Description
This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that contains correspondence between various Jewish community groups and government offices. Topics include: increases in monthly salaries, the allocation of money to various Jewish community offices, religious ceremonies, plans for vacant lots, travel for medical treatment and rest, kosher meat, ledgers with the amount of meat purchased in 1949 (for meat tax), correspondence from the Mayor of Baghdad regarding trash removal, financial summaries, budgets, salary reports, newspaper clipping, employee raises, purchased goods, women’s ritual purity laws, correspondence with individual rabbis, girls’ school, applications for permits, and an index of registered judges' names. There are also correspondence and flyers in Judeo-Arabic; the Judeo-Arabic flyers are from the Tomkhe Torah Society.
AI English Translation, Pages 76-100
Signatures of those present from:
Members of the Israeli General Council
At the meeting held on ⟦line⟧
Names of Members | Signatures | Names of Members | Signatures
The President | | S |
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri | | Saleh Shlomo Abdullah |
Members | | Saleh Faraj Hayyim |
A | | Sabon Shuaa Gigi |
Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nissim | | Sabon Ezra Nissan |
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir | | A |
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazam | | Abdullah Sabon Sheina |
Ibrahim Daoud Nahum | | Lawyer Abboudi Seifi |
Israel Nissim Hay | | Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani |
Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani | | Ezra Heskel Bahar |
Eliyahu Meir Daoud | | Dr. Ezra Qaraeen |
Lawyer Anwar Shaul | | Ezra Menachem Daniel |
B | | Ezra Nissim Al-Wiyah |
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe | | K |
H | | Karji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq |
Heskel Daoud Shemtob | | Dr. Karji Meir Rabie |
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad | | Karji Shalom Lawi |
Kh | | M |
Khedouri Meir Lawi | | Meir Shaul Menashi Shamshua |
Khedouri Murad Shukur | | Meir Menachem Mahlab |
D | | Meir Hakham Moshe Dankour |
Daoud Samra | | Menashi Ibrahim Karji |
Daoud Shaul Tweig | | Menashi Saleh Shlomo Dawood |
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi | | Moshe Ita |
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nissim | | Moshe Shaul Sofer |
Daoud Yusuf Moallem Saleh | | Dr. Nurullah Musa |
R | | Nunu Mukammal |
Rabbi Raphael Ishaq Hayyim | | H |
Rubin Ezra Daoud | | Haron Heskel Smouha |
S | | Y |
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq | | Yamin Murad |
Sassoon Murad Jajak | | Yehuda Saleh Zalouf |
Sassoon Hakham Nissim Cohen | | Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel |
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir | | |
Lawyer Salman Sabon Sheina | | |
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi | | |
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 1248
Date: July 18, 954
Managers of the Charity and Grace Committee of the Community
Honorable Greetings,
In accordance with the decision of the Committee in its meeting from ⟦Tuesday⟧ Tammuz ⟦5714⟧ corresponding to 4/7/954
It was decided to add to the community's poor allowance a sum of fifty Dinars per month starting from 1/7/954
And the Committee must arrange the distribution of the aforementioned sum among the most needy poor as they see fit
for Kislev, Sivan and Elul of the year ⟦5714⟧ (year ⟦5714⟧) only.
Since the amount of the community's allowance for the poor was ⟦975⟧ Dinars per month, and with the aforementioned addition
of fifty Dinars per month, the amount of the community's allowance for the poor will be ⟦1025⟧ Dinars per month.
And below we will detail the sums of the Community and the Committee.
Community amount for one month
Committee amount for one month
Permanent poor allowance | 975 | 2
Widows allowance | 875 | 2
For meat distribution to the poor | 775 | 2
For bread distribution to the poor | 025 | 1
⟦line⟧
11 475
Poor allowance | 500 | 2
Widows allowance | 500 | 2
For meat distribution to the poor | ⟦...⟧
For bread distribution to the poor | ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧
13 000
The aforementioned sums are from the allowance of the Community and the Committee, and the Committee must distribute them as they see fit.
