Verification Certificates, Employee Recommendations, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are documents, including correspondence, from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates as well as letters of recommendations for former employees of the Jewish community. Some certificates are written in English; when in Arabic, the certificates often list the names in Hebrew.
2328 / 50 26 / 7 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ We hereby confirm that Rabbi Yaqub Shaul Yaqub is an employee in the religious schools (Yeshivot) in Baghdad and receives a nominal salary of ten dinars per month, to which is added cost-of-living allowances of five dinars and a quarter dinar, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate. Exempt 25/7/50 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/25 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 9/25/7
2229 / 50 22 / 7 / 1950 Certificate To Whom It May Concern We hereby certify that Rabbi Joseph Hay is a slaughterer in the Israeli slaughterhouse in Baghdad and receives a nominal salary of eight Dinars monthly with high cost of living allowances of five Dinars and a quarter, and he also receives monthly allowances of four Dinars for his additional position in the religious councils (Yeshivoth). Upon his request, he was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ Exempt 7/22 A / 26 / 7
⟦Department Copy⟧ 3328 / 50 1950 / 7 / 26 Certificate To whom it may concern We hereby confirm that Rabbi Yosef Hayim Hothaj in the Israeli Slaughterhouse in Baghdad receives a nominal salary of eight Dinars per month with cost of living allowances of five and a quarter Dinars as he also receives monthly allowances of four Dinars for his additional position in the religious councils (Yeshivot) and based on his request he was provided with this certificate. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Hussein⟧ ⟦8 / 30 / 1⟧
⟦...⟧ Charitable Sewing for Girls ⟦...⟧dad Presidency of the Jewish Community ⟦line⟧ The two students, Reina Yaakov Ezra and her sister Nouria Yaakov Ezra, currently in our school, are twins and were born in 1933. Their civil status documents were lost at the school. Based on their request, we have provided them with this letter. Honorary Director Department Copy Number: 50/2279 Date: 26 / 7 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the signature of Mr. Ibrahim Twina, Honorary Director of the Charitable Sewing Association for Girls. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
224 / 50 2 / 7 / 1950 184 Ibrahim Yamin, known as Ibrahim Hayyim bin Binyamin Kermanshani Miss Adwiya Rubin, known as Adawiya daughter of Rubin Haskil They were married in ⟦Samra⟧ The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- three AD. ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 25 Registration of the ⟦...⟧ 5 / 7 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 9 / 25 / 7 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Spiritual Committee of the Holy Congregation Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad No.: Date: 5/7/26 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Simha daughter of Yehuda (Shabbu Aqrawi) a certificate including her divorce from her husband Aboud Samah (Abdul Aziz) son of Aziz (Iranian) on the date of 14 Tevet 5704 corresponding to 10 January 944 Salman Moshe Aboudi ⟦signature⟧ 5/7/26
2242 / 50 22 / 7 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Simha daughter of Yehuda (Shabu Aqrawi) was divorced from her husband Abboudi (Abdul Aziz) son of Aziz (Iranian) on the tenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 9 / 26 / 7
50 / 2244 1950 / 7 / 22 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 375 Yehuda Aghayi Israel Hamadani Miss Naima Shamoun Saleh Maato The thirty-first of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- one AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Registry Entry⟧ 7/22 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 29 / 7
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 22/7/59 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Gharza bin Haqir (bin Ibrahim) with a certificate including his divorce from his wife Jamila daughter of Nassim (Elihu Haddad), on the date of 12 Tevet 5707 corresponding to 27/12/46 Salman Khadhuri Aboudi ⟦illegible⟧ Haqir (Adel) 22/7/59
2245/50 7/2/1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the individual Ezra son of Hesqel (son of Ibrahim) has been divorced from his wife Jamila daughter of Nassim (Eliyahu Haddad) on the twenty-fifth of December of the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 1/26/7 ⟦illegible⟧/cr Current ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 22 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak son of Shalom Benjamin⟧ has entered into his engagement with ⟦Haviva daughter of Yitzhak Shalom⟧ in Baghdad on the day 22 / 7 / 1950 (⟦17 Tammuz 5710⟧) ( ⟦line⟧ and has not yet married Witnesses | Conditions ⟦Shimon Sasson⟧ ⟦Yitzhak Shalom⟧ | ⟦250 Dinars deferred⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Sasson⟧ 22 / 7 / 50
50/2292 1950/7/26 ⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ Benjamin Shlomo Benjamin Sedaka Miss Habiba Moshi Mazala The twenty-fifth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ 7/26 7/26/A
50 / 2247 1950 / 7 / 22 Copy for the Department 544 Meir Michael known as Meir Michael Yehoshua Miss Rachel Saadia known as Rachel Saadia Al-Haloulawi The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD. (Copy of Certificate) ⟦illegible signature⟧ 22 / 7 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Archive File of the ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 26 / ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named ⟦Yitzhak bin Yosef Ezra⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦June⟧ in the year ⟦95⟧ ⟦21⟧ (22 / 6 / 1925) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Ezra⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ 5 / 7 / 25 Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Be Nabi⟧ ⟦Qandalal⟧ 25 / 7 / 50
⟦Register⟧ of the Department Death Certificate 50 / 2248 7 / 22 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Sabiha Yousef Moallem passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Body Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 7/25 Executed the status ✓ 7/25/2
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The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named יצחק נסים passed away in Baghdad on the fourth day of the month of Nisan, year 5710 (21 / 4 / 1950) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ יצחק נסים Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 5/12/50
Department Copy 50/2250 1950/7/22 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Yaqub Ezra died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Status recorded 7/25 7/26/9
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Isaac Saleh Shina was born in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of December in the year 1925 AD and for this purpose we have signed for him ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on 29 / 7 / 1950 Witness Kamal Saleh Shina ⟦signature⟧ Witness Fuad Eliyahu Jwila ⟦signature⟧ I endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦circular stamp with illegible text⟧ The Kingdom of Iraq Syndicate 40 fils Number ⟦illegible⟧ On ⟦illegible⟧ 30 / 7 / 50 Isaac Saleh Shina
District 3351 /50 26th July 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. ISAAC SALEH SHINA was born at Baghdad on ⟦the⟧ 23rd of December 1925 ( nineteen hundred & twenty five A.D. ). ⟦Khataza⟧ 25/7/50 ⟦illegible⟧ No. ⟦...⟧ Three copies Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, PRESIDENT JEWISH LAY COUNCIL ⟦illegible⟧ ✓ ⟦illegible⟧
3352 / 50 27 / 7 / 1950 ⟦Division⟧ of Administration Copy for the department 617 Abed Ibrahim Abdullah Koh⟦line⟧en Miss Sabiha Yousef Habib Baruch The thirtieth of ⟦July⟧ in the year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty AD⟦line⟧. A true copy 50 Fils Acting Head of the Community President of the Corporal Council Health certificate 7/28 1 / 28 / 7