
Baghdad 7 / 4 / 40 Baghdad
( IRAQ )
To the Honorable Secretary of the Community Council for the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
After greetings - we inform you that I have vacated the casings shop rented from the community
on the due date, which is the 16th of this month, and I have sent you the key to the mentioned shop
with the bearer, please acknowledge its receipt.. and accept my highest respect and regards
David Shaul
Obadiah
⟦signature⟧
For filing
Baghdad 16 May 941
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Greetings and respect,
I submit herewith a copy of a petition I received from the slaughterhouse employees, pleading for compassion to pay
a portion of their overdue salaries because they have become in an unbearable state. My great hope is that the esteemed Council will take
urgent measures to address this issue and provide relief to these employees. With respect to your Excellency;
⟦Meir Sasson⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Head of the Slaughterhouse
A copy to His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the Respected
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Baghdad 16 May 941
His Eminence, the respected Head of the Israelite Community
After greetings and respect
There is no doubt that you are fully aware of the severe distress prevailing over us due to the delay of our salaries for several months
especially in the present circumstances, and we are heads of families and in great need of urgent assistance to pay
part of our salaries so that we can live, and we beg you to mediate with the esteemed Lay Council
to have mercy on us, and to your Eminence all respect;
On behalf of our ⟦slaughterer⟧
⟦Zubaida witnesses⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number:
Date: 18 February 940
Subject:
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Ishaq, Respectfully
After greetings and respect
In view of the requirements of the public interest, we have assigned the appointment of your Eminence as the first head of the slaughterhouse in partnership with
the second head, His Eminence Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim, effective from 18 February 940, on
the condition that checks from now on be issued in the name of your Eminence only, and you alone shall represent the slaughterhouse
and sign the releases and be responsible for all its related matters;
⟦Sassoon Khedhouri⟧
Head of the Community
A copy of it to -
His Excellency the Head of the Lay Council, Respectfully
His Eminence Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim, Respectfully
Seen. For filing
2/6/940
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2701
24 November 940
His Eminence, the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
Reference to your letter No. 942 dated 23 June 5701
The appointment of employees is among the duties of the Lay Council; therefore, the decision of your esteemed council
to appoint Rabbi Yahya Abraham as an employee in the slaughterhouse was not appropriate. Therefore, we request you to submit
the names of the persons nominated by your Spiritual Council for this position so that the appointment of
one of them may be considered if it is confirmed that there is a necessity for such an appointment.
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Vice President
Baghdad on December 16, 1949
His Excellency the Head of the Community, the Respected
After offering the duties of respect, I submit
It is not hidden from your Excellency that I have performed
and I am still performing in the ⟦best⟧ manner what I am ⟦assigned⟧ to perform in the ⟦slaughterhouse⟧ after its time ends in the ⟦Al-Ain⟧ ⟦slaughterhouse⟧, starting from the first of the month of
June with a monthly salary of 4500 fils, and since I have not received any of this salary at all, I ask your Excellency to kindly
mediate with the Lay Council to pay my late salaries up to this day
Please accept my greetings, and the matter is yours, sir
Sincerely
Salim ⟦...⟧
Baghdad, December 16, 1940
His Excellency, the respected Head of the Community
After offering the duties of respect, I submit:
It is not hidden from your Excellency that I was and still am
performing what is required to be done in the cemetery after my time in the cemetery tonight, and that is
starting from the first of June 940 at a monthly salary of one dinar and one hundred and fifty
fils, and since it has never been paid at this time, I ask your Excellency to kindly
order the Lay Council to pay my late salaries until this day
This, and please accept my greetings, and the matter is yours, sir
Sincerely
⟦Rahoum Levi⟧
⟦Guard⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number :: 6224
Date :: 19 December 940
Subject ::
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Greetings
Reference to our verbal conversation at the time with the Vice President, we attach herewith the two petitions
which reached me from His Eminence Rabbi Yaqub Masfi and Salim Hakham Eliyahu, requesting you to kindly
take the necessary decision to pay the entitlements of the aforementioned starting from the first of June 940;
Lu
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President of the Community
Copy ⟦...⟧
For filing
24 / 12 / 940
Financial Department ⟦...⟧
Number 7740
Date 22 / 12 / 940
File Number ⟦...⟧
The Chief Rabbi of the Holy City of Baghdad, may G-d protect it
Baghdad, may G-d protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, Rabbi Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
BAGHDAD
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Number: 1056
Date: 2 / Tammuz 942
To the honorable Mr. Salim, Mr. Nissim, Mr. Raphael, Mr. Meir
May the Lord grant you life
Your letter dated Saturday 22 Tammuz 5712 was received regarding the receipt of the sum of ⟦...⟧ twenty
and to distribute them to the poor of our town from this city, may G-d merit you and all the helpers, may G-d merit . G-d .
