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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Subject Summary: Continued 4
Number ::
Date ::
My proposal ensures, on one hand, the reconstruction of this Khan purchased from the community fund and located
in the most important market in the capital. On the other hand, it secures a valuable endowment for the Menashi Saleh School,
the value of which is estimated after reconstruction at more than 5,000 dinars. It is necessary to explain here that interested parties
had paid a price to purchase it several years ago of 3,500 dinars; however, the Council spent about
500 dinars on its renovation two years ago, and it now yields 300 dinars annually. So if an amount
of one thousand dinars is spent now on the reconstruction of its ruined parts, its revenue will more than double.
As for the remaining institutions, including the schools, they will benefit from the financial relief of the community fund,
and it will be possible to pay their allocations on time and introduce necessary improvements to them from the
community fund directly.
I hope that the discussion in the committee will proceed on this basis. Yours respectfully,
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Vice President of the Lay Council
and Representative of the Hospitals Committee
A copy to His Excellency the President of the Lay Council for the kindness of presenting it to the Council for discussion.
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No. / 10
Government of Iraq
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
IRAQ GOVERNMENT
Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Please quote this number in any enquiry regarding this message: No. 5569
Received at: ⟦illegible⟧ Tape
BASRAH
9 APR 41
TELS.
QUAD
Class prefix, | Office of origin, | Serial No., | No. of words, | Date of handing in, | Code, | Service | Instructions.
DLT | Calcutta | BD662/G | 23 | 6 | 2310 | |
DLT Chief Rabbi Sasson Kadoori
Baghdad.
after consulting official trustee
informing you that lay council
cannot be included.
Advocate Laniado
Great Eastern Hotel
To Chief Rabbi Sasson Kadoori - Baghdad
After consulting the official trustee, I inform you that the Lay Council
cannot be included among the institutions
Advocate Laniado
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14 April 1941
His Excellency the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Estate of the Late Raphael Gabbay, Respected
Further to my report dated 3 April 1941, I would like to present my following observations:
1- The respected committee did not have the right to enter into the details of expenditure in each institution because that is the right of the specialized committee and the Lay Council.
2) I mentioned in my report dated the 3rd of this month that it is necessary to settle the deficit of the community fund because that helps the Lay Council in the proper management of the charitable institutions under its administration, and thus I deducted the amount of the deficit from the share of the hospitals.
3) The allocation of an amount of 1,500 dinars for the three schools, Al-Wataniya, Rachel Shahoon, and Masouda Salman, was not applicable as the will does not apply to them and because these schools have all their needs and repairs secured by the community fund, which was and still is covering their budgets and spending what is necessary on improvements and repairs in them and replacing teachers with better ones. There is no doubt that the community fund - after settling the deficit - will be able to spend on these schools more extensively than before.
4) To inform the respected committee of the facts regarding the hospitals, which number five institutions: Meir Elias Hospital - Rima Khedouri Hospital - Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy - School Clinics - Poor People's Dispensary, I place below the following observations:-
The services that these institutions were providing 7 years ago were to a degree that was barely worth mentioning, while in the last seven years they have expanded greatly and begun providing service to thousands of poor patients. Aside from the annual allocations designated for the hospitals since ancient times, the community fund did not participate in spending on these improvements that were introduced to them, which involved the renovation of the hospitals and their endowments, the purchase of equipment, and the hiring of doctors, which cost huge sums.
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Below is a summary of its accounts and the necessary expenses required for it at the present time :-
| Dinar
Debts incurred on it from 6-7 years | 2500
Debt to Rima Kadoorie Hospital for Dr. Rothschild against Sir Ely Kadoorie's allocations | 500
which have not been returned at the present time |
To the lawyer Mr. Laniado | 500
For the renovation of the National School (according to the opinion of two committee members), and the renovation of this school was not | 2000
mentioned in the report dated April 3rd regarding how to spend on renovations, as |
the renovation of this school comes in fourth place relative to the essential hospital |
needs. I prefer to note here that the honorable committee does not have the right to enter into the details of spending |
which is the jurisdiction of the relevant committee and the physical council. |
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| 5500
If we subtract this amount from 9000 Dinars, only 3500 Dinars remain ..
