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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
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
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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
Tomkhe Tora Society | Hevrat Tomkhei Torah | TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
Baghdad | Baghdad | BAGHDAD
Baghdad, July 13, 1933, Baghdad
Number 48
His Excellency the Vice President of the Respected Lay Council
Greetings,
In response to your letter No. 2158 dated the 10th of this month, Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri does not
receive any salary whatsoever from our society since its founding until this day; rather, he gives lessons in an
honorary capacity.
President of the Tomkhe Torah Society
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Laniado
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
1314 - ⟦illegible⟧
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧ / 54
P
To be kept with the file
Salaries and allowances
That year, O Preserved One
On the biography
2162
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 ◦
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President of the Gashmi Council ◦
Dated 15 / 8 / 934
⟦illegible⟧
2125
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
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Israelite Community
⟦illegible⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society
Tomkhe Tora Society
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
Baghdad
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Baghdad on: 29 January 33 Baghdad
Number: 45
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Subject
Based on your letter dated 24 January 1933 and numbered 2110, we inform you
that the society's ledgers are under the supervision of a society member, Sasson Effendi Hakham
Nissim Cohen, and that the aforementioned works voluntarily. Since his young son has been ill for a period
of one month, he was unable to attend to any business. Therefore, we request your kindness to excuse us
from submitting the account for a period not exceeding fifteen days from this date, as by the grace
of the Creator his son has recovered and he started working from Thursday, falling on 26 January
1933. With much gratitude and respect.
President of Tomkhe Tora Society
Hakham Shlomo Moshe Laniado
Tomkhe Tora Society - Baghdad
Year 5686
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1344
1926
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
Office of the President
To be kept at ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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23 January 1933
Association Accounts
To -
Tomchei Torah Association
This presidency is still waiting for your association to submit its accounts for inspection
and will be forced to suspend its allocations if you do not hasten to submit these accounts before the end
of the current month
⟦...⟧
⟦S⟧
Acting Head of the Israelite Community
2021
November 21, 1932
Tomchei Torah Society
With reference to the efforts of this department regarding obtaining a copy of the account
of your society, we request that you now submit the required account as quickly as possible. Regards.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Israelite Community
211
6621 on the second of that ⟦Tishreen⟧
In the institution's accounts
- " Riyals
Medicines and medical expenses
I have been informed verbally that you do not fulfill requests and you disburse an advance from the amounts allocated to the departments that request these from
The departments and requests that these ask for, and you disburse Riyals to their amounts only for the purpose of the interest in the Riyals and the interest in placing
In this field, we are pleased
⟦...⟧
The following is nothing but a statement of the amounts that were reviewed
1804
8/18/1933
His Eminence Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Shaul Laniado
Respected President of the Tomchei Torah Association
Greetings and respect,
His Excellency the Deputy Head of our community requests that you kindly attend the administration of the Israelite
Community at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to deliberate with your Eminence
regarding the allocations for the Tomchei Torah Association - with further respect to your Eminence.
⟦Grose⟧
Director of Correspondence
H
1809
August 19, 1932
My dear respected Rabbi David
I received your letter dated 8/18/932, which carries a request to postpone the consideration of
the allocations for the Tomchei Torah Society
I wish I were able to fulfill this request, were it not for the fact that the community's finances have
reached a dire situation that requires urgent treatment before the disease worsens
and were it not for the fact that time is too short to allow for such a postponement
Therefore, please be so kind as to come to our administration at eight o'clock in the morning on any day
of next week to reach an understanding on this matter, and I thank you very much in advance
Sincerely
⟦Sassoon Khadhuri⟧
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Returned by movement 2
⟦22/8/10⟧
H ⟦illegible⟧
Presented on ⟦24/8/10⟧
Presented on ⟦24/10/1⟧
May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us nor forsake us
RABBI DAVID RABBI JACOB
RABBI JOSEPH HAIM
P. O. B. ⟦line⟧
BAGDAD, (IRAK).
⟦line⟧
David son of the Great Rabbi Gaon Jacob and grandson of
the true Gaon, the light of the exile
Our Master Joseph Haim, of blessed memory
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
With the help of Heaven,:
Day:
Of the month:
569-:
Number:
18 Oct 1929
My dear Haroun Effendi, the respected
After greetings
By ⟦illegible⟧ the collector Nazmi Effendi informed me that you are requesting the mentioned fees for the schedule
with the special allocations of the association, so I hope from your Excellency that you leave this association's account
open and rely on these allocations and complete them, and when the opportunity arises
for one of the members of the association who has the ledgers and every ⟦illegible⟧ will settle the account
and whatever occurs to you, and may you remain, O respected one
Sincerely
⟦signature⟧
7 / 8 / 932
Dear Rabbi David
I would be most grateful if you would kindly come to
the administration of the Israelite Community in Salhiya any day
this week between 8 and 9 o'clock to deliberate on the following
matters. 1) The allocations of (Shua Cohen) which belong
by custom to the Midrash Rama. 2) The letter of Menashe
Afif Karchi regarding the sum of 2000 Powna sent by Farha
Dawood Sassoon, held in the name of the Tomchei Torah Society.