with us on the date 27/June/942 ⟦...⟧ 10/11/941 from the Hotel Salim
And in all your letters mention is made of the great ones of our sages who were publicized from G-d, may G-d remember good upon you
our rabbis and also aid for these poor, their portion, their portion, these in the name of the Society for Aid and Assistance to the Sick
only we request that they not increase, and these may G-d merit him and bless him with life and peace and all the volunteers with a whole
heart, all your words, may G-d make you prosper, may G-d grant you life and give blessing and success, may G-d merit, may G-d merit
to finish and to take their portions from the poor upon you in life and in peace with all the good and peace
these, peace and blessing forever and ever, Amen
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Benjamin
Moshe
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The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 2452
Date: 28 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
To the attention of the Honorable Manager of the Assets of the Spiritual Committee
After your honor
Your letter from ⟦illegible⟧ current, we have in it that regarding the management of the shops
of the synagogues and their service under the Real Estate Manager of the Spiritual Committee, provided that
all of that be under its hand, we have in the matter of this esteemed manager
accordingly, we accepted the consultation of the Spiritual Committee on Tuesday ⟦illegible⟧
that in the management, provided that this manager and their service be under the order of the Spiritual Committee
the Spiritual Manager of that
Likewise, the manager of the Spiritual Committee, provided that (100) be the daily management
that this be in the management of the Spiritual Committee under the order
and likewise the management of the real estate belongings of the synagogues. And we hope that
you agree to this and the consultation will proceed with the manager
Your Honor
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Answer
The Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2414
Date 7 July 943
His Eminence the President of the Respected Jewish Spiritual Council
Reference to your letter No. 1252 dated 28 Sivan 5703
We convey to you below the decision of the Lay Council taken at its meeting held on 4
July 943 to act accordingly.
President
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A copy of it to the Presidency of the Jewish Slaughterhouse to act accordingly
" " Accountant of the Lay Council " "
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"The letter received from the Presidency of the Jewish Spiritual Council No. 1252 dated 28
Sivan 5703 was read, and its content is that Mr. Elisha Shochet, the employee in the slaughterhouse, has passed away, and therefore
the Spiritual Council suggests appointing both Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi and the person named Nissim
Elisha Shochet as employees in the slaughterhouse to increase the efficiency of the slaughtering, especially since it has previously
occurred that the slaughterer Rabbi Yaakov Shaul resigned from the slaughterhouse and the Council did not appoint a replacement for him.
Therefore, the Council decided:-"
1) Cutting the salary of the deceased Elisha Shochet as of the first of July 943
2) Appointing Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Rabi as an employee in the slaughterhouse with a monthly salary of four
dinars as of the first of July 943
3) Appointing Nissim Elisha Shochet as an employee in the slaughterhouse with a monthly salary of four dinars
as of the first of July 943 "
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The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: <del>1442</del>
Date: 23 / 1 / 52
To the honorable Mr. Ezra, Mr. Naftali, Mr. Isaac
In the city of A. B.H.G.
In accordance with the decision of the Finance Committee in its meeting on 14/1/52
It was then decided to add to you a sum of 5 Dinars for each of you
And from now on you will be receiving a sum of 15 Dinars for each of you
Every single month starting from January 1, 52
14/1/52
Benjamin T.
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Head of the Finance Committee
Baghdad
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 18 May 943
His Eminence Rabbi Michael Yermia, Respected
The Lay Council has decided to allocate a monthly salary of five Dinars
to Rabbi Yaqub Shaul, to be paid from the Yeshivot budget starting from the first of May
943.
The President
A copy of it to the Accountant to act accordingly
" " " Rabbi Yaqub Shaul
The Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad
⟦2410⟧
Number
Date May 18, 943
Presidency of the Jewish Slaughterhouse
The Lay Council has decided to accept the resignation of Rabbi Yaqub Shaul from his position
at the slaughterhouse as of the first of May 943 and to terminate his salary amounting to three dinars
and three quarters of a dinar from your institution's budget as of the aforementioned date.
The President
A copy of it to the accountant to act accordingly
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