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Centers for chairs and swings ...
IJA 3325
Financial Records, Student Information, Correspondence about School for the Blind, Marriage Relief Society for Girls, Sewing School for Girls
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This material includes several pamphlets and records from a school for the blind, the Marriage Relief Society for Girls, and a sewing school for girls. The records contain financial and budgetary information, donor lists, images of students, and curriculum information. Also included are correspondence between the Baghdadi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the establishment and operation of these charitable institutions.
AI English Translation, Pages 101-125
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12 Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar 141 308 Brought forward | 348 596 Brought forward Mr. Shamil Moussa 1 500 | Mr. Salman Shaul Rahmin 2 250 » Yehuda Sheena 2 325 | » » Saleh » 2 250 » Gurji Sahayek 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Eliyahu Abboudi Shama' 1 425 » Shaul Shlomo Yado 2 325 | Mr. Nassim Shamil Abdul Aziz 1 240 » Shua Heskel Zubaida 2 325 | » Shlomo Al-Sarraf 2 250 » Raphael Anbar 2 25 | » Faraj Alika 2 250 » Gurji Sion Levi 2 325 | » Selim Samuel 1 800 » Naim Sassoon - 975 | Mrs. Wife of Gurji Zilkha 1 275 » Nassim Heskel 2 325 | Mr. Khedhouri Moshi 2 325 » Ibrahim Levi 2 325 | Mrs. Wife of Ghali Shammas 2 250 » Ezra Murad 2 250 | » » Ezra Khedhouri 2 250 » Selim Elias Oqeirib 2 325 | Mr. Shuker Al-Waya - 675 » Shalom Masfi 2 325 | » Sassoon Abboudi 2 250 » Menashi » 2 325 | » Nassim Eliyahu Nawi 2 250 Mrs. Wife of Dr. Aflaton 2 25 | Mrs. Wife of Ephraim Yehuda Fattal 2 250 Mr. Nassim Ezra Rubin - 450 | Mr. Yehuda Heskel Zubaida 150 » Ezra Yaqoub Salama 2 325 | » Saleh Gurji Ishaq 1 240 » Ezra Rubin Horish 2 325 | » Selim Youssef Daoul 1 240 Mrs. Wife of Shamil Nassim Abdul Aziz 1 80 | » Youssef Yaqoub Sassoon 2 25 Mr. Menashi Sassoon Cohen 2 325 | Mrs. Wife of Salman Zilkha 2 325 348 596 384 566
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⟦line⟧ My dear and son the righteous Shaker Mubarak
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13 Dinars Fils | Dinars Fils 566 384 Previous | 341 419 Previous 1 275 Mrs. Aqila Abdullah Zalkha | 400 - Mrs. Aqila Shamoun Sofair 2 475 " Sion Rejwan | 1 700 " Roubin Saleh 225 - Mr. Khedhouri Samuel | 2 700 Iraqi Girls' Renaissance Association School 2 325 " Naji Shaul | Khan Menachem Daniel 2 250 " Isaac Houri | 675 Mrs. Aqila Menashi Meir Karji 2 250 " Heskel Yehuda Nathaniel | 2 250 Mr. Karji Murad 1 200 " Meir Blass | 1 125 " Rabbi Daoud Shaul 1 350 " Albert Hoki | 2 250 Mrs. Aqila Nassim Battat 1 200 " Heskel Karji | 1 500 Mr. Ibrahim Khedhouri 2 250 " Sassoon Shaul Lawi | 2 475 Mr. Khedhouri Gabbay 2 250 " Shua Abdullah Cohen | 2 100 Mr. Yousif Menashi Abed 900 - Mrs. Aqila Salman Eliyahu Karji | 2 325 Mr. Heskel Menashi Lawi 2 250 Mr. Abdullah Yaqub Muallim Nassim | 2 325 Mr. Shaul Yaqub Sa'at 2 250 Mrs. Aqila Karji Daoud Sofair | 2 325 Mr. Ezra Isaac Pasha 675 Mr. Nunu Kazah | 1 800 Mrs. Aqila Khedhouri Al-Ani 2 250 " Eliyahu Heskel | 2 250 Mr. Heskel Yousif Nawi 2 250 " Yehuda Moshi Yehuda | 2 250 " Eliyahu Heskel Shahrabani 1 400 " Salim Moshi Shaya | 1 800 " Roubin Saleh Sahik 2 250 His Excellency Abdul Qadir Rashid | 2 250 " Victor Hakim 1 500 Mrs. Aqila Salman Khedhouri | 1 178 " Sion Al-Ani 341 419 019 455