I thank you in advance and remain,
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Religious court
Bagdad
NK
Date: 12 May 1926
We ⟦...⟧ the Court of Justice of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
(a) ⟦...⟧
(b) ⟦...⟧
(c) ⟦...⟧
(d) ⟦...⟧
(e) ⟦...⟧
(f) ⟦...⟧
(g) ⟦...⟧
Witness ⟦...⟧
Witness ⟦...⟧
Witness ⟦...⟧
Witness ⟦...⟧
Seal of the Court of Justice
of the Holy Community of Baghdad
may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Bagdad
No. 212
Date 17 Tammuz 5692
5692
Before the Religious Court here in Baghdad, it was clarified by valid witnesses that Mrs.
Habiba, widow of
Ezra son of Joseph Ezra Cohen, who passed away on the 17th of Adar I in the year 5692, left behind
assets consisting of money and bonds, and that her sole heirs are her only sons,
the dear Mr. ⟦...⟧ son of Ezra Cohen and Mr. ⟦...⟧ son of Ezra Cohen and their sister Mrs.
Habiba daughter of the aforementioned Ezra Cohen and the mother of the aforementioned deceased Mrs. Simcha daughter of
the aforementioned Ezra Cohen and the mother of the aforementioned deceased Mrs. Simcha daughter of Ezra Cohen
and she left no heirs besides those mentioned above, and to this we have signed
on the day mentioned above
Community Committee
Mordechai Isaac
Yehuda Moshe
Ezra ⟦...⟧
Seal of the Religious Court
May its foundation be established forever
Baghdad, may God protect it
1922
Baghdad, November 3, 1922
The Committee of Endowments, Schools, Charities, Wills, Orphans, and the Destitute
The Respected [Committee] in the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Subject: Petition
This committee presented in its petition submitted to the esteemed Council on September 14, 1922, that it had borrowed
the sum of 20,000 rupees at an annual interest rate of 8 percent ⟦...⟧ to fulfill its obligations for the expenses of schools, orphans,
widows, the destitute, and the poor ⟦...⟧ and its advance had been exhausted and debts had accumulated upon it. Therefore,
based on this and based on the decision of the esteemed Council in its session held on September 27, 1922, which ruled to grant it a loan
from the funds of the Mecca estate in (Bombay) amounting to 20,000 rupees at an annual interest rate of 6 percent to settle its debts and release
mortgaged properties for the sake of endowments, schools, and orphans ⟦...⟧ as an advance, the aforementioned amount was received and spent for
the purposes for which the loan was requested. And since the Council's dues from the meat tax and other fees
are still in the collection phase and the amounts received are not sufficient to cover the deficit in the budget of
the committee for the expenses of schools, orphans, widows, the destitute, the poor, salaries, wages, and necessary repairs
for schools and buildings belonging to the endowments, schools, and orphans. And since the committee is in dire need of the sum of 5,000 rupees
to pay the salaries of employees, servants, and other wages, and to perform other duties toward the poor, the destitute, widows,
orphans, schools, and the poor, we therefore request the esteemed Council to approve lending it the aforementioned amount from
the funds of the aforementioned Mecca estate.
Chairman of the Committee
⟦signature⟧
MENASHI & SION ABRAHAM GOURGEY
BAGHDAD
Menashi and Sion Ibrahim Gourgey - Baghdad
Telegraphic Address
GOURGEY
⟦line⟧
Written to His Eminence the Rabbi
To arrange an effort for the photos
⟦illegible⟧
1/2
Baghdad,: 1932 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
193:
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To the virtuous, respected, and exalted presence, the honored master,
Hakham Bashi of the respected Israelite community
In the protected city of Mosul.
After greetings to you and inquiring of your noble welfare, may you remain in glory and peace, Amen.