And from this amount, we need to spend on purchasing a Roentgen X-ray machine, a washing and sterilization unit,
laundry pressing, surgical instruments, analysis tools, and furniture .. all of these are extremely necessary and are still requested by
the health authorities, hospital doctors, and other doctors such as Dr. Crookshan, Dr. Shahmi, Dr. Oliver,
Dr. Belt and others, and they cost no less than 3500 Dinars according to the estimate in my aforementioned report.
If this is the case, then where will the funds come from to spend on renovating the charitable endowments that we need
to use? And for purchasing the road residue adjacent to the hospital front, which is also necessary? And for
purchasing medicines, cotton, bandages, and so on, whose prices after the war have become more than four times higher,
knowing that the hospitals used to spend about 1300 Dinars annually on them before the war. And on bringing in
specialist doctors and nurses. And on purchasing furniture and beds according to technical requirements. And on repairing the old palace.
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in the hospital and elsewhere. There are many secondary needs that we were not able to list above as
we limited ourselves to mentioning the needs that come first only.
This is in addition to the fact that the recent reconstruction of a part of the National School building has caused the interruption of the rental
of this school for a period of 3 years starting from this year, and thus the hospitals' revenues decreased by about 500
Dinars.
I have presented these facts so that the esteemed committee can estimate the necessary needs of the hospitals
at the present time only, as I repeat that the committee does not have the right to enter into details and determine how to
spend, because that is the specialty of the committees in charge of the institutions and the Communal Council. I repeat here
that the reconstruction of the National School comes in fourth place with respect to the necessary needs of the hospitals.
Finally, I find it appropriate to refer in the minutes of the esteemed committee's resolutions to the generous promise which
Mr. Munshi Saleh was kind enough to give, which is to donate an amount of 3500 Dinars to buy a property to be endowed for his school to ensure,
along with Khan Al-Shorja, annual revenues for the school that constitute an important part of its annual budget.
Remain in respect.
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Chairman of the Hospitals Committee and its representative
A copy of it to His Excellency the Chairman of the esteemed Communal Council
For information and deliberation on it in its time
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After reviewing the letter dated March 18, 1941, signed by the Head of the Community and the President
of the Lay Council addressed to the Official Trustee in Calcutta regarding the estate of the late Raphael Gabbay,
amounting to approximately 28,500 Dinars, bequeathed to be spent on Jewish charitable institutions in Baghdad,
which included the proposal to form an advisory committee in Baghdad to guide the Official Trustee in designating
the charitable institutions entitled to a share of the estate and determining an amount for each of them.
And after reviewing the telegram dated March 27, 1941, to the Head of the Community from the lawyer
Mr. Leviadou, dispatched by the Lay Council to follow up on the case in Calcutta - which stated that the Official
Trustee there has agreed to this proposal.
This committee, under the chairmanship of Haham Sasson Khedhouri, Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad,
and the membership of Messrs. Ibrahim Hayyim Haham Isaac, Menashi Saleh, and Yehuda Zilouf (notables),
and Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Lay Council representing the Council, and Munir Doctor, Head of the Hospitals Committee
representing his committee, and Moshe Ita, Secretary of the Schools Committee representing his committee, held several meetings at
the building of the National Preparatory School in Baghdad to reach a designation of a limited number of charitable
institutions and propose an amount for each of them. After research, the committee reached the following resolutions: -
1- The Community Fund, responsible for spending on most Jewish charitable institutions in Baghdad,
is still in a state of deficit estimated at eight thousand Dinars, and the committee unanimously agreed on the necessity of settling this deficit
to ensure the proper functioning of the charitable institutions managed by the Lay Council.