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14 Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils 455 019 | Previous | 490 509 | Previous 4 650 | Mr. Dr. Rubtshik | 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Dr. Henry 4 - | Mr. Ezra Meir Hakkak and sons | | Rosenfeld 1 550 | Mr. Salim Qattan | 2 250 | Mr. Daoud Shamoun Shammash 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Gurji Salman Elia | 2 250 | Messrs. Yehuda and Naji Hesqel | Shaul | | Elias (Baqubah) 1 800 | » » Meir Levi | 2 400 | His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri 1 575 | » » Daoud Sassoon Shemtob | 675 | Miss Sabiha Dabi 3 - | » Mr. Gurji Ezra | 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Reuben City | Rabia | 2 250 | » Wife of Yusuf Zilkha, Lawyer 1 800 | Miss Helen Hajam | 2 250 | » Wife of Salim Shashoua 1 80 | Mrs. Wife of Nassim Shamil Abdulaziz | 1 800 | » » Salim Shamoun Gabbay - 960 | Mr. Murad Daoud Murad | 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Hayyim Tawfiq 1 125 | Mrs. Wife of Hesqel Duri | 2 250 | » » Shua Zelouf 2 250 | Miss Regina Houri | 1 350 | » » Isaac Al-Ani 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Meir Shashoua | 1 425 | » » Menashi Suhayq 2 250 | Mr. Huki Twena | - 225 | » » Abravaya - 225 | Mrs. Wife of Salim Ezra Oqairib | - 225 | Miss Najia Sion Ephraim Nassim 2 250 | Mr. Salim Sion Abboudi | 1 800 | Mrs. Wife of Salim Uzair 2 250 | Mrs. Wife of Anwar Shaul | - 150 | Mr. Khedhouri Darwish - 225 | Dentist Valmakrian | - 150 | » » Victor ⟦line⟧ 490 509 518 484
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15 Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils 484 518 Brought forward | 434 551 Brought forward 2 25 Mrs. Aqila Shaul Shashoua | 225 — Mrs. Aqila Menashi Baruch 1 800 » Menashi Khalaschi | 1 650 » » Shemtob Ibrahim 2 25 » Salim Cohen | Harun 2 250 Mr. Moshe Meir Shaul | 900 — Mr. Abdullah Sheena 2 250 Mrs. Aqila Yaqub Hakham Al-Masha' | 1 200 » Lawyer Gurji Heskel 2 250 » » Saleh Bashi | 225 — » Shimon Nassim Hakham Shimon 2 250 Mr. Yusuf Meir Baruch | 90 — » Yusuf Menashi Haddad 2 250 Mrs. Aqila Saleh Mansour | 300 — » Naim Ezra 1 800 » » Ibrahim Suhayq | 900 — Mrs. Aqila Daoud Khadouri 2 250 Mr. Hayawi Eliyahu Nathaniel | 500 — Mr. Yusuf Gurji Shaul Houri 1 575 » Ishaq Shaya | 675 — » Ezra Meir Daoud 2 325 » Victor Smouha | 300 — » Yusuf Eliyahu Cohen 2 175 » Yaqub Shaul Dabi | 75 — Dr. Anwar Hanina 450 — » Daoud Nouri | 225 — Mr. Nassim Eliyahu Chatiat 400 — » Zion Ishaq Ghazal | 225 — » Niazi Heskel Ezra 225 — » Salim Abboudi Chatiat | 750 — » Naji Ezra Dalah 825 — » Nadim Salman Rabie | 675 — Mrs. Aqila Menashi Shashoua 2 25 Mr. David | 450 — Mr. Daoud Hillel 1 800 Mrs. Aqila Heskel Murad | 500 — » Abdul Jabbar Chalabi ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ 551 434 | 562 109
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16 Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar 109 562 Previous | 609 566 Previous 250 - Mr. Salim Mansour | 75 - Dr. Anwar Kabay 525 - Dr. Albert Shaul Elias | 150 - Mr. Yaqoub Youssef Nassim 500 - Mrs. Wife of Shalom Darwish | 75 - Mr. Marmostein School Principal 450 - Mr. Israel Agha Baba | Shammash 450 - Mrs. Wife of Shamoun Fattal | 75 - Mr. Murad Mikhail 450 - Dr. Gurji Rabie | 75 - " Tawfiq Basri 450 - Mrs. Wife of Moshi Daoud Sofer | 75 - " Meir Hayya 450 - Mr. Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani | 75 - Mr. Laredo School Principal 150 - " Nuri Shaya | Alliance 150 - " Salim Rabie | 75 - Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Waiya 150 - " Meir Jatiat | 75 - Dr. Mohammad Abdul Khaliq 150 - Mrs. Wife of Naim Cohen | 75 - Mr. Rogers 75 - Dr. Heskel Moallem | 75 - " Rice 75 - " Edward Mahlab | 75 - " Grammy 75 - " Ezra Darzi | 75 - " Schuster 150 - " Nazem Meir | 75 - " Coupon 609 566 | 734 567
