Financial Documents; Important Roles Baghdadi Jews Play in Iraqi Society
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Fils / Dinar 5 / --- Only five Dinars and no more I received from the accountant of the Israelite Community the above-mentioned amount, and that is for the tip which the council granted me on the occasion of the Passover holidays And for that I have given this receipt on 27 / 4 / 49 Mansour Al-Sheikh ⟦Koura⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦large red checkmark⟧
List of construction expenses for the respected ⟦...⟧ Fils / Dinar 2800 | Wood from Abd ⟦...⟧ 1540 | Wood 2 240 | Nails 270 | Porterage and ladder rent 3000 | Carpenters' wages until 4/5/1950 7/850 Only seven dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils and no more 250 fils 500 fils porterage Approved 15 / 4 ⟦illegible⟧
Fils / Dinar 7/850 Only seven dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils nothing else I received from the accountant of the Jewish community the amount mentioned above, and that is for the value of restoring the roof of the shrine according to the attached list, and for that I gave this receipt 7/850 /1950 Abboud Mordechai The Kingdom of Iraq Iraq 8 Fils
Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ Presence of ⟦...⟧ Has ⟦...⟧ the Rabbi ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ the Council ⟦...⟧ 1- Has ⟦...⟧ the community ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 2- Has ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ the amounts ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ today ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ What are the amounts and when are they paid? The file Urgent Is ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Total on Dinar repairs at the repair shop Hallala Issa | 240 Ali Hallala | 80 Shanna 12 | 680 Hallala Raji | 200 Walid Jack | 250 Labor fee | 500 The total has become | 1950 Only one thousand nine hundred and fifty Dinars for repairs at the repair shop ⟦signature⟧ Nassim Malawi
Baghdad on 1/2/49 1 I received from His Eminence Rabbi David Ezra Wahbi the sum of 2.800 dinars (two dinars and eight hundred fils) and that is for sharpening six ⟦and lajieh⟧ knives and cutting Shehadeh Faraj Shehadeh Faraj 1/2/49
Fils / Dinar 820 / - Only eight hundred and twenty Fils and no more I received from the accountant of the Israeli community the above-mentioned amount for the price of four trays for charitable use and for that I have given this receipt Murad ⟦...⟧ Salman Shaul
Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ 949 His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, Respectfully Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of November 1949 Fils | Dinar 750 | 2 | Dye for cooking ⟦line⟧ | 2 | Ishaq Shasha Shuchalim tax 250 | 2 | Salman Shaul cooking supervisor ⟦line⟧ | 1 | Salman Shaul Kosher meat supervisor ⟦line⟧ | 7 | Moshe Elias appointment and knife repair ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Slaughterhouse cleaning for one month ⟦line⟧ | 1 | Selim Hakham Eliyahu 450 | 2 | Sharpening knives by Moshe Elias according to the attached receipt 126 | - | One notebook and pen for Salman Shaul 250 | 1 | Faucet repair according to the attached receipt 450 | - | Lamp repair 286 | 30 | Total thirty dinars and two hundred eighty-six fils only Dawoud Ezra Nasibi Head of the Slaughterhouse ⟦Paid⟧ Accounting ⟦...⟧
Dinar Fils 1 250 Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils I, ⟦Muqbil Yusuf⟧, have received an amount of one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils for the value of ⟦...⟧ buying pipes sewage with their installation and others 10/11/49 Muqbil Yusuf
I, the undersigned, Menashi Elias, have received from His Eminence Rabbi Daoud ⟦Gabbay⟧, the respected, the sum of only two Dinars and four hundred and fifty Fils and no more, and that is for the repair fee of ⟦my machines⟧, and for that reason I have signed in, Amount 2/450 8/10/4 Menashi Elias 8/10/48
Baghdad on ⟦11/10/49⟧ To the Honorable President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of October 1949 Fils | Dinar 750 | 2 | Dye for the cooking --- | 2 | ⟦Isaac⟧ Shash, Shohalim alarmist 250 | 7 | Salman Shaul, cooking supervisor --- | 1 | Salman Shaul, Kosher meat supervisor --- | 7 | Nushi Eliyahu, appointment and knife repair --- | 10 | Slaughterhouse cleaning for one month --- | 1 | Selim Hakham Eliyahu 700 | --- | One notebook and one pen for Salman Shaul 750 | 2 | Inspection of Eve of Rosh Hashanah and Eve of Kippur for Salman Shaul 500 | 1 | Wage for three days of cooking, which are the second day of Rosh Hashanah | | and the second day of the first Sukkot holiday and the second day of the second | | Sukkot holiday. --- | 6 | Assistants for the holiday 650 | 3 | Room repairs according to attached receipts 070 | 40 | Total only forty Dinars and seventy Fils and no more With high respect ⟦Hafas⟧ Head of the Slaughterhouse Approved 12/11 <del>Paid</del> <del>Accountant</del> <del>8/11/49</del>
Wages for a ⟦roads⟧ labor worker 750 Vibrator number 4 1000 11/26/1949 Signature Abbas Khader
1649 Account of the ⟦...⟧ Committee Regular | Ministry of ⟦...⟧ | Ministry travel 900 | 5 ⟦...⟧ | 18 I have received from so-and-so and Mr. Hamoudi Al-Najjar And that is for the value of the shares sent to you, and as such I have signed below ⟦signature⟧