Your acquaintance ⟦illegible⟧ Daoud son of the late Hakham Salem Daoud al-Mosuli, born in [18]87, as is not hidden from you,
Since the aforementioned was a student in the Alliance school in Baghdad from the year 1901 until the year 1907,
And after this date ⟦line⟧ he left the school and began working in the shops
Because his family was very poor and he was helping his family with their livelihood,
And they had no money, nor property, nor real estate, nor other such things.
And now the sender requests from your Eminence, as you are the head of the community in Mosul,
That you give him a certificate that his birth date was in the year [18]87, based on the city registers
Under the late Hakham Bashi, Hakham Eliyahu Bani, and the old registers in Mosul.
We have previously submitted to you a petition from the aforementioned on a past date and you replied to it
That the registers are not with you and were lost during the time of the Great War.
So the aforementioned returned and we submitted to you this letter, since the old registers
Of births and deaths that were with the late Hakham Bashi, Hakham Eliyahu Bani,
Must be present with you or with whoever succeeded him in the position.
So we request from your Excellency that you search for them in the old registers present
In the Israelite school in Mosul or with the current Hakham Bashi.
And if you do not find them in the registers, we request from your Eminence that you give him a certificate
According to the procedures observed in the government, and that it be certified by the judge,
That the aforementioned was born in the year [18]87, and that is according to the certificate provided
By the late Hakham Eliyahu Bani at the time, and the aforementioned
Awaits from your grace this favor, Amen. And peace.
⟦illegible⟧ from the servants of the community
The petitioner
Menashi Sion Abraham
Gourgey
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 22 / 4 / 947
⟦illegible⟧
The Spiritual Council
His Eminence the President of the Respected Spiritual Council
Baghdad
After greetings
The Council has deliberated regarding the capacity of the Shochatim and the lack of a teacher to train those wishing for the principles of
slaughtering according to the Jewish law, so it decided to assign Mr. Nissim Hakham Shalom to perform this task
in exchange for monthly allowances of two dinars, starting from the first of May 1947, provided that this decision is
reconsidered after six months in light of the results obtained from training the new Shochatim.
Please accept our respect
⟦signature⟧
The President
Copy to
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community - for kind information
Mr. Nissim Hakham Shalom
The Accountant - to act accordingly and stop the salary payment after six months ⟦and wait⟧
according to the Council's decision at the time.
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number 827
Date 24 / 3 / 47
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council, Respected
Baghdad
Subject - Appointment of Shochatim
After greetings
⟦The Spiritual Council⟧
⟦of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦in Baghdad⟧
The Council has considered your letter numbered 1816 and dated 25 / 3 / 1947 and decided after deliberation -
First - To terminate the services of Nissim Elisha, the employee in the slaughterhouse, starting from the end of March 947
due to his travel outside Iraq and the appointment of Naeem Hakham Eliyahu Abraham in his place with the same salary
amounting to (4.500 Dinars) plus cost of living allowances in the amount of (5.250 Dinars)
starting from the first of April 1947.
Second - Due to the illness of the slaughterhouse employee Ezra Mordechai, it was decided to terminate his services starting from the end of
March 1947 and the appointment of Moshe Zion Levi in his place with a monthly salary of (4.250 Dinars)
plus cost of living allowances in the amount of (5.250 Dinars) starting from the first of April
year 1947.
Please accept our respect
⟦Karim⟧
President
Copy to
Head of the Jewish Slaughterhouse
Naeem Eliyahu Abraham
Moshe Zion Levi
Nissim Elisha
Ezra Mordechai ⟦line⟧
Accountant - to act accordingly
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 1816
Date: 4 Adar [line] 5707 / 25 Adar 1947
To the honorable Mr. Murad Mr. Naftali Mr. Amran
After the greeting
According to the letter of the Director's office - No. 71 -
Malluh) after Mr. Yusuf Mr. Ezra Mr. Menachem Al-Menachem Al-Ezra Mr. Saleh Mr. Shlomo was present
After he had a connection regarding the Director's office as in the letter of the speech in the name of the Director
And he handed over to him ⟦illegible⟧ and a document of release
Benjamin) after Mr. Ezra the Director - Mr. Ezra Mr. Menachem Ballam al-Din Malluh and his brother Yaqub Mr.
Likewise, likewise after he had a reason in the house of the Director as in the letter of the speech in the name
of the Director and he handed over to him a release
So let it be in the knowledge of the Aid Committee on the date 1/Adar/1947
And for that reason your honorable name we inform regarding the matter
Asher Sasson
Yitzhak Hayyim
Ezra
Committee of Mr. Murad Mr. Amran
Baghdad
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
File Number ⟦line⟧
To Muhammad Mr. Makat Muham Ballam Mr. Menachem
Committee of Mr. Ezra Mr. Abraham Mr. Baghdad
Baghdad 18 / 6 / 947
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings,
I wish to submit to your Excellency that the esteemed Lay Council had
issued an order terminating my services at the Jewish Slaughterhouse at the end of March 1947
due to my illness.