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Initial training on the chairs apparatus
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17 Various Donations Donor Name | Type of Donation Mr. Moshe Nissim Suleiman | Forty-four undershirts and one knife " Yaakov Isaac | Twelve eating bowls Mrs. Aqila Daoud Khedhouri | " " spoons " " Haskel Ezra Pirsa | Two bolts of cloth from which twenty sports trousers and sixteen shirts were made and distributed to the students Mr. Haskel Yosef Khalif for the soul of his late brother Gurji | Three winter suits distributed to the students Mr. Yosef Gurji Shaul Houri for the soul of his late mother | Five winter suits distributed to the students Mr. Salim Ezra Yaakov for the soul of his late mother | " " " " " " An anonymous benefactor | Three " " " " " Mr. Yosef Hayyim Niazi Sion Dangur | Seven boxes of dates From the President of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society | 60 handkerchiefs containing sweets Items in the storehouse offered for sale | Quantity Swings | 3 Mats | 3 Various mattresses | 30 Waste paper baskets | 2
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18 Summary of the Home's account for the starting period Income Fils | Dinar 828 | 1595 | The surplus at the beginning of July 1935 published in the third bulletin | | Fils Dinar 434 | 578 | Total subscriptions 584 | 569 | 8.850 Deducting the value of uncollected subscriptions confirmed by receipts 522 | 96 | Total donations 920 | 140 | Interest on money deposited in banks 191 | 89 | Values of products made by the blind 554 | 214 | Proceeds from the two dance parties held at the prosperous Laura Kadoorie Club in the years | | 1935 and 1937 535 | 23 | From the rent of the shop endowed to the Home 684 | 60 | Total of public donations on Purim holiday through the distribution of badges and from | | donation boxes located in the Home 818 | 2790 | Involve the Blind Welfare Home Music Band - Silas Kadoorie in your parties and celebrations For everyone testifies to its artistic ability and discipline
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19 On July 1, 1935, and ending on December 31, 1937 Expenses Dinar | Fils | 8 | 89 | Salaries and gratuities 462 | 70 | Total value of food consumed by students 179 | 26 | Amount spent on student clothing 511 | 107 | Values of tools and materials for industry 769 | 6 | Factory equipment 959 | 16 | Expenses for the house and shop 634 | 21 | Commission for students from the value of products sold 80 | 14 | Value of musical instruments 159 | 103 | Miscellaneous expenses 761 | 1185 | Total expenses 57 | 1605 | The remaining balance on December 31, 1937 40 | 1307 | Fixed deposit note at Khedouri Zilkha establishment, due May 16, 1938 501 | 274 | Fixed deposit note at Khedouri Zilkha establishment, due July 4, 1938 4 | | Two promissory notes from the shop tenant for the remaining rent 389 | 13 | Cash available in the current account with Khedouri Zilkha establishment 577 | 3 | Cash in hand 550 | 2 | Uncollected receipts 57 | 1605 |