2- The institutions that deserve a share of this estate, according to the committee's opinion, are the following:
1) Hospitals (Meir Elias Hospital - Rimah Khedhouri - Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy - Schools Clinic
and the Clinic for the Poor)
2) Midrash Talmud Torah Menashi Saleh School
3) Midrash Talmud Torah Schools
4) Silas Khedhouri Home for the Blind
5) Charitable Sewing Association for Girls
6) Rachel Shahmoon and Masuda Shemtov National Schools
3) After studying the status of each of the aforementioned institutions in comparison with others and the degree of applicability of the definition
of (charitable institution) to them, the committee reached a distribution of the estate amount as follows:
Dinar |
9000 | to the hospitals
4000 | Midrash Menashi Saleh
4000 | Talmud Torah Schools
1000 | Silas Khedhouri Home for the Blind
1000 | Charitable Sewing Association for Girls
19000 | Total carried forward
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Dinars
19000 | Preceding balance
500 | To the National School
500 | To the Rachel Shahmoon School
500 | To the Masouda Salman School
20500 |
8000 | To the Community Fund to cover the deficit
28500 | Total
Provided that the lawyer's fee of 5% is collected from each of the amounts mentioned above
4) Since it has become clear as a result of the clarification from the aforementioned lawyer by telegram that the Lay Council cannot
be considered directly as one of the charitable institutions for the purpose of this estate, and since it is of the utmost necessity in the view of this
committee to secure the deficit amount for the Community Fund at this opportunity to save the charitable institutions
managed by the Council from the financial confusion that has overwhelmed them for many years, it has decided to add the deficit amount
of 8000 dinars—4000 dinars to the hospitals' share and 4000 dinars to the share of the
Midrash Menashi Saleh school, provided that these two amounts are handed over again to the Community Fund to pay the deficit
as soon as they are received.
5) In order to limit the number of institutions to prevent confusion for the Official Trustee in Calcutta, the Committee has decided
to record the amount of 1500 dinars belonging to the National, Rachel Shahmoon, and Masouda Salman schools under the name of
the National School, given the large number of poor students in it compared to the latter two schools and because it does not own
a private building, provided that this amount is distributed again among the schools as will be explained later.
6) Since the Committee has taken into consideration, when distributing these amounts, the financial situation of each
institution and its necessary needs, it has stipulated that these amounts be spent as follows:
Dinars
| Hospitals' Share
2500 | To pay off the debts owed by them
4000 | For the renovation of charitable endowments, such as the endowment house of Mir Elias Hospital, the old palace in the hospital, two houses and 8 shops and warehouses in Shorja, the National School building which is part of the hospital's endowments, the hospital's remainder, and the purchase of the road remainder adjacent to the hospital, etc.
2500 | For the purchase of necessary instruments, machinery, furniture, and hospital improvements
9000 |
4000 | To the Lay Council Fund to pay the deficit
13000 |
13000 | Following balance
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Dinars
13000 | Previous total
4000 | Midrash Menashe Saleh School
To the fund of the Lay Council to pay the deficit
Handed over to the Lay Council in exchange for the endowment of the Khan numbered
158-158 Shorja and its attached shops, and the condition of its revenue
is for the Menashe Saleh School (and thereafter to the Jewish institutions
which care for the upbringing and education of poor children) provided that
two thousand Dinars from this amount <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> be allocated for repairing the ruined
part of the mentioned Khan, and the remainder for repairing the ruins of Khani al-Tammarin
in Taht al-Takiya and the ruin of the Shamoo' endowment in King Ghazi Street, and by this
the reconstruction of all these properties will be achieved
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8000 |
4000 | To the Midrash Talmud Torah Schools 50, provided that this amount is handed over to the Lay Council
to be spent on reforming its financial and administrative affairs and reconstructing its ruined endowments to develop
its revenues under the supervision of a special committee formed by the Council for this purpose
1000 | To the Silas Kadoorie Blind Welfare Home
1000 | To the Girls' Charitable Sewing Association to be spent under the supervision of the Association after consulting the Council
1500 | Out of which the National School's share of 500 Dinars is allocated as a contribution to the reconstruction
Lay Council
of its building belonging to the hospital endowments. Also, a part of the remainder is allocated by agreement of the Lay Council
and the Schools Committee for the same purpose, which is the contribution to the reconstruction of the National School
building. As for the surplus, it is divided equally between the Rachel Shahmoon and Masuda Salman schools
to be spent on introducing the necessary improvements to them
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28500
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Member
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Member
