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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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Multiple Languages
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AI en Translation, Pages 901-925

Page 901

Mutasarrifate of Dulaim Liwa
Secretariat
Number 609
30 / 7 / 47
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Notification
Your letter No. 283 dated 25 / 6 / 1947.
We return to you herewith the second copy of the notification paper served to its addressee
named Eliyahu bin Manshi Laqqou in accordance with the procedures.
⟦signature⟧
Mutasarrif of Dulaim Liwa
Enclosures
1
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special No. 186
Date 2 / 8 / 947

Page 902

Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: 8276
Date: 22 / 4 / 47
File Number: 146 / 47
His Eminence the Hakham Bashi, President of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad
Enclosed is a summons for the individual named Salim Eliyahu Manshi Levi residing
in (Fallujah, a carpenter in the Saray neighborhood, house number ⟦14/2⟧); please
notify him through official channels regarding the lawsuit filed
by his wife Kachieh Nahoum Youssef - may you remain blessed.
⟦illegible signature⟧
President

Page 903

8/⟦illegible⟧/1947
Notification of Judicial Papers
To the Honorable Head of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 1276 dated 6/22/1947.
We enclose herewith the second copy of the notification paper, served to the addressee named
Eliyahu Menashi Levy according to the proper procedures via the Governorate of the Dulaim Liwa.
Attachments
Notification paper
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 904

North Rusafa Investigation Court
Number / ⟦180⟧
Date 29 / 6 / 47
To - Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With reference to the investigation papers regarding the child named Nisreen daughter of Naji Halim. The mother of the
aforementioned child has passed away, and the child remained with her grandmother Karjiya daughter of Ezra. Her father handed her over to the person
named Mahdi bin Aboud according to his claim, but the truth is that the child is still with her grandmother Karjiya, and now
Mahdi bin Aboud is demanding the return of the child to him, claiming that her father named Naji Halim had entrusted her.
Please inform us of the procedures followed by the community and to whom the child should be handed over.
⟦signature⟧ Judge

Page 905

CA
2 / 7 / 947
Honorable Chief of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
After greetings
We list below a copy of the letter from the Northern Rusafa Investigation Court No. 301
dated 29 / 6 / 947 for your kind response as quickly as possible
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Chief of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
With reference to the investigation papers concerning the child named Nisrin daughter of Naji Halim
The mother of the aforementioned child passed away, so the child remained with her grandmother Karjiya daughter of Ezra, and
her father handed her over to the person named Mahdi son of Abboud according to his claim, but the truth is that the child
is still with her grandmother Karjiya, and now Mahdi son of Abboud has come demanding the return of the child to him, claiming
that her father, named Naji Halim, had entrusted her to him. Please inform us of the procedures followed
by the community and to whom the child should be handed over.
The Judge

Page 906

Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
Date: 24 / 5 / 47
Status File Number
Sent
The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 22 / 5 / 1947
And numbered 282
The divorcee named Nasrin daughter of Naji Halim
Must be named in her home Karjiya Ezra Wazan
Based on the procedures followed by the Jewish community.
⟦David Kadhouri⟧
President

Page 907

After the convening of the religious court under the presidency of
Salman Hoki Aboudi to consider the case of
the daughter of Naji Munir Halima, and after deliberation
and according to the Mosaic law which stipulates
that the young girl remains under the protection of ⟦her grandmother⟧
the one named Farha daughter of Ezra, with her,
this decision cannot be overturned; this religious
ruling issued by the ⟦...⟧ Mosaic
Court. Accordingly, I have agreed to
the decision to keep the young girl,
the daughter of Naji Munir Halima, with her grandmother
previously
And the decision

Page 908

297
⟦30⟧ / 6 / 947
His Excellency the Honorable Investigating Magistrate of Northern Rusafa
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 301 and dated 29 / 6 / 947,
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has responded that the child named Nisreen
daughter of Naji Halim must remain with her hostess Kurjiya daughter of Ezra according to the procedures
followed by the Jewish community.
Please accept our highest respects.
On behalf of
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 909

Personal Status Court
In Baghdad
Number 46/60 T
Date 1/7/1947
P. 2921
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Victoria daughter of Dawood submitted a petition dated 30 / 6 / 947 including the renunciation of what falls to her of the inheritance from
the estate of her deceased husband and restricted her claim to her deferred right, therefore we have no objection to that, we inform you of the case.
Judge
⟦signature⟧
154
2/7/1947

Page 910

202
7 / 1 / 1947
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
We list below a copy of the Personal Status Court letter No. (2921)
46 / 60 dated 7 / 1 / 1947 for your information. Best regards.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Copy of the Letter
Personal Status Court
Baghdad
Presidency of the Israeli Community
Victoria daughter of Dawood submitted a petition dated 6 / 30 / 947 including the relinquishment of her share
of the inheritance from the estate of her deceased husband and presented her claim for her deferred right, therefore we
have no objection to that, we are informing you of the case.
The Judge

Page 911

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: 1211
Date: 16 / ⟦11⟧ / ⟦48⟧
File Number: 91 / ⟦9⟧
His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, the Honorable
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Enclosed is a notice of the hearing date. Please
be so kind as to deliver it to the defendant, Nazima
Daoud Balash, residing in the house of Daoud Levi, Street
Madi Yukha in Jerusalem, through the Ministry of Justice.
Sincerely yours.
⟦illegible signature⟧
The President

Page 912

228
22
16 / 7 / 947
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
After greetings
Enclosed is a notification paper issued by the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad to
the defendant, Nazima Dawood Blass, residing at the house of Dawood Lawi - Mahane
Yehuda - in Jerusalem. We kindly ask you to notify her through the competent authorities
and return the second coupon signed by her and duly certified. With respects.
Attachments
Notification paper
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 913

Al-Rusafa Investigation Court
Northern
Number ⟦line⟧:
Date ⟦line⟧:
To - Presidency of the Jewish Community
Reference to the lawsuit filed in this court by Badriya Yaqub, wife of
Please inform us whether the marriage contract was concluded between the two parties or not, and whether the betro⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Judge
A copy to - Police Investigator of Dukan Shanawa - for information
875
⟦1/2/10⟧

Page 914

⟦1947/7/20⟧
His Eminence, Head of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
After greetings
We list below a copy of the letter from the Second Rusafa Investigation Magistrate
Dated 1947/7/20 for a response to its contents.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
To the Head of the Israeli Community
Reference to the lawsuit filed with this court by Badriya Yaqub
Wife of
Yaqub Ibrahim.
Please inform us whether the marriage contract between the two parties was concluded or not and whether
the engagement is considered a contract.
The Magistrate
Copy to the Police Investigator of Dakkan ⟦Talwa⟧ - for information