With great respect
⟦signature⟧
The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2427
Date: January 9, 1944
His Eminence, the Head of the Israelite Slaughterhouse, Respected
Baghdad
The Lay Council decided in its session held on January 6, 944 to make the following
amendments:-
1) It was decided to appoint Mr. Ishaq Faraj as an employee in the slaughterhouse instead of Mr. Moshe Ishaq with a salary
monthly of three and a half dinars effective from the first of December 943.
2) Amending the salary of the employee Saleh Mukammal amounting to two dinars and eight hundred and seventy-five (2/875) and making it
three and a half dinars (3/500) effective from December 943.
3) Allocating a monthly salary of three dinars to Rabbi Daoud Masfi in exchange for his presidency over the affairs of
the slaughterhouse effective from the first of January 944.
4) Adding one dinar to the monthly allowances received by Rabbi Yaqub Masfi for his staying late
in the slaughterhouse after hours to perform the late slaughter, making those allowances two dinars, and it becomes
effective from the first of January 944, thus making the total ⟦what he receives⟧ of his salary five dinars and six hundred and twenty-five
fils (5/625).
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The President
A copy of it to:-
His Eminence, the Head of the Spiritual Council
To the Accountant of the Lay Council to act accordingly.
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2499
Date 17 July 945
Administration of the Israeli Slaughterhouse
Baghdad
Our council decided in its meeting held on 3 July 945 to cut the salary of His Eminence
Rabbi Yusuf Rabi' which he receives from the slaughterhouse and to appoint His Eminence Rabbi Yusuf
Hay in his place with the same salary, effective from 1 July 945.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to the Council Accountant to act accordingly
Note: The subscription shall not be less than 50 fils per month
Full Address ⟦line⟧
Private ⟦line⟧
Please consider me a subscriber to the ⟦...⟧ Charity for a monthly fee of ⟦line⟧ fils
I will pay it every year ⟦line⟧ once, and this is provided by the Charitable Projects Service
After greetings and respect
His Excellency the Chairman of the Israeli Charitable Hospitals Committee
In Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Baghdad ⟦line⟧
705
6 Tammuz 8/56
27 Tammuz
From the position of Keha to Ezra to Naftali to Ezra
For the 143rd
I plead regarding the order of Ezra, Mr. Ezra 925/415
And it shall rise regarding the order of Ezra on your position and the houses of
Workshops for Shimshon Keha in the Eden of David Sassoon for Ezra
Certainly Menachem your position on the order of A' your position ten
And in the position of Phinehas son of L' the previous one on your position and houses
On top of the root for Ezra grandson of Keha.
Before the street from your position A' and a master in the house of Ezra
In your position between Ezra R' five.
And it shall rise and between A' the order of Ezra Menachem Isaac Caleb to
Between sixteen cut off your position and houses for Moshe for Shimshon
In the house and in your position the city of Menachem
Saul Isaac
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Preserved
141 ⟦illegible⟧
Menachem Yitzhak Levi and Shalom Levi and Yitzhak Levi and Salmon
Shlomo Yitzhak
Levi (Yaakov) and Salmon David and Yosef Levi and Yitzhak Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi
Levi and Salmon
Levi and Salmon
Shalom Levi and Salmon
Shalom Levi and Salmon
⟦illegible⟧ Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon Levi and Salmon
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705
27 / ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency, the Honorable Mr. Governor
After greetings
I submit that the Spiritual Council went to the site of the respected slaughterhouse
on the 5th of Adar I and verified that the slaughterhouse is intact and ready for use, and
all necessary sanitary facilities have been repaired as intended
and nothing remains except cleaning the slaughterhouse and making it ready for slaughtering in it, and
we have ordered the commencement of cleaning, and that was completed on the 5th of Adar I, corresponding to the 8th of
February, and the slaughterhouse has become ready for spiritual slaughtering in it, so it was necessary