D. Kababa
His signature
Member
Meir Yaqub
Member
Yehuda Zelouf
President
Yosef Kebir
Member
M. Absha
Secretary
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Comment -
I agree with the distributions shown above except for the amount of 1500 Dinars allocated to the National Schools,
Rachel Shahmoon, and Masuda Salman. The reasons for my objection are that hospitals are the primary charitable
institutions to which the definition of (Charitable Institution) applies in proportion to the services they provide to the poor
and their necessary needs for technical equipment etc., and the debts incurred by them for a period of 6-7 years
and the increase in their expenses on the occasion of the war etc... and since all the improvements that were introduced to
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The hospital during the past 6-7 years has not had anything spent on it from the community fund - thus the amount
allocated to it from the estate was small considering what I mentioned above. On the other hand, the three
mentioned schools do not need the allocated amount of 1500 dinars given that the community fund
was and still is paying for all their needs and budgets in full, as confirmed by the accounts of the Lay
Council. In my opinion, it was necessary to add this 1500 dinars amount at least to the share
of the hospitals to renovate the building of the National School, which is one of the hospital's endowments, since its renovation requires
more than 2000 dinars. I draw the attention of the Lay Council to this point
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⟦No, and to the rest of its distribution in the fourth degree relative to the institution's needs⟧
M. Eliya
The committee decided not to go into the details of spending the amounts allocated to each
of the institutions mentioned in this minute and to leave this
matter to the specialized committees, except for the condition set regarding the Midrash
schools, where the spending must be under the knowledge of a special committee formed by the Lay
Council. Likewise, the amount allocated to the Munshi Saleh school shall be paid to the Lay
Council in exchange for endowing the Khan numbered 158 - 158A in the market as an endowment
as mentioned in the minute regarding the spending of about a thousand dinars from <del>this</del> this amount
to renovate the ruined section of the mentioned Khan and the rest to renovate the ruins of the two Qadri Khans
in Taht al-Takya and the ruins of the Shalom endowment. 16 April 941
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Salman Shalom
Ezra ⟦illegible⟧
Bora Nassif - ⟦illegible⟧
M. Eliya
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The committee recommends the following Israeli charitable institutions for the Baghdad share of the estate of
Gabbay. Mir Elias Hospital 12,000 Dinars, Midrash Talmud Torah Menashe Saleh 8,000 Dinars
Midrash Talmud Torah 4,000 Dinars, Silas Kadoorie Blind Asylum 1,000 Dinars, Charitable
Sewing Society for Girls 1,000 Dinars, National Association 1,500 Dinars, Total 27,500 Dinars
Letter follows. Patriarch Joachim Tawfiq President of the Lay Council. Rabbi Sassoon Kadoorie President of the Jewish Community
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Baghdad 21st April 1941.
C. T. Moore Esqr,
Official Trustee of Bengal
1. Council House St.
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CALCUTTA.
Dear Sir,
We confirm our telegram dated 17th inst. reading as follows:
" COMMITTEE RECOMMEND FOLLOWING JEWISH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS FOR
BAGHDAD SHARE OF GUBBAY LEGACY
MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL £.13.000 MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORA £.8.000
MIDRASH TALMUDTORA £.4.000 SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE £.1.000
GIRLS SEWING SOCIETY £.1.000 WATANIAH SCHOOL £.1.500 TOTALING £/28.500
LETTER FOLLOWING . RABBI SASSOON KADOORI: ELIAHO H. TAWFIK : "
We beg to inform you that our committee after taking in considera-
tion the needs of each of our charitable institutions decided that the
following deserve to benefit from the Baghdad share of Gubbay Legacy .
MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL ( including Rema Kadoori | £.13.000
Eye-Hospital: the Dar |
El-Shefaa Pharmacy & |
Clinic for the destitutes.) |
MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORA | £. 8.000
MIDRASH TALMUDTORA | £. 4.000
SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE | £. 1.000
GIRLS SEWING SOCIETY (DRESSMAKERS) | £. 1.000
WATANIAH SCHOOL | £. 1.500
Total | £.28.500
We enclose herewith some informations about the said charitable
institutions.
Secy
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In consideration of the pressing need of our institutions, we
shall feel much obliged if you kindly sanction the obove at your
earliest convenience.
With our best regards.
Yours faithfully.
⟦Signature: E H Tawfik⟧
Eliaho H. Tawfik
President Jewish Lay Council
Sassoon Kadoori
Rabbi Sassoon Kadoori
President Jewish Community
⟦Stamp: Oval purple ink stamp⟧
Sassoon Kadoori
Chief Rabbi and President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Sassoon Kadoori
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
SASSON KADOORI
PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY
BAGHDAD
⟦Signature: Meir M Dangoor⟧
Mier Dangoor
Representative Jewish Hospitals
Committee.
⟦Signature: M. Ittah⟧
M. Ittah
Representative Jewish Schools
Committee.
