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IJA 3713

Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court

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This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.

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IJA 3713
Item Number
6609
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
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AI en Translation, Pages 826-850

Page 826

Iraqi Government
Directorate of Erbil Liwa Mutasarrifate:
Editing Department:
Number: 8709 / 1/22
Date: 1 / 12 / 1946
Subject: Notification of judicial papers
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 4540
Date 5 / 12 / 1946
District Governorate of Ranya
We send to you herewith the invitation paper issued by the Jewish Civil Court in Baghdad
We request it be notified to its addressee named Yusuf Daniel (Naqli) residing in the village of Betwata belonging
to your district and to return the lower part of it signed by him and certified according to the rules..
Acting Mutasarrif of Erbil Liwa
Copy to :-
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - with reference to his letter numbered 9130 on 28 / 11 / 1946
⟦To⟧ file folder
A. Q.

Page 827

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1024
Date :: 24 / 9 / 46
File Number: 471 ⟦/⟧ 947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respected
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Based on the lawsuit filed in our court between
her representative Rosa Salman Tweig and her husband Sion
Salman Darwish
Please inquire with the Customs Department
in Baghdad regarding the monthly salary received by the aforementioned
Sion, in preparation for a ruling on maintenance for his wife
President
⟦illegible signature⟧
Menachem ⟦illegible⟧

Page 828

9057
25 September 946
Director of Customs and Excise Baghdad
Based on the request of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, please inform us of
the monthly salary received by the person named Ezra Zion Salman Darwish, the employee
in your directorate, including all allowances, for the purpose of the legal lawsuit filed
before the mentioned court. Thank you.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 829

Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number 150 / 46 Sh
Date 3 / 10 / 1946
⟦Review⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Based on the alimony lawsuit formed between Hayim Ibrahim and Salha Shu'a, please inform us
whether Salha daughter of Shu'a receives a salary from the community or not, and what is its amount, provided that the
answer reaches us before the day 29 / 10 / 1946.
Personal Status Judge
<del>⟦Urgent⟧</del>
Please inform me about that
⟦8/10⟧

Page 830

Memorandum ⟦...⟧
Directorate of Customs and Excise Baghdad
Accounting
Number 18692 / M H
Date 16 / 10 / 946
Subject / Inquiry
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 9557 and dated 25 / 9 / 946
We do not have an employee named (Ezra Zion Salman Darwish) but
we have one named (Zion Darwish). If he is the one intended, please
inform us to provide you with the required information.
⟦signature⟧
For the Director of Customs and Excise
Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad
Incoming number: 418
Date: 21 / 10 / 946

Page 831

9190
10/22/946
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court, the Respected
With reference to your letter numbered 1024 and dated 9/23/946
We list below a copy of the reply from the Baghdad Customs and Excise Directorate numbered 6938
and dated 10/16/946 regarding the subject.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
Copy of the letter
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 9057 and dated 9/25/946.
We do not have an employee named (Ezra Zion Salman Darwish), but we have one named (Zion Darwish)
If he is the one intended, please inform us so we may provide you with the required information.
On behalf of the Director of Customs and Excise
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧

Page 832

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1004
Date :: 21 / 10 / 1946
File Number :: 706 / 271
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, Respectfully
President of the Jewish Community . Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 8090 and dated
20 / 10 / 946
Mr. Sabri Darwish is the person intended in our letter
numbered 1004 and dated 22 / 9 / 946 for the purpose of disbursing
the entitlement from the Customs Department for a salary in his possession who is sentenced
to alimony.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 441
Date 21 / 10 / 946
On behalf of the President
⟦illegible⟧
Salina

Page 833

Department Copy
Inquiry about an employee's salary
⟦9134⟧
11/11/946
Directorate of Customs and Excise in Baghdad
Accounting
Reference to your letter numbered 18693 dated 16/10/946
Mr. Sayon Darwish, the employee with you, is the one intended in our letter numbered 2057
dated 25 September 946. We kindly ask you to inform us of the monthly salary received by
the aforementioned person along with all allowances, for the purpose of the ⟦legal⟧ lawsuit filed with the
Israeli Religious Court.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 834

Iraqi Government
Baghdad Customs and Excise Department
Accounting Office
Number: 20906
Date: 21 / 11 / ⟦1946⟧
Subject: Inquiry regarding an employee's salary
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 9104 dated 11 / 11 / 1946.
The net monthly salary and high cost of living allowances that
Mr. Sayon Darwish receives are as follows -
Fils | Dinar
063 | 14 | Net Salary
500 | 11 | High Cost of Living Allowance
563 | 25 | Total
On behalf of the Director of Baghdad Customs and Excise
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 431
Date 25 / 11 / 946
To be registered
⟦illegible⟧
11/25
Salary

