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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 2932 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic. There are many copies in the collection.

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Archival Materials

Community Meeting Agendas, Minutes; Booklets about Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, Jewish Community Laws

IJA Number: 3097 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community that consist of notices of community meeting agendas and meeting minutes, addressing a variety of issues including school staff, elected community positions, Kosher food, totals of butchered Kosher meat for the meat tax, and budget planning. There is a small booklet titled “Statues for the Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, 1948.” There are documents listing members of the community involved in different community or religious organizations, including various school subcommittees and members of particular synagogues. There is a copy of the booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931. This was published in Baghdad by the Jewish Charity Council