⟦Stamp: Faded red circular stamp, largely illegible⟧
⟦...⟧ Baghdad ⟦...⟧
Yehuda Zeloof
Ex-member of Parliament
⟦Signature: Yehouda Zeloof⟧
Abraham Haim
Vice President of Ch. of Commerce
⟦Signature: A Haim⟧
Menashi Saleh
Notable.
⟦Signature: M. S. Saleh⟧
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Baghdad 21st April 1941.
C. T. Moore Esqr,
Official Trustee of Bengal
1. Council House St.
CALCUTTA.
Dear Sir,
We confirm our telegram dated 17th inst. reading as follows:
"COMMITTEE RECOMMEND FOLLOWING JEWISH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS FOR
BAGHDAD SHARE OF GUBBAY LEGACY
MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL £.13.000 MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORA £.8.000
MIDRASH TALMUDTORA £.4.000 SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE £.1.000
GIRLS SEWING SOCIETY £.1.000 WATANIAH SCHOOL £.1.500 TOTALING £.28.500
LETTER FOLLOWING . RABBI SASSOON KADOORI: ELIAHO H. TAWFIK : "
We beg to inform you that our committee after taking in considera-
tion the needs of each of our charitable institutions decided that the
following deserve to benefit from the Baghdad share of Gubbay Legacy.
MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL ( including Rema Kadoori
Eye-Hospital: the Dar
El-Shefaa Pharmacy &
Clinic for the destitutes.) | £.13.000
MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORA | £. 8.000
MIDRASH TALMUDTORA | £. 4.000
SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE | £. 1.000
GIRLS SEWING SOCIETY (DRESSMAKERS) | £. 1.000
WATANIAH SCHOOL | £. 1.500
Total | £.28.500
We enclose herewith some informations about the said charitable
institutions.
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In consideration of the pressing need of our institutions, we
shall feel much obliged if you kindly sanction the above at your
earliest convenience.
With our best regards.
Yours faithfully.
⟦EE Tawfik⟧
Eliaho E. Tawfik
President Jewish Lay Council | ⟦Meir M. Dangoor⟧
Meir M. Dangoor | ⟦Sassoon Kadoori⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Kadoori
President Jewish Community
Meir Dangoor
Representative Jewish Hospitals
Committee. | M. Ittah ⟦M. Ittah⟧
Representative Jewish Schools
Committee.
Yehuda Zeloof
Ex-member of Parliament | Abraham Haim
Vice President of Ch. of Commerce
Menashi Saleh
Notable.
⟦M. S. Saleh⟧ |
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1) a. MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL. is a charitable institution for the cure of
internal and external diseases, surgery, gynecology, childrens
diseases and analytical and X-Ray laboratories. Men Women and children
are treated there. The institution contains 120 beds. The number of
patients who were admitted in the Hospital in 1940was 2718 with an
average of 93 patients a day, the number of surgical operations which
took place in the hospital in 1940 was 565.
b. THE REMA KADOORI EYE-HOSPITAL is a charitable institution for men and
women. The number of out-patients within one/⟦year⟧was about 225.000 rep-
resenting an average of 750- 800 per day. There were 180 major
operations and 593 minor operations.
c. THE DAR EL-SHEFA PHARMACY & the CLINIC are charitable institutions
founded 58 years ago are directed by a qualified phisician a phar-
macist and a dresser with free treatment and free medecine. The
number of patients who received treatment ⟦in⟧ 1940 is 45.000.
N.B. The above institutions are administered and financed by the Mier
Elias Hospital as one single unit from the administrative and
financial point of view.
2) MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORAis a charitable institution founded in
1935 has its own building and is an elementary school containing 1250
pupils all of them poor are supplied with clothing, food, and exempt
from school fees.
3) MIDRASH TALMUDTORA. The Midrash Talmudtora schools were founded in 1833
and possess their own buildings contain 1500 pupils who are supplied
with clothing, food, and are exempt from school fees.
4) SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE founded in 1927 has its own building
contains 70 blind inmates, ⟦supplied with clothing & food⟧.
5) GIRLS SEWING CHARITABLE SOCIETY (DRESSMAKERS) The school for dressmakers
was founded in 1932 pays rent for its premises has 300 girls from the
poorer classes who are supplied with clothing, food, and are exempt
from school fees.