Page 835

Department Copy
9126
Salary Inquiry
27 / 11 / 946
Suleiman
His Eminence, the President of the Honorable Jewish Religious Court
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 1052 dated 31 / 10 / 1946,
We list below for your information a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Baghdad Customs and Excise No.
20906 dated 21 / 11 / 946.
⟦signature⟧
22 / 11
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Copy of the Letter
To
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 9104 dated 11 / 11 / 946.
The net monthly salary and cost-of-living allowances
received by Mr. Sion Darwish are as follows:
Dinar | Fils
Net Salary | 14 | 063
Cost-of-Living Allowance | 11 | 500
Total | 25 | 563
For miscellaneous filing
On behalf of the Director of Baghdad Customs and Excise

Page 836

General Police Directorate
Travel and Nationality Division
Baghdad
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Date 23 / 11 / 1946
To " - Travel and Nationality Officer in Baghdad
" " Travel and Residence Officer in Basra
" " " " Mosul
" " " " Karbala
" " Police Directorate of Dulaim Province
" " " " Arbil
" " Northern Desert Police Directorate
" " Assistant Police Officer of Tuz
" " " " Khanaqin
" " Civil Airport Official in Baghdad
Subject - Travel Ban
Based on the request of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad in its letter No. 1117 dated
21 / 11 / 1946 and based on the first paragraph of Article Eight of the Passport Law
No. 5 of 1932, we have hereby decided to prevent Eliyahu Salman (an employee at the Yusuf Mardi Company in front of Khan
Al-Shabandar, Al-Mustansir Street) from leaving Iraq until further notice.
Director of Travel and Nationality Police
A copy to " -
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - with reference to its letter mentioned above
Criminal Investigation Directorate - for information.
Eliyahu Salman
1117
21 / 11 / 46
⟦Sil and Yusuf⟧

Page 837

⟦...⟧/10/946
Court of ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Provincial Police Directorate
Reference to your letter No. 19573 dated 9/14/946.
We convey to you below a copy of the Israeli Religious Court's letter No. 104 dated ⟦10/27/946⟧
regarding the subject matter.
A copy to the Sarai Police Assistant
Sassoon
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Copy of the Letter
To the Honorable Chief Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 9042 dated September 16, 946, and following our letter No. 1023
dated 9/23/946.
We inform you that the betrothal took place between Juliet Yusuf Hayyim Soffer and Ibrahim Ezra Soffer without the presence of
the contract registrar; the contract was then registered on February 26, 702, corresponding to 2/13/942. After a period had passed
following that, the aforementioned fiancé entered into another betrothal with the girl named Beherta Ezra Yaqoub Hay on March 17, 706
corresponding to 2/18/946, without the Rabbi who performed it being aware of the first betrothal.
The current custom and tradition prevent a fiancé from conducting a second betrothal without the consent of the first
fiancée or by authorization from the Religious Court.
Accordingly, this court has previously issued a ruling requiring the aforementioned fiancé
to pay (700) seven hundred Dinars as compensation to the first fiancée should he wish to divorce her and marry the second
fiancée.
The President

Page 838

Directorate of Residence Police
Baghdad
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Date 31 / 10 / 1946
11/9
Urgent
Presidency of the Jewish Community
- Baghdad -
We send you herewith a copy of the certificate issued by your presidency numbered 2184 and dated 20 / 3 / 946
concerning the divorce of the person named Salim son of Eliyahu from his fiancée Rachel daughter of Haroun Nissan, requesting a statement
as to whether the engagement is considered equivalent to marriage and the <del>fiancée</del> acquires all marital rights as quickly as possible.
Director of Residence Police
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number 444
Date 10 / 11 / 946
P/ Al-Qaisi
Archives

Page 839

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 521
Number: 2189
Date: 20 March 941
Subject :: Certificate
Based on the request for a certificate from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Salim son of Eliyahu Zion has divorced his fiancée
Rachel daughter of Haron Nissan on the date of 12 February of the year One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine.
⟦illegible⟧
Signature
President of the Community
Taha

Page 840

11/8/1946
Department Copy
His Eminence, Head of the Spiritual Council, Respected
We list below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Travel and Residency Police No. 17241, dated
11/9/946, for your kind and urgent reply to its contents.
Head of the Community
Copy of the Letter
Headquarters of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We send you herewith a copy of the certificate issued by your headquarters No. 2184, dated
concerning the divorce of the person named Salim Eliyahu Zion from his fiancée Rachel Haroun Nissan, requesting a statement as to whether
the engagement is considered equivalent to marriage and the fiancée acquires all marital rights, as soon as possible.
Director of Residency Police
Copy of the Certificate
Headquarters of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
No. 2184
Date: March 20, 941
Based on the request for a certificate from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr.
Eliyahu Zion has divorced his fiancée Rachel Haroun Nissan on ⟦March 20, 941⟧
and the ⟦...⟧

Page 841

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: 2067
Date: 17 / 11 / 42
File Number
His Honor the respected Hakham Bashi
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 11 / 11 / 42 and number 9102
The engagement is a legal contract and the betrothed is not allowed
To conduct an engagement or marriage contract with another person before her divorce
Before a religious court from her fiancé; but nevertheless it does not
Grant the engagement any rights of a wife.
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 4250
Date 18 / 11 / 1942