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20 Gentlemen and ladies donating food for the students Number of meals | Name of donor | Number of meals | Name of donor 2 | Mr. Yahya Meir Munshi Bahr | 78 | Previous total 5 | " Shamoon Hay Isaac | 2 | Mr. Salman Yusuf Khudair 1 | " Khedhouri Isaac Amber | 3 | Mrs. Wife of Daoud Khedhouri 6 | " Yaqub Shlomo Somikh | 2 | Mr. Selim Meir Aqrab 3 | " Gurji Munshi Mukammal | 7 | Mr. Isaac Shalom Nassim Shabi 3 | Mrs. Wife of Dr. Rosenfeld | 14 | " Isaac Yusuf Sharida 3 | Mrs. Wife of Shlomo Abdullah Shlomo | 3 | Sons of the late Saleh Ibrahim Bano 37 | Via the Director of the Midrash School | 1 | Mr. Moshe Nassim Suleiman 1 | Sons of the late Rabbi Ezra Dangoor | 1 | Mr. Munshi Zlouf 1 | Mr. Sassoon Haron | 2 | Mr. Yaqub Isaac 1 | Sir Elly Khedhouri | 1 | Sons of Heskel Shamash 1 | Mr. Salman Fattal | 6 | Mr. Daoud Shalo 1 | " Meir Shaul Shashoua | 2 | Mr. Abdullah Yaqub Moallem Nassim 1 | " Munshi Shaul Shashoua | 2 | Mrs. Wife of Ibrahim Hayyim Rabbi Isaac 1 | " Yehuda Munshi Zubeida | 6 | " " Ephraim Nassim 1 | Mrs. Wife of Selim Ezra Aqrab | 3 | " " The late Dr. Yahya Samika 4 | " " Ezra Meir Heskel Munshi | 2 | Dr. Ezra Qaraeen 2 | Mr. Ibrahim Heskel Nawi | 2 | Mrs. Wife of Rubin Siti 4 | Mrs. Wife of Meir Baruch | 1 | Mr. Ibrahim Menahem Al-Ani 78 | Following | 138 | Following
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1 The blind play dominoes and chess in their spare time
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21 Number of foods | Name of donor | Number of foods | Name of donor 138 | Carried forward | 176 | Carried forward 1 | Mr. Eliyahu Isaac Shashoua | 1 | Mrs. Wife of Yaqub Mashal 6 | " Sassoon Heskel Bahar | 1 | Mr. Moshe Khedhouri Dabool 3 | Mrs. Wife of Zion Shaul Ezra Shantoob | 2 | " Yusuf Ezra 1 | Mr. Selim Zion Aboudi | 1 | " Meir Isaac Mukhtar 4 | " Sassoon Ezra Khazzam | 4 | " Ezra Shlomo Aqirab 1 | " Shamil Qaraeen | 1 | Mrs. Khatoun Saleh Shuker 1 | " Saleh Zeloof | 2 | Mr. Khedhouri Eliyahu Shreidah 1 | " Selim Menashi Mashal | 2 | " Gurji Halili 1 | Mrs. Nona Khazma | 1 | " Yaqub Jadaa 5 | Mrs. Wife of Stanley Shashoua | 1 | " Saleh Abdullah Aslan 1 | Mr. Heskel Menashi Effendi | 1 | " Murad Shaul Heskel Abed Khazma 1 | " Charles Haron & Co. | 1 | " Nahum Shakoori 1 | " Moshe Ezra Rahima | 1 | " Heskel Faraj 1 | " Haron Nassim Zalait | 1 | Mrs. Wife of Ezra Meir Barukh 1 | " Heskel Mashal | 1 | Mr. Moshe Muallim 1 | Mrs. Wife of Salman Shabi | 2 | Dr. Rosenfeld 1 | Mr. Isaac Sassoon Mukammal | 1 | Mr. Shlomo Chitayat 1 | " Yaqub Menashi Zarur | 1 | Mrs. Wife of Shaul 5 | " Ibrahim Hayyim Twena | 1 | " " Gurji Lawi 1 | " Eliyahu Yusuf " | 2 | " " Selim Shashoua 176 | Brought forward | 206 | Brought forward
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22 Food Quantity | Name of Donor | Food Quantity | Name of Donor 206 | Carried forward | 238 | Carried forward 1 | Mr. Moshe Mahlab | 2 | Mrs. Wife of Reuben Moallem 1 | " Ibrahim Fattal | 1 | " " Mutair Hakkak 1 | " Menashi Meshaal | 1 | " " Reuben Somikh 1 | " Ezra Isaac Yehuda | 1 | Mr. Haron Zalkha 6 | " Khedouri Shamash | 1 | Dr. Yaqub Gabbay 1 | Mrs. Wife of Mutair Shlomo David | 1 | Mr. Menashi Hesqel Musaffi 1 | Mr. Eliyahu Daoud Khabbaza | 2 | " Eliyahu Hakham Ezra Dangoor 2 | " Selim Moshe Zeloof | 1 | Administration of Khan Menachem Daniel School 2 | Mrs. Wife of Ibrahim El-Kabir | 3 | Mr. Gurji Mutair Baruch 2 | " " Selim Cohen | 1 | " Naim Moshe 1 | " " Shaul Elias | 2 | " Hesqel Yusuf Hesqel Khalif 2 | Mr. Khedouri