AI en Translation, Pages 76-100
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Baghdad 21 / 10 / 1954
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings:
I am Menachem Haron, a resident of Torah Beit Zelkha, unemployed and I have no source of income to help me sustain myself.
Whenever I tried to work, all doors were closed in my face, and everyone testifies to what I have mentioned in this
petition. So I request your Excellency to allocate a weekly allowance for me, and with great respect to you.
The Petitioner
Menachem Haron
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
The aforementioned Menachem Haron
is insane and very poor and deserves
charitable assistance because ⟦aiding⟧ this
poor man is appropriate, and whoever shows him mercy
will receive ⟦great⟧ mercy from the Lord of the Worlds.
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
Honorable Gentlemen
The petitioner is the person who
Mr. Kamal requested, and he
is a resident of the Zelkha Synagogue and needs
assistance, I hope ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
One Dinar is allocated to him weekly starting
from the first of November 1954 according to the decision
of the Committee numbered 12 dated ⟦27 / 10⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, respected
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After greetings?
Sir, I am the undersigned Natiq Khadhuri, and I request my weekly
assistance because we are 8 eight souls and our father is unable to work
and cannot support the household, and we, sir, are renting a house
and paying rent, and therefore we have not been able to cover our living expenses, and we hope
from your Excellency to have mercy on us and help us with our livelihood and our situation
and this is our request, and the matter is yours, sir.
The Petitioner
Natiq Khadhuri
1954
8 / 3
To meet the Rabbi
⟦illegible⟧
Natiq Khadhuri
Chairman of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
22 / 8 / 1954
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500 Fils
Aid to the family of
Naeema Salman ⟦...⟧
I have been informed that the committee approved
the weekly aid mentioned above
but I have not succeeded in receiving a written
notice from the committee.
Please look into the matter if possible
⟦illegible signature⟧
Yes, the committee approved
the 500 Fils ⟦...⟧
Recorded
8/24
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community, Respected
After greetings,
Since I am the wife of Salman and Salman Shaul, and my son named Salman
Shaul is ill, and I am in a weak state—may God increase your bounty—and things are difficult for you,
I hope to seek mercy from the esteemed presidency of the Administrative Committee to
give us the assistance of last year, as we possess nothing but the mercy of God
and your assistance to us, and to you thanks. I am a daughter of God and your daughter because I want to travel
and I cannot stay here because I have no bright hope.
This is for your command, sir.
The Petitioner
Wife of Salman
1954
12/8
His Excellency the President
What is stated above
deserves assistance ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
22/8/54
That the aforementioned
deserves assistance
17/8
⟦thumbprint⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Baghdad 1/ 8 / 1954
The Honorable His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, President of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings
I, Selwan Ibrahim Moshe, am unemployed and disabled and do not have any aid from
your respected community, so we request from your presence to allocate an aid for me to live on
and in addition to that, I am ready to serve the Torah of Beit Zilka by sweeping,
sprinkling, and preparing the congregation of worshippers
The Petitioner
Selwan Ibrahim Moshe
The Director
The committee approved in its session
held on 8/8/1954
to allocate financial assistance
in the amount of ⟦...⟧ monthly
in exchange for his performance of the stated tasks
with the approval of His Eminence the President of the Community
⟦signature⟧
To be notified
Completed
8/25
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To the Honorable Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Subject: Assistance
I am Munshi Shaul, unemployed and in narrow circumstances
and the head of a family with three children, and I have been unemployed for two years
and I seek help from God and from you, as I am unable to support
my wife and my children
The matter is for your consideration
The Petitioner
Munshi Shaul Ibrahim Nushiyeh
Inspection Committee
To state the condition
⟦Naji⟧
7/18
The aforementioned Munshi
is in a very weak condition
and deserves assistance
Inspection Committee
⟦signature⟧
Decision No. (2)
⟦Honorable⟧
The committee agreed to disburse a weekly allowance
of eight hundred fils starting
from this week 7/18/959
Recorded
⟦in the ledger⟧
7/22/959
7/19
⟦signature⟧
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To the respected Jewish Community Committee
I am Sarah Yamin, residing in Torah Zubaida
And I receive a quarter of a dinar per week
It is not enough for living, and we hope from your grace
That you increase it for me, and to you thanks and respect
The Petitioner
Sarah Yamin
2 / 7 / 54
Investigation Committee
The aforementioned Sarah deserves the increase
Based on the decision
⟦illegible⟧
Finance
Increased by ⟦500⟧ fils
Starting from 7 / 7 / 54
On the aid statement, please
Disburse starting from this week
With mercy ⟦11 / 7 / 54⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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(20)
To the Honorable Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
After greetings,
Sir, I am Rahmin Elia, residing in the shelter, I point out to you and beg of your Excellency
that I am without work because I am unable to work. I was previously a cook and until now I have not
been able to work in my profession because I am ill and I do not possess
property or mind, nor do I have any of my relatives besides your presence. And we are like a trial
that you give charity to and bear its dirt, livelihood, and clothing, and this is from one who has mercy
and gives charity to lift the lack of injustice and poverty. We beg of your Excellency to take charge
of my responsibility for everything as long as the matter is yours, our master.