6) WATANIAH SCHOOL is an elementary school for boys was founded in 1923 has
no building of its own but pays rent for its premises contains 700
pupils of whom 400 are poor who are supplied with clothing, food , and
are exempt from school fees.
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1) a. MIER ELIAS HOSPITAL. is a charitable institution for the cure of
internal and external diseases, surgery, gynecology, childrens
diseases and analytical and X-Ray laboratories. Men Women and children
are treated there. The institution contains 120 beds. The number of
patients who were admitted in the Hospital in 1940was 2718 with an
average of 93 patients a day, the number of surgical operations which
took place in the hospital in 1940 was 565.
b. THE RIMA KADOORI EYE-HOSPITAL is a charitable institution for men and
women. The number of out-patients within one/year was about 225.000 rep-
resenting an average of 750- 800 per day. There were 180 major
operations and 593 minor operations.
c. THE DAR EL-SHEFA PHARMACY & the CLINIC are charitable institutions
founded 58 years ago are directed by a qualified phisician a phar-
macist and a dresser with free treatment and free medecine. The
number of patients who received treatment 1940 in 45.000.
N.B. The above institutions are administered and financed by the Mier
Elias Hospital as one single unit from the administrative and
financial point of view.
2) MENASHI SALEH MIDRASH TALMUDTORAis a charitable institution founded in
1935 has its own building and is an elementary school containing 1250
pupils all of them poor are supplied with clothing, food, and exempt
from school fees.
3) MIDRASH TALMUDTORA. The Midrash Talmud tora schools were founded in 1833
and possess their own buildings contain 1500 pupils who are supplied
with clothing, food, and are exempt from school fees.
4) SILAS KADOORI BLIND INSTITUTE founded in 1927 has its own building
contains 70 blind inmates, supplied with clothing & food.
5) GIRLS SEWING CHARITABLE SOCIETY (DRESSMAKERES) The school for dressmakers
was founded in 1932 pays rent for its premises has 300 girls from the
poorer classes who are supplied with clothing, food, and are exempt
from school fees.
6) WATANIAH SCHOOL is an elementary school for boys was founded in 1923 has
no building of its own but pays rent for its premises contains 700
pupils of whom 400 are poor who are supplied with clothing, food , and
are exempt from school fees.
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President of the Israelite Community
President of the Lay Council
Baghdad
I received your letter dated March 18, which was delivered to me by Mr. M. Laniado, the lawyer in Jerusalem, for the distribution of
Baghdad's share. I am prepared to follow the same method that my predecessor in office had followed for the distribution of the
Jerusalem share.
I also agree to the proposed committee and its members. As suggested, the committee needs the recommendation of the
British Consul in Baghdad.
It is stipulated that the selection must be from among those institutions that were existing at the time of the death of the <del>dear</del>
testator R. A. Gubbay, who died on November 27, 1922, and that synagogues are not to participate in the distributions
designated for Israelite charitable institutions.
I list below the Israelite institutions in Baghdad that have submitted their petitions up to August 31, 1938
(which was the deadline set for accepting petitions), and the selection must be made from among these institutions while ⟦taking into account⟧ what was mentioned
above.
I hold the following amounts for the Israelite charitable institutions in Baghdad:
5% Loan 1945/55 for 91,400/- Rupees (Nominal Value)
3% Defense Bonds for the year 1946 for 65,700/- (Nominal Value)
837-12-1 Rupees Cash Balance
The value of these bonds is calculated as follows:
Rupees
326,003-12-0 | 5% Loan 1945/55 for 91,400/- Rupees | 111-14-0 Rupees
66,521-4-0 | 3% Defense Bonds for the year 1946 for 65,700/- Rupees | 10-4-10 Rupees
837-12-1 | Cash balance as mentioned above
7,285-0-0 | Interest due April 14, 1941 on 5% Debt 1945/55 for 291,400 Rupees
⟦line⟧
400,647-12-1
Which is an amount estimated at 29,900/- Pounds Sterling. I shall be glad to hear from you soon
and to see Mr. Laniado further on this matter.