Page 842

Copy for the department
9114
11/19/1946
Residency Police Directorate
Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 17241 and dated 11/9/1946.
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has replied to us in response to your letter referenced
above as follows:-
(( Engagement is a legal contract and the betrothed is not permitted to conduct an engagement or marriage contract with
another person before her divorce before the religious court from her fiancé, but nevertheless
it does not entitle the betrothed to any marital rights.))
⟦signature⟧
11/18
on behalf of
Head of the Community
⟦Issued⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 843

Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1078
Date :: 27 / 11 / 947
File Number :: 168 / 947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respectfully
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Attached is a summons for Yosef Daniel (Nakkash) residing
in the town of (Biwana belonging to Rania District). Please kindly
write to the competent authorities to notify the aforementioned to appear
before our court on Monday, corresponding to 20 / 12 / 947.
⟦illegible signature⟧
The President

Page 844

Copy for the department
Notification of judicial papers
8120
28 / 11 / 946
Mutasarrifate of Erbil Province
Enclosed is a summons issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad to
Salman Daniel (known as) residing in the town of (Betwana belonging to Rania District).
Please kindly notify him and return the second voucher to us signed by him
and certified.
⟦signature⟧
28 / 11
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Attachments
⟦line⟧
One summons paper
⟦The record⟧
⟦She notified her⟧

Page 845

The Iraqi Government
Department: Governorate of Arbil Province
Bureau: Correspondence
Number: 10591
Date: 30 / 12 / 946
Subject: Notification of judicial papers
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Further to our letter No. 9709 dated 1 / 12 / 946.
We return to you herewith the original of the second summons without notification as well
Due to the absence of the aforementioned Yusuf Daniel in the village of (Betwata) as previously
informed to you in our letter No. 9136 dated 16 / 11 / 946 " "
p.p. Governor of Arbil Province
⟦illegible⟧
Received, and a letter shall be drafted to the Religious Court
⟦illegible⟧ that the aforementioned
This letter was issued and informed us
Please let me see the draft before ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
A. Q.

Page 846

⟦Department Copy⟧
Notification of judicial papers
1/2/1947
⟦1/21/847⟧
His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, Respected
Reference to your letter numbered 1078 and dated 11/27/1946.
Below is a copy of the letter from the Governorate of Arbil Province numbered 9155 and dated 12/31/946
regarding the subject with its attachments.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Further to our letter numbered 9759 and dated 12/1/1946.
We return to you herewith the original of the second subpoena, also without notification, due to the non-existence of the mentioned
Yusuf Dania l in the village of (Betwata) as we have previously informed you in our letter numbered
9136 and dated 11/16/1946.
Acting Governor of Baghdad Province

Page 847

Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: 1051
Date: 21 / 10 / 946
File Number: 47 / 502
Jewish Community
⟦in Baghdad⟧
Number 422
Date 21 / 10 / 946
His Excellency the District Governor of Hilla District
Through the Respected Justice of the Peace of Hilla
Further to our letter numbered 1022 and dated
20 / 9 / 46
We send herewith a copy of a notice issued by our court for the lawsuit
filed by Shamash Ammi against Ibrahim Karma
residing in "Tuz". Please kindly notify the
defendant via the competent departments.
Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
The President
To Mr.

Page 848

Iraqi Government
Department of the Mutasarrifate of Kirkuk Liwa
Editing Bureau
Number: 9927
Date: 1 / 12 / 946
Subject: Returning a notification paper
To - The Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 9101 and dated 1 / 11 / 946.
We return to you herewith the second copy of the mentioned notification paper signed by
Ishaq Ibrahim Karima and certified by the notification officer.
Acting Mutasarrif of Kirkuk Liwa
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number 448
Date 4 / 12 / 946
9927
⟦I want⟧
To be registered
On behalf of
1/R

Page 849

Department Copy
9128
12/4/946
His Eminence the Honorable President of the Israeli Religious Court
Reference to your letter No. 10051 dated 10/31/946.
We send to you below a copy of the letter from the Mutasarrifate of the Liwa of ⟦Al-Hilli⟧ Kirkuk No. 9927
dated 12/1/946.
Attachments: Notification paper
Head of the Community
Copy of the letter
To the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 9101 dated 11/1/1946.
We return to you herewith the second copy of the mentioned notification paper signed by
Isaac Ibrahim Karima and certified by the notification officer.
Acting Mutasarrif of Kirkuk Liwa

Page 850

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1022
Date :: 20/9/56
File Number: 47/70
The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community . Baghdad
Attached is a copy of a notice issued by our court for the wife
Sabiha Shaul Shammaash against her husband Akram Ibrahim Luyyah
Residing in the town of Al-Dur, please kindly
notify the defendant through the competent authorities.
The President
⟦illegible signature⟧
20/9/1956