The Petitioner
Rahmin Elia
Residing in Torat Sidi Ibrahim
28 / 2 / 1954
⟦signature⟧
Rahmin Elia deserves assistance
and he is unable to work
Investigation Committee
7/5
Your Excellency the President
I request assistance for the petitioner
in the amount of ⟦...⟧ monthly
1 / 3 / 1954
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His Excellency the President of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community, respected
Greetings and respect
The presented is that I, Muslim Yaqub, was previously
working as a shoe worker (polisher) but now I am without work
as I am sick and my health does not allow me to work
and I hope from your kindness that you allocate a weekly aid for me
like my fellow poor people, as I am sick and you have knowledge that I
and knowing that if it were not for my illness, I would have worked at any job whatsoever
Therefore, I hope for your sympathy, and remain with respect
The Clerk
Based on your order
A home visit is being made
⟦...⟧ legal aid
The committee does not agree to
paying any aid
Director
The esteemed committee approved
on 5/12/1945
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Please accept the highest respect⟧
⟦Muslim Yaqub⟧
⟦purple smudge⟧
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Baghdad 22 / 5 / 1954
Administrative Committee ⟦of the Mosaic Community⟧
Number 214
Date 24 / 5 / 1954
Respected members of the Administrative Committee
After greetings:
Presented to your excellencies:
I, Yaqub Yusuf Aziz, came on Sunday to His Eminence Rabbi
Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected head of the community, and complained about my situation to him in the presence of
the Property Committee, as they know me and also know my situation, since I am alone
and live in the Torat Zanka and I am very poor, as I left my children
and joined the Torat three years ago, and I told my story
to His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri. Please allocate me a weekly
assistance, as this assistance would be considered a great reward.
Yaqub Yusuf Aziz
Since the matter of sprinkling
is weekly, should the
petitioner be appointed ⟦above⟧ what he needs
⟦illegible⟧
24 / 5
We testify to the truth of what is stated in this petition
as the man is poor and has no provider
and lives in Torat Zanka and deserves assistance
⟦illegible⟧ 24 / 5 / 1954
⟦Thumbprint⟧
Yes, inquire
Inquire about his need
according to his situation
⟦illegible⟧
Finance
According to the answer, it will be ⟦...⟧ 25 / 5
From the register ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Your Excellency the President
Presented to you is the person named Abboudi Warbousiya
and his wife; they are in need of medical treatment expenses. Apparent
circumstances indicate that the couple were in good condition
but have fallen into a wretched state. The husband is ill and bedridden. I sent
Dr. Gurji Rabie to your hands to treat him. They are in
a state of distress and are most deserving of temporary assistance.
27 / 6 / 947
6 / 28
Note:
The husband used to work, according to his wife's claim,
in Basra and left work due to his illness.
Finance
Your Excellency the President
I kindly request your approval
Please disburse to him
5 Dinars on 28 / 6 / 947
Assisted with 300 fils weekly
to be disbursed starting from this week
28 / 6 / 947
⟦signature⟧
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Baghdad 16/5/1954
Respected members of the Administrative Committee
After greetings:
Musa Bahari, residing in Torat ⟦Alley⟧, is an incapacitated man and unemployed
And all those living in Torat testify to that, even among the signatories below
We sometimes send him leftover food, and because of him
He hears words of criticism from people, so please from your honors do not
Reject this petition because its owner is very deserving of assistance
And he cannot demand for himself because he is like a despised
animal ⟦Abdullah⟧
Ibrahim ⟦...⟧
Abbas ⟦...⟧
The Accountant
The committee studied according to its ⟦decision⟧ below, and payment on 22/5/54
⟦Disburse⟧ (250) fils weekly from 22/5/54
1) This man lives in the Endowments
⟦...⟧
22/5/54
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(42) To the Honorable President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Greetings,
I, Shamil Haqir, my mother passed away last week and I am
in a weak state with no means of livelihood. I beg of your presence to grant me some
money as aid, and to you much gratitude and kindness to the poor. May you remain.