to submit it
Raphael Sassoon
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Filing
2/11
H
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 8688
Date: 18/6/946 ⟦line⟧ 7/6/946
To the honorable ⟦illegible⟧ committee ⟦illegible⟧ respected ⟦illegible⟧
in the city of ⟦illegible⟧
We, the undersigned below, from the residents of Baghdad at the present time
who have a case in Baghdad, and some matters have occurred and we changed
until now ⟦illegible⟧ our service, and we have been in a very tight situation
and our condition does not help us with anything in the state of ⟦illegible⟧
and we cannot continue in this situation that we are in, and
we were in Baghdad in the past time in a very good condition
and ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad on our own private account and other than that
the ongoing in Baghdad
And we have today in Baghdad some properties of a house and other than that
belonging to us, and we hope from you that you help us in this situation
and we are in a very tight situation from the ongoing in Baghdad and
the ongoing in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
Ezra Rahamim
Yitzhak Hayyim
Administration of the Israelite Council - Baghdad
Number 72
Date 19/6/946
File Number
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 531
⟦line⟧
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 531
⟦line⟧
Number ::
Date :: 9 July 946
Subject Summary ::
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council, Respected
After greetings
The Council discussed your letter numbered 1688 and dated 6/18/946 in its session held on
6/27/946 and decided after deliberation to accept the resignation of Mr. Shalom Shohet, the employee in the slaughterhouse
and to appoint Mr. Ibrahim Khadouri Tahhan in his place with a monthly salary of four dinars and high cost of
living allowances of four and a half dinars and additional high cost allowances of one and a quarter dinars, starting from
the first of July 946. With respect.
The President
Copy to
The Slaughterhouse Presidency
Mr. Ibrahim Khadouri Tahhan
The Accountant to act accordingly
⟦illegible⟧
9/7
The Slaughterhouse
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 531
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 531
Number ::
Date :: July 9, 1946
Subject Summary ::
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council, respected
After greetings
The Council discussed your letter No. 1688 dated 6/18/46 in its session held on
6/27/946 and it was decided after <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦deliberation⟧ to approve the salary increase of His Eminence Rabbi Daoud Ezra
Masfi, Head of the Hazakim, from (8.475 Dinars) to 11.225 Dinars, eleven Dinars and two hundred and twenty-
five Fils, effective from the first of July 1946. With respect.
The President
Copy to -
Head of the Slaughterhouse
His Eminence Rabbi Daoud Masfi
The Accountant to act accordingly
The Slaughterhouse
⟦2579⟧
9 July 946
His Eminence, the President of the Respected Israeli Spiritual Council
After greetings,
The Council discussed your letter numbered 688 and dated 18 / 6 / 946 in its session held on
27 / 6 / 946 and decided after deliberation to accept the resignation of Mr. ⟦Shalom Shoheil⟧, the employee at the slaughterhouse,
and to appoint Mr. Ibrahim Khadouri Tahhan in his place with a monthly salary of four dinars and high cost of
living allowances of four and a half dinars and additional high cost allowances of one and a quarter dinars, effective from
the first of July 946. May you remain respected.
The President
Account
7/9
Copy to
The Slaughterhouse Presidency
Mr. Ibrahim Khadouri Tahhan
The Accountant to act accordingly
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The Slaughterhouse
July 9, 946
His Excellency the President of the Honorable Israeli Spiritual Council
After greetings,
The Council discussed your letter numbered 1688 and dated 6/18/46 in its session held on
6/27/946 and it was decided after <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> deliberation to approve the salary increase of His Eminence Rabbi David Ezra
Musfi, the head of the slaughterhouse, from (8.475 Dinars) to 11.225 Dinars, eleven Dinars and two hundred and twenty-
five Fils, effective from the first of July 946. With respect.