Painting a room in the slaughterhouse for a price of One Dinar 10/26/1949 Signature <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Yacoub Shaoul 65 2/750 900 2/750
Baghdad on 6 / 11 / 49 His Excellency, the President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, Respected Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of September 949 Fils | Dinar 750 | 2 | Dye for the floor 000 | 2 | Isaac Shash, alarm for the Shochatim 250 | 2 | Salman Shaul, floor supervisor 000 | 1 | Salman Shaul, Kosher meat supervisor 000 | 7 | Repairing knives by Isaac Shash instead of Moshe Elias 000 | 10 | Slaughterhouse cleaning for one month 000 | 1 | Salim Hakham Eliyahu 480 | | Electric lamps by Salman Shaul 950 | | Repairing faucets by Salman Shaul 000 | 1 | Supervisor over the butcher Aqeel Dineh for selling Treif 430 | 28 | Total: Only twenty-eight Dinars and four hundred and thirty Fils, nothing else Raouf Ezra Liquidator Head of the Slaughterhouse Approved 12/11 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/11/49
Baghdad on 7 / 9 / 1949 Excellency President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, Respectfully Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of August 1949 Fils | Dinar | 750 | 2 | Dye for the floor 000 | 2 | <del>Wages</del> Alarmer of the Shohatim 250 | 2 | Salman Shaul floor supervisor 000 | 1 | Salman Shaul Kosher meat supervisor 000 | 7 | Moshe Elias inspection and sharpening of knives 000 | 10 | Cleaning of the slaughterhouse for one month 000 | 1 | سلم Rabbi Eliyahu - inspection 480 | | Electric bulbs by Salman Shaul Abd 750 | | Padlocks for the slaughterhouse by Salman Shaul Abd 200 | 1 | Electrical repair with bulbs by Naeem 430 | 28 | Total Twenty-eight Dinars and four hundred and thirty Fils only Daoud Cohen Inspection Head of the Slaughterhouse Approval ⟦signature⟧ The Accountant Archive 12/9 ?
Fils Dinar ⟦line⟧ 1 200 I received the amount noted above, which is one dinar and two hundred <del>fils</del> fils only, and that is for electrical repair wages in the slaughterhouse Israeli Baghdad on 19 / 9 / 949 Nassim ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Head of ⟦...⟧
Baghdad on 23 / 8 / 949 His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, respected Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of July 1949 Amount | Fils | Dinars Dye for the cooking | 750 | 2 ⟦illegible⟧ gauze for the Shohatim's ⟦alarm⟧ | 000 | 2 Salman Shaul, cooking supervisor | 250 | 7 Salman Shaul, Kosher meat supervisor | 000 | 1 Moshe Elias, tamna and knife repair | 000 | 7 Slaughterhouse cleaning for one month | 000 | 10 Salim Hakham Eliyahu | 000 | 1 Car fares for meat inspection in Bab al-Sharqi and al-Sintawin | 700 | — Electric lamps by the hand of Salman Shaul | 480 | — Faucet repair by the hand of Salman Shaul | 900 | — Grinding of ⟦6⟧ knives by the hand of Moshe Elias | 100 | 2 Total thirty dinars and one hundred and eighty fils only. | 180 | 30 Raouf Ezra Inspector Head of the Slaughterhouse Audited Accountant 8/24
Baghdad 17 / 7 / 949 His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of June 1949 Fils | Dinar | 750 | 2 | Dye for the community ⟦line⟧ | 2 | Ahmad Hamashi, Shochet monitor 250 | 2 | Salman Shaul, Community Supervisor ⟦line⟧ | 1 | " " " Kosher meat ⟦line⟧ | 7 | Moshe Elias, sharpening and repairing knives ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Slaughterhouse cleaning for one month ⟦line⟧ | 1 | Salim Hakham Eliyahu 110 | | Electric lamp in the hand of Salman Shaul 950 | | Horse in the hand of Salman Shaul 170 | | Ledger in the hand of Salman Shaul 500 | | Cook's fee for the day of Shavuot holiday 500 | | To Khedhouri the carpenter according to the attached list 650 | 1 | To the hand of Nassim the electricity contractor according to the attached receipt 880 | 29 | Total: Twenty-nine Dinars and eight hundred and eighty Fils only Head of the Slaughterhouse ⟦Jaafar⟧ 16 / 7 ⟦illegible⟧
Fils Repairing the electricity box Repairing the step Wood, nails, hinges, and labor 500 Only five hundred fils only and no more 12 / 7 / 49 Khadouri Ezra ⟦fingerprint⟧ ⟦red checkmark⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | Dinar | Fils ⟦illegible⟧ | | 750 Hind ⟦illegible⟧ | | 400 ⟦illegible⟧ | | 500 | 1 | 650 Only ⟦a dinar and six hundred⟧ and fifty ⟦fils only⟧ X ⟦signature⟧
⟦His Excellency⟧ the respected President of the Lay Council Subject: Slaughterhouse expenses for the month of May 949 Fils | Dinar | Description | | Paint for the stamp | | ⟦...⟧ Shawash alarm ⟦illegible⟧ 250 | | Salman Shaul, stamp supervisor | 1 | Salman Shaul, Kosher meat supervisor | | Moshe Elias, inspection and sharpening of knives 100 | | Cleaning of the slaughterhouse for one month | 1 | Salim Hacham Eliyahu | 1 | One electric bulb by Salman Shaul | | Repair of the stamp | | Repair of a faucet by Salman Shaul List of expenses by Khedhouri Ezra according to receipts attached herewith including renovation and demolition of lands and shops Rafid ⟦...⟧ Zero The account was conducted in the slaughterhouse President ⟦...⟧ Eliyahu
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦wombs/kinship⟧ ⟦tempted⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦amount⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ and forty ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ that for what is listed below ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Fils | Dinar 450 | 1 870 | Communications to ⟦Ad-Dila⟧