Shashua | 2 | " Daoud Hillel 1 | " Daoud Nawi | 8 | Lawyer Anwar Shaul 1 | " Ezra Haddad | 1 | Mutair Elias Hospital (head of sheep) 2 | Miss Marcelle Darwish | 1 | Mrs. Wife of Menashi Zubaida 1 | Anonymous benefactor | 1 | Mr. Shimon Moshiach 2 | Mr. Daoud Shaul Twaig | 1 | " Saleh El-Jayi (head of sheep) 2 | Sons of the late Yamin Shasha | 1 | Mr. Shaul Yaqub Habousha 1 | Mrs. Wife of Khedouri Sourani | 3 | Mr. Ezra Mutair Hesqel Menashi 1 | " " Zion Kobi | 1 | Mrs. Wife of Abdullah Danoos 238 | Balance carried | 273 | Balance carried
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⟦Photograph of students working on baskets⟧ Students training on making baskets
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23 Number of Food Items | Name of Donor 273 | Brought forward 1 | Mrs. Karjia Sayyon 1 | Sons of Daoud Shamtoub 1 | Mr. Daoud Sassoon Salman Khdeir 2 | » Sayyon Yaqoub Eliya Bahr 1 | » Khdhouri Yaqoub Sahiq 1 | » Eliyahu Roubin Khazam 2 | » Yaqoub Ibrahim Yehuda 2 | » Eliyahu Hesqail Khazam 1 | Mr. Sayyon Yaqoub Qar'ein 1 | » Saleh Eliyahu 3 | » Menashi Moshi Abid 1 | Mrs. Wife of Yaqout Shlomo 1 | » » Moshi Saleh Khdhouri 1 | Mr. Eliyahu Meir Khdhouri 1 | Mr. Ishaq Yaqoub 1 | » Daoud Shakhouri 14 | » Abdullah Elisha Sofair 308 | Carried forward Number of Food Items | Name of Donor 308 | Brought forward 1 | Mr. Eliyahu Shabi 1 | Mrs. Habiba Shaul Rabi' 1 | Mr. Abd Allah Haroun Bahr 1 | » Victor Daoud 1 | Mrs. Wife of Eliyahu Meir Ishaq Khdhouri 2 | Mr. Saleh Sassoon Mishaal 1 | Mrs. Habiba Sham'oun 1 | Anonymous benefactor 1 | Mr. Khdhouri Kabbay 1 | » Salman Shiri 1 | » Moshi Roubin Sofair 1 | » Murad Gabriel 1 | » Moshi Jitayat 1 | Mrs. Wife of Shaul Naqqar 1 | Mr. Sham'oun Shammash 1 | Mrs. Farha Yaqoub 325 |
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24 At all times You can visit the House of Sympathy for the Blind - S - Kadoorie To see for yourselves the progress of the work Weaving and repairing bamboo chairs, weaving mats and hammocks, making brushes of all kinds, including brushes for washing and sweeping houses, brushes for cleaning utensils ceramics, clothes, shoes, horses and others, and making baskets of all kinds, including wastepaper baskets and laundry baskets and fruit Buy these products For they are made with unparalleled perfection Prices are affordable
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1944 Bulletin House of Consolation for the Blind ⟦Silan Khedouri⟧ Baghdad Al-Khairiyya Printing Press Taht al-Takia Street, Baghdad No. 32 / 115
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Bulletin of the year 1944 The Blind Consolation Home - in Baghdad - The Home was established in 1926 Its building is at: Al-Tawrat Street 65 - 137 Baghdad Telephone number - 5488
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Introduction On the occasion of the expiration of the current committee's term at the end of 1944, its members present to the members of the Home for the Blind (Silas Kadoorie) and the rest of the supporters (both men and women) this brief bulletin which includes: 1 - The speeches delivered at the memorial ceremony for the founder of the Home for the Blind project, the late Rachel Hayim, who passed away on Sunday 20-2-1944. 2 - A summary of the Home's accounts until the end of the year 1944. Our committee has decided to print this bulletin to give an idea of the status of this institution and to immortalize the memory of the dear departed founder of the project.