⟦signature⟧
⟦handwriting⟧
The President
Copy to -
The Slaughterhouse Presidency
His Eminence Rabbi David Musfi
The Accountant to act accordingly
The Slaughterhouse
20 / September ⟦1946⟧ / 946
To the Honorable President of the Community Affairs Management Committee
After greetings
Your servant, an employee in the Haham Bashi office, has previously
and on the date of 14 / 9 / 946 submitted a request to increase my salary
And I am awaiting your kindness in increasing my salary, and the matter is yours
Sincerely
⟦Ezra Yaqub⟧
Salary | Cost of Living | Additional Allowance | Total
5/250 | 2/275 | 2/450 | 10/975
⟦Community Affairs Management Committee⟧
⟦...⟧
Date: September 18, 946
His Eminence, the Respected Head of the Israeli Slaughterhouse
The Council has considered your letter dated 9/16/946, in which you informed the Council of the death of
Ezra Elia, an employee at the slaughterhouse, and nominated the son of the deceased, Nouri Ezra Elia, to fill the vacancy
that occurred. After deliberation, the Council decided to approve the employment of Mr. Nouri Ezra Elia
at the same salary previously allocated for this position, amounting to (7/800) Dinars per month, effective
from 9/12/946.
⟦signature⟧
President
Copy to - His Eminence, the Head of the Spiritual Council
Mr. Nouri Ezra Elia, for information
Accountant of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number:
Date: September 18, 1946
His Eminence, the Head of the Israelite Slaughterhouse, Respected
The Council has considered your letter dated 9/16/1946, in which you informed the Council of the death of
Ezra Eliya, an employee at the slaughterhouse, and you nominated the son of the deceased, Nouri Ezra Eliya, to fill the vacancy
that occurred. After deliberation, the Council decided to approve the employment of Mr. Nouri Ezra Eliya
at the same salary previously allocated for this position, amounting to (7/800) Dinars per month, effective
from 9/12/1946.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Copy to - His Eminence, the Head of the Spiritual Council
Mr. Nouri Ezra Eliya, for information
Accountant of the Lay Council
⟦The Slaughterhouse⟧
1/6/1947
..
Salary increases for slaughterhouse employees
Presidency of the Israeli Slaughterhouse
Baghdad
Greetings,
The Lay Council decided in its meeting held on May 29, 1947, to increase the salaries of the
slaughterhouse employees starting from the first of April 1947 as follows:-
Name | Nominal salary before increase | Increase | Nominal salary after increase
1- Rabbi Daoud Ezra Masfi | 225 11 | ... 2 | 225 13
2- Rabbi Eliyahu Abraham | ... 8 | ... 1 | ... 9
3- Rabbi Yaqub Masfi | 500 6 | 250 1 | 750 7
4- Rabbi Yusuf Hay | ... 5 | ... 1 | ... 6
5- Rabbi Yusuf Dori | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
6- Rabbi Haron Dori | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
7- Rabbi Saleh Naqqar | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
8- Ibrahim Khadhuri Tahhan | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
9- Moshe Elias | 250 5 | ... 1 | 250 6
10- Rabbi Sasson Hakham Salman | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
11- Yusuf Hakham Nassim | ... 4 | 500 0 | 500 4
12- Ishaq Moshe | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
13- Yusuf Habib Masfi | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
14- Salim Cohen | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
15- Ishaq Shammah | 250 4 | ... 1 | 250 5
16- Ezra Mukammal | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
17- Salim Hakham Eliyahu | ... 3 | 500 0 | 500 3
18- Saleh Mukammal | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
19- Ishaq Faraj | ... 4 | ... 1 | ... 5
20- Nouri Ezra Tabbagh | 275 2 | 250 0 | 525 2
21- Yusuf Tabbagh | 937 1 | 250 0 | 187 2
22- Salman Shaul | 250 1 | 250 0 | 500 1
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Name | Salary | Insurance | Net Salary after Insurance
1 | Elias Khadouri Daoud Shuker Al-Dahab | ⟦2250⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 19 225
2 | Ibrahim Ibrahim | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 9