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List of Institutions
1- Laura Kadoorie School for Girls
2- Noam Primary School for Girls
3- Albert Sassoon School for Boys
4- Nouriel Primary School for Boys
5- Shamash School for Boys
6- Rachel Shahmoon Primary School for Boys
7- The National School
8- Masouda Salman Primary School for Boys
9- Al-Kamm Primary School for Boys
10- Midrash Talmud Torah Menashi Saleh School
11- Midrash Talmud Torah
12- Menahem Saleh Daniel Primary School for Girls
13- Sewing School
14- Silas Kadoorie Blind Institution
15- Sassoon Heskel Vocational School
16- Ezra Sassoon Isaac School for Handicrafts
17- Meir Elias Hospital
18- Rimah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
19- Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
20- Nursing Mothers Relief Association
21- The Official Agent of Prophet Ezekiel
22- Tomchei Torah Association
23- The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
24- Dorshei Torah Committee
25- Yeshivat Sheikh Isaac
26- Midrash Meir Eliyahu
27- Girls' Sewing Charity Association
28- Hebra Kadisha Association
29- Midrash Beit Zilkha
30- Ezra Sofer Shrine
31- Israelite Sharia Court of Cassation
32- Israelite Hospitals Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY
BAGHDAD
Baghdad, April 30, 1941
77
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His Excellency, President of the Honorable Jewish Community
After greetings and respect.
We confirm our letter dated the 5th of this month, number 74, regarding the allocation of a sum
of money to our society from the legacy of Raphael Haron Gabbay. We would like to draw your Excellency's attention to the fact that our society
was founded in 1913 during the era of the Ottoman government. Please accept our highest respects.
President
Tomkhe Tora Society
⟦...⟧
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad
Tomkhe Tora Society
Baghdad - 1344
TOMKHE TORA SOCIETY, BAGHDAD
1925
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Simon H. Aslan
Advocate
Khan Al Pasha Al Saghir
Samawal Street
Copy.
Baghdad the 16th March 1941.
Dear Sir,
Subject:- Contribution to the Ezra Assophair's tomb.
With reference to your letter No.352 dated the 29th January
1941.
I have the honour to inform you that as a result of my inquiry
I find that two institutions are in great need of help viz the Ezra
assophair's and the Madrash Talmud Tora, as these two institutions grow
religious pupils, and as the war began, no funds could be obtained from
abroad. The two institutions became in a very dilapidated condition --
which necessitate a considerable amount for reconstruction of the most
parts of their existing building which became in ruined condition. The
Shrine of Ezra assophair includes actually thirty families who form a
religious party to read the bible continually, but in view of the war
conditions, no donations could be obtained now a day, and as these fami-
lies cannot be transferred elsewhere, which means the abandoning of the
shrine and this is impossible, we expect a reconsideration of the matter.
As regards the Midrash Talmud Tora, this institution includes 2000 poor
students with 50 teachers and this institution as we said grow Rabbi
and this is the only institution remaining in Baghdad, but in Iraq all
and if funds are available, this institution will remain in encouraging
religious pupils, and as the monies bequeathed by the donor, are special-
ly assigned for such purposes, we hope that the matter will have your
sympathetic reconsideration. Other institutions are ignored by us and we
think that if a reference is made to the Baith Din Saideq in Baghdad,
you will no doubt have other particulars which will render a great help
for this achievement.
Yours faithfully,
Sd. ⟦illegible⟧ (Sd S.H. Aslan)
The Guardian of the Shrine.
To
The Official Trustee of Bengal.
D.K.B.
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3895
The 31st March, 1941.
u/W of A.R. Gubbay.
Dear Sir,
I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th instant.
I have already forwarded to the Presidents of the Jewish ⟦line⟧
Community and the Jewish Lay Council Baghdad a list of the ap-
plications received by me up to 31st August 1938 with a request
to them to select those Institutions only which are most de-
serving of the charity. On receipt of their reply, I shall
consider the matter of distribution of the legacy.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/- C.T. Moore.
Official Trustee of Bengal.
To
Simon H. Aslan, Esqr.,
Advocate,
Khan Al Pasha
Al Saghir,
Samawal Street,
Baghdad.
S.C. ⟦line⟧
Memo: No. 3896 d/- 31.3.1941.
Copy with a copy of the letter dated the 16th March 1941
from Mr. Simon H. Aslan forwarded for information and consideration
to the Presidents of the Jewish Community and the Jewish Lay Council,
Baghdad in continuation of this office letter No. 3741 d/- 27th March,
1941.
C.T. Moore.
Offl. Trustee, Bengal.
⟦signature⟧
S.C.