I have come with this letter of mine, appealing to your Excellency to kindly allocate a monthly salary
to be received from your esteemed council in exchange for my services which lasted thirty-eight years
at the Jewish Slaughterhouse.
This is for your command.
The Petitioner
Ezra Mordechai
Ezra Mordechai
⟦signature⟧
To be filed
22 / 6
Inform the reason that the Head of the Community
ordered the granting of three Dinars at the slaughterhouse
continuing on that ⟦illegible⟧
So inform ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
22 / 6
Promotion of Employees
Presidency of the Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad
File
The Spiritual Council
6/⟦2⟧/1947
Greetings,
We list below for you a copy of the Spiritual Council's Resolution No. 7, taken on 6/26/1947
regarding the promotion of the employees of the Spiritual Council and the Yeshivot for your kind review. Please accept our respects.
The President
Copy of the Resolution
1- It was decided to promote the employees of the Spiritual Council and the Yeshivot (Scientific Councils) effective from the first of June 1947
as follows:-
Employee Name | Salary Before Promotion | Promotion Amount | Salary After Promotion
Rabbi Salman Hoki Houri | 15 000 | 2 000 | 17 000
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Samuel | 12 750 | 2 000 | 14 750
Rabbi Yosef Rabia | 12 750 | 1 000 | 13 750
Rabbi Sasson Isaac | 12 750 | 2 000 | 14 750
Rabbi Elia Yehoshua | 12 750 | 2 000 | 14 750
Rabbi Daoud Shaul | 12 750 | 2 000 | 14 750
Rabbi Daoud Maqsi | 10 775 | 1 225 | 12 000
Mr. Naim Rabia | 30 000 | 2 000 | 32 000
Mr. Heskel Kattan | 10 000 | 1 000 | 11 000
Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim | 4 000 | 1 000 | 5 000
The Usher Gurji Sasson | 3 220 | 780 | 4 000
The Usher Salman Mordechai | 2 200 | 800 | 3 000
The Usher Isaac Mushir | 3 350 | 650 | 4 000
The Usher Raphael Hankawi | 2 025 | 725 | 2 750
And what follows
Previous
Employee Name | Salary before promotion Fils Dinar | Increase or promotion Fils Dinar | Salary after promotion Fils Dinar
Al-Mubasher Bakhor Israel | 3 000 | 500 | 3 500
The servant Yusuf Khalaf | 1 750 | 500 | 2 250
Zakho ⟦...⟧ | 750 | ⟦line⟧ | 750 Nothing
The Houses | | |
Rabbi Sassoon Isaac | 2 000 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 000 Nothing
Rabbi Michael Rabbi | 5 475 | 525 | 6 000
Rabbi Yusuf Hay | 3 500 | 500 | 4 000
Rabbi Yaqub Shaul | 7 250 | 750 | 8 000
Rabbi Yusuf Eber | 3 975 | 775 | 4 750
Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim | 3 038 | 462 | 3 500
Rabbi Moshe Hakham Hezekiel | 6 500 | 500 | 7 000
Rabbi Sassoon Hakham Salman | 3 600 | 500 | 4 100
Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim | 4 875 | ⟦line⟧ | 4 875 Nothing
Rabbi Nissim Khedhouri | 3 750 | 1 250 | 5 000
Rabbi Yaqub Masfi | 3 500 | ⟦line⟧ | 3 500 Nothing
⟦line⟧
The Council has decided to disburse the cost-of-living allowances due to the aforementioned individuals according to the established scale.
Copy to
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community - for kind information
Accountant of the Lay Council - to act accordingly
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 802
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 7 / 8 / 1947
His Eminence Rabbi Moshe Ibrahim, Respectfully
After greetings
With the election of His Eminence Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi to the Presidency
of the Rabbis, his membership in the Spiritual Council has become vacant, and therefore
the esteemed General Council, in its meeting held on Monday evening
corresponding to August 4, 1947, has elected you by majority to fill the vacant membership.
I congratulate you on this occasion and for the precious trust placed by
the Council in <del>your person</del> your Eminence, and I wish you continued success. Sincerely.
Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Community
Copy to
Presidency of the Esteemed Spiritual Council
Presidency of the Esteemed Lay Council
Spiritual Council
To be filed
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
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7 / 8 / 1947