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⟦Portrait of a woman in a frame⟧ The late Rachel Heim Founder of the Home for the Consolation of the Blind project
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Program of the Celebration Held by the Society for the Welfare of the Blind in Baghdad Under the patronage of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad To memorialize the founder of the project, the virtuous lady The late Rachel, wife of Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Isaac April 28, 1944 1 — Psalms 2 — Speech by Mr. Anwar Shaul, Lawyer Honorary Secretary of the Welfare Home 3 — Speech by Mr. Murad Michael Director of Shamash School 4 — Psalms 5 — Speech by Miss Victoria Al-Ammari Director of the Welfare Home 6 — A word by Miss Marcelle Ya'qub, a student of the Welfare Home 7 — Psalms 8 — Word from the family of the deceased 9 — Religious prayer for mercy
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Speech of the Honorary Secretary Professor Anwar Shaul, the Lawyer Ladies and Gentlemen How noble are the feelings that brought you to attend this celebration! You have come, driven by the love of goodness, charitable deeds, and as mediators of good, to participate with us in sanctifying a personality who dedicated her life, not for profit or fame, but for the good of humanity and the happiness of its children. Indeed, you have come to listen to a wonderful, immortal story titled, if it is correct to give it a title, the story of the blind whom a lady saved. Yes, you will hear from me the story of the blind boys and girls and how the ⟦celebrated one⟧ through her memorial, the late Mrs. Rachel, wife of the exemplary notable Mr. Ibrahim Hayim Rabbi Isaac, saved them. Ladies and Gentlemen When Baghdad Radio broadcasts the concerts of the Blind Choir or the Art Brothers Band, as this choir was named after completing its studies with us, we hear many saying with admiration: Truly, it is poignant music, or how capable this choir is, or how delightful these pieces are, among other expressions of praise and admiration. But how many are those who know how this miracle was achieved and how these blind people reached this point, some of whom in a past day had to loiter in the streets begging for the charity of philanthropists while others wailed
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6 in one of the corners of the Sheikh Ishaq Synagogue, while the rest had to be buried alive in houses overshadowed by misery and wretchedness? How did these unfortunate people escape from such miserable conditions and how did they achieve such genius? To learn about all of this, we must go back to the year 1926, or even a year or two before that date. At that time, Al-Aqida and her noble family were living in a house near the Meir Elias Synagogue, and she noticed a blind child who would sit opposite her house every morning and evening begging people. She used to hear him saying: Have mercy on the blind, give charity to the sightless; or she would see people passing by this poor blind boy, rushing to their business, neither paying attention to him nor responding to his call except for a tiny number, perhaps one in a hundred, and if one gave charity, it was something trivial that neither relieved pain nor satisfied hunger. So her tender heart would ache and her noble soul would suffer, and she often thought about the misery of these blind people and the hardship and exhaustion they were in, since fate, their families, and the people were against them. Was it possible to save them from the lasting humiliation they were in? And how would this rescue be? And like light that emanates in the darkness of the night, a great idea shone upon her: To establish a home for the consolation of the blind, thereby declaring war on the misfortunes of these afflicted people and seeking to save them from what they were in. She began making preparations for that, and approached a number of her acquaintances; she found encouragement from some as she found discouragement from others. At the forefront of the encouragers were her virtuous husband, her righteous son Mr. Gurji, and her youngest daughter