7 / 4 / 1954
Shamil Haqir
⟦thumbprint⟧
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community:
Number: 122
Date: 7 / 4 / 1954
To
I visited the house regarding
Request No. 22
Weekly 12 Riyals only
To be paid starting this week
⟦signature⟧
To the Inspection Committee
To state their impression
7 / 4
⟦signature⟧
Honorable members of the Committee,
This aforementioned person
deserves assistance.
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
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The amount paid to him
amounting to eight dinars is
the same amount approved
meaning it is not an additional amount to what
was paid to him
⟦signature⟧
2/7/54
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Respected
⟦line⟧
The President of the
⟦Committee⟧ of the Community has requested me to approve the payment
of an amount of seven dinars
to the party Saleh Shasha, and that
⟦based⟧ on the issuance of a decision to pay
an annual amount as it is for the aforementioned
⟦illegible⟧
⟦...⟧ of the necessity of performing
⟦...⟧ and paying the amount ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To the presence of ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ from Saleh ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ aid ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ to be placed ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧
amounting to a Dinar ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ for life ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
28 / 2 / 54
Accounting
The committee decided in its session held
on the 10th of this month the following by giving aid
1) to the patient in the amount of eight Dinars
2) to the mother of Isaac in the amount of half a Dinar
starting from its date, provided that it is not granted
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⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, respected
Baghdad
After greetings
Subject: I am currently residing in the Meshi Saleh shelter, in a poor
condition and sick, and I have no provider except your mercy. I am bedridden
and suffer from many illnesses, in addition to my extreme need
for care to clean my clothes, my place of residence, and other things.
Therefore, I request the favor of granting me a weekly allowance, like other
poor people, in the amount of one dinar, starting from the week
ending on 2/28/1954, so that I can meet my necessary
expenses. I thank you in advance, and the reward of the benefactors is not lost. Respectfully yours,
The Petitioner
⟦Salim ...⟧
The Patient
In the Meshi Saleh shelter
⟦thumbprint⟧
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(22)
Number: 52
Date: 16 / 1 / 54
His Excellency the President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Respectfully
A year and a half ago my father passed away and I remained without a breadwinner, and you have allocated for me an amount of
500 fils per week, and this meager amount is not enough for anything in these difficult times
and the prevalence of diseases
Therefore, I have come to seek mercy from your presence for the assistance of the aforementioned three quarters, knowing that there is
no one to help me, and my mother has been ill for more than a month, and we have no one to support me
other than myself.
And I hope that your compassion for the poor will lead you to look into what you can
help me with, and I am waiting for your kindness
Samira Khedhouri
28
Accountant
To confirm the assistance amount
⟦signature⟧
1/21
Accountant
Confirming that the aforementioned receives
750 fils which are collected in the name of
the late father on 1/1/54
⟦signature⟧
1/21
The Committee
We have decided to increase the assistance
shares by (250) fils
⟦signature⟧ 1/25
To be recorded
The total in the assistance
schedule
1/21
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Presidency of the Administrative Body of the Lay Council, Baghdad
The Petition
You have ⟦previously⟧ allocated me a weekly aid of 500 fils, and you know that I am a mother
of three children and pregnant with the fourth, and my husband is unemployed and sick, and I now submit to you
this petition appealing to your mercy, and I beg you to make it one dinar
per week so that we can sustain ourselves, me, my sick husband, and my three children
and the fourth I am pregnant with.
This is for your command, and I am waiting for your mercy
Almas Shamoun
To
We have agreed today to make the aid (750) fils
weekly.
21 / 2 / 54
⟦signature⟧
The increase was recorded starting from
the week ending on 26 / 2 / 54
⟦signature⟧
21 / 2 / 54
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To the Honorable Israelite Community Committee
I, Yaqub Sasson, was ill some time ago and came to you so that you might help me
every week like the rest of the people you help, and until now you ordered to give me
⟦750⟧ every week, knowing that I am unable to perform any work. And knowing
furthermore that I want ⟦the decision⟧ to stay in the home for the elderly and widows where I reside
Therefore, I have come with this petition to present to you so that you may have pity on me so that I can
live with my family, who total four persons.