3 | Yaqub Mukhlis | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 7 750
4 | Yusuf Hay | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 6
5 | Yusuf Duri | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5
6 | Harun Duri | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5
7 | Saleh Naqqar | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 000
8 | Ibrahim Khadouri Tahhan | 4 000 | 1 000 | 5 000
9 | Yoshi Al-Bass | 5 250 | ⟦...⟧ | 6 250
10 | <del>Hesqel Al-Bass</del> | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
11 | Hakham Khadouri Houri | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5
12 | <del>Yoshi Souri</del> | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
13 | Yusuf Hakham Nassim | 4 000 | 500 | 4 500
14 | Anwar Munshi | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 000
15 | Yusuf Habib Hanini | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 000
16 | Salim Cohen | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 000
17 | Anwar Shasha | 4 250 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 250
18 | Ezra Kabil | 4 000 | ⟦...⟧ | 4 000
19 | Nassim Hakham Ibrahim | 500 | ⟦...⟧ | 5 500
20 | Saleh Mukammal | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 5 000
21 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
22 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
23 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
24 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
13 / 7 / 32
List of salaries and wages
Due until 31 January 1932
Regarding the hospital
Clarification of the following :-
Salaries for April 1931 until 31 January 1932 Hospital and Administration salaries
Salaries for 1931 and due until 31 January 1932
January Salaries | Dues | January Salaries | Names
566 | 11 | 000 | 7 | 566 | 61 | Ibrahim Effendi Daoud and Administration
000 | 8 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 3 | Abdul Razzaq Effendi and Administration
000 | 2 | 057 | 1 | 057 | 7 | Yusuf Effendi Mir and Administration
000 | 5 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 3 | Raouf Effendi and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 3 | Daoud Effendi and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Naim Effendi and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Anwar Saleh and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Najia Zaki and Administration
057 | 5 | 000 | 1 | 057 | 3 | Doctor Daoud
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Abdullah and his brothers and Rasoul and Administration
000 | 3 | 045 | 0 | 045 | 3 | Yusuf and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Daoud and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Yusuf and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Naim and Administration
057 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 057 | 5 | Atiya and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Salman and Administration
000 | 2 | 005 | 1 | 000 | 3 | Alia and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Salman and Administration
000 | 3 | 000 | 1 | 000 | 5 | Daoud and Administration
572 | 2 | 057 | 0 | 525 | 2 | Daoud and Administration
762 | 1 | 057 | 0 | 781 | 6 | Daoud and Administration
057 | 1 | 057 | 0 | 005 | 1 | Najia and Administration
The total is twenty dinars only
We request that the relevant employees be notified of this decision and ⟦line⟧
Copy to
His Excellency the Head of the Jewish Community ;
Presidency of the Jewish Spiritual Council ; for information
Accountant of the Lay Council - to act accordingly
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The President
Accounts
Secretariat of the Council
Presidency of the Israeli Slaughterhouse ⟦Purified⟧
Subject: Salary increase for employees of
the Slaughterhouse
The Physical Council decided in its meeting held
on May 29, 1949, to increase the salaries of
the slaughterhouse employees starting from the first of <del>April</del>
June of the year 1949 as follows: -
⟦...⟧ 4 fourteen and a half Dinars
Please notify the concerned employees of this
decision and ⟦...⟧.
His Eminence the Head of the Community - Respectfully } For information
Presidency of the Israeli Spiritual Council } For information
Accountant of the Physical Council - For implementation accordingly
The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 4000
Date 17 July 945
Presidency of the Israelite Slaughterhouse
Baghdad
The Council decided in its meeting held on 3 July 945 to increase the salaries of the slaughterhouse employees starting from the first of
July 945 as follows :-
Name | Salary before increase | Salary after increase | Amount of increase
Rabbi Daoud Masfi | — | 6/500 | 1/500
Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim | 7/500 | 8/— | —/500
Rabbi Yaqub Masfi | 5/625 | 6/500 | —/875
Rabbi Yusuf Hay | 4/— | 5/— | 1/—
Rabbi Yusuf Dori | 3/250 | 4/— | —/750
Rabbi Harun Dori | 3/250 | 4/— | —/750
Rabbi Saleh Naqqar | 3/250 | 4/— | —/750
Salim Hakham Eliyahu | 2/500 | 3/500 | 1/—
Ezra Mukammal | 3/500 | 4/— | —/500
Yusuf Hayyim Masfi | 3/500 | 4/— | —/500
Salim Cohen | 3/500 | 4/— | —/500
Isaac Faraj | 3/500 | 4/— | —/500
Hakham Sassoon Hakham Salman | 3/500 | 4/500 | 1/—
Saleh Mukammal | 3/500 | 4/— | —/500
Yusuf Hakham Nassim | 3/375 | 4/— | —/625
Isaac Moshe | 3/375 | 4/— | —/625
Isaac Shamash | 3/— | 4/— | 1/—
Nassim Elisha | 4/— | 4/500 | /500
Shaul Shochet | 5/475 | 6/— | —/525
Ezra Mordechai | 3/675 | 4/250 | —/575
Moshe Elias | 4/575 | 5/250 | —/675
| 82/850 | 97/500 | 14/650
11/225
4/—
Rabbi Ta'am 4/—
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to the Council Accountant to act accordingly
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 1791
Date: 4/2/937 14 Tishrei 5698
In the presence of the honored Mr. Ezra Avraham A. Samra
According to your excellency's request from the 4th of this month regarding Mr. Eliyahu P. A. Samra
and his inability to sit on the college chair according to the letter of the college foundation
from March 4, 1936, and according to the words of your excellency in the mentioned letter
before us. It is correct in its obligation according to the law and religion with us regarding your excellency
mentioned, for his being among the ten men of the excellency Mr. Nachman A. Samra
for the soul of his father, peace be upon him, and because the situation here will not allow appointing Mr. Samra!
mentioned, and it is not possible for him to be a member of the committee of Mr. Samra! mentioned.
And your excellency's request for Mr. Yitzhak A. Samra to be in his place. Behold!
We have agreed to your request for Mr. Yitzhak A. Samra to be in the mentioned place and he shall be
in his place, and to your excellency the peace of God, may you be blessed.
The youth Sasson
Yitzhak Hayyim
May his light shine
Copy to the excellency Mr. Nachman A. Samra
in Baghdad
Presidency of the Israelite Community
We hereby inform you that tomorrow will take place
the mentioned assembly in our house
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Total | Weight of 21k Gold | Weight of 18k Gold | Weight of Silver and Gold
| Dirham | Gram | Dirham | Gram | Dirham | Gram | Dirham | Gram
H' David Eliyahu | 7 | 475 | 1 | 225 | 2 | 750 | 4 | 500
| | | | | 1/7/46 | | |
H' Eliyahu Saleh | 12 | 000 | 3 | 000 | 0 | 000 | 7 | 000
H' Yosef Habib | 11 | 250 | 4 | 750 | 0 | 875 | 5 | 625
H' Yosef H' | 10 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 750 | 4 | 250
H' Yosef Ezra | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 750 | 3 | 250
H' Menachem Ezra | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 750 | 3 | 250
H' Avraham Yosef Hayim | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 750 | 3 | 250
H' Yosef Hayim Eliyahu | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Eliyahu Avraham | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Ezra Nissim | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Yosef Nissim | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Avraham Hayim Yosef | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Ezra Avraham | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 500 | 3 | 500
H' Eliyahu Yosef | 8 | 250 | 4 | 750 | 0 | 000 | 3 | 500
H' Yosef H' Nissim | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 625 | 3 | 375
H' Yosef Ezra | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 625 | 3 | 375
H' Yosef Nissim | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 000 | 4 | 000
H' Nissim Yosef | 9 | 750 | 5 | 750 | 0 | 000 | 4 | 000
H' Avraham Yosef | 9 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 000 | 4 | 000
H' Ezra Yosef | 9 | 450 | 5 | 750 | 0 | 375 | 3 | 375
H' Yosef Avraham | 9 | 750 | 5 | 750 | 0 | 625 | 4 | 575