Yaqub Sasson
Residing in the ⟦Mufti⟧ Saleh neighborhood
To
Inside it, and (250) fils are to be spent
weekly
⟦...⟧
Registered starting
from the week ending
on 26 / 2 / 54
⟦...⟧
2/21
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Through His Excellency the respected President of the Israelite Community
To the respected President of the Israelite Community Committee
I am the writer ⟦Raouf⟧ ⟦Bashir⟧ Al-Jamal (the seller), and our house was demolished a long time ago, and I have a son named ⟦Muayyad⟧ Yehuda who was a human being
And he was sentenced on a Zionist charge and remained with me, and today he is imprisoned in Nuqrat Salman for a period of seven years, and living with me in my house
Are my wife and ⟦my daughters⟧ who are unmarried, and my young son, five persons, and we have neither money nor property, and we were the poor ones
We hope you will improve my image and my condition and look with mercy and compassion upon my condition and allocate for me an allowance from
The poor and the orphans, and may God protect you and prolong your lives, my masters
22 / 8 / 54
Residence of Hammam al-Malih quarter
Shaul Ibrahim ⟦to him⟧
Day 22 / 8 / 54
⟦signature⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Mr.
⟦Nitba⟧ Shaul
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Mr. Secretary
The aforementioned is the daughter of ⟦Bunyan⟧
Shaul ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To
⟦illegible⟧
This family
5 Dinars only
⟦signature⟧
Mr. Secretary of the Committee
Please present it to the committee
And I find ⟦his assistance⟧
Increasing ⟦his salary⟧
⟦signature⟧
2/7
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Yousef Sayon Levi
Increase of the weekly allowance
from 500 fils to 750 fils
Based on the request of the President
His Eminence the Rabbi
Administrative decision
⟦illegible⟧
2/7
⟦illegible⟧
2/7
No. ⟦21⟧
2/7
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To the Honorable Lay Council
Mr. President
Based on what was stated in the paper of
Shalom, there is no objection to giving him
assistance, I request it be raised to 500 fils
⟦illegible⟧
The committee saw by decision 11/2/34
Deserved
⟦illegible⟧
After greetings?
I am Shalom Shabo Shalom from the people of Al-Miqdadiya Shahraban, and that is
when the denaturalization occurred, I had money, my children got married
and I had a little money left, and since the denaturalization ended until this time
it finished and I have nothing left, and now the knife has reached the bone and I hope
from your honorable self to favor me with the hand of assistance and compassion to assign me
a weekly allowance, and I am not of the people who stretch out their hands because I was previously capable
and I do not know how to stretch my hand to people, sir, and I am a man who has no ability
to walk so that I can go to the shops or to the collector to stretch my hand, and the rent, sir, I had in
the past 7 lengths of linen (Deira) I bought previously because my thought was to send them with my son
and the idea was prevented, and for this I presented it to the Shaul Ashayeh Synagogue and Shaul took it from me
by force and denied it because I sent someone on my behalf who took 8 dinars from Shaul, he gave it on
account of the Jewish community, and now I heard he took it on his own account and I want proof from you if he
took it on account of the community, it is fine, I will deal with the community, and if it was on his account so that I may complain
and I want the answer from you, this is for your command, sir
The Petitioner
Shalom Shabo Shalom
2/2/34
The offices in the statement of Baghdad Al-Rusafa
⟦illegible⟧
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10 / 10 / 1952
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
After greetings
I, Khatouna Salman, the Administrative Committee has assigned me ⟦...⟧ assistance
As I am a widow and have no provider, and I have a young daughter named Leila Eliyahu who is ill
And I do not work in any job, therefore I request the favor of increasing the aid granted to me
to 500 fils per week
With much thanks and gratitude to you
Khatouna Salman
⟦thumbprint⟧
Finance
Her aid is to be increased to
500 fils per week
⟦signature⟧
7 / 10
Leila is in
the hospital, meanwhile it arrived
that her condition requires permanent
aid
⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 / 52
Yes, she deserves the increase as per your wish
The Inspector ⟦signature⟧
The increase has been recorded
22 / 10
Finance
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings,
I am Khoja Ishaq, residing in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood. As I am a widow
and have no provider, and I have two sons, Sassoon Eliyahu and Moshe Eliyahu, and I am
poor, I request your assistance on a weekly basis.
This is for your consideration.
The Petitioner
Khoja Eliyahu Sassoon
Yaqub
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Payroll file
To be submitted to the committee
⟦signature⟧
1/1
To Sassoon
To investigate the affairs of this woman
and whether she is truly unable to perform
any work, and whether she is married.
He has orphaned nephews whom he is raising,
and he is their provider. This assistance is
for the orphans, and your reward is with God.
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
To
He is granted 200 fils
weekly starting from
this week.
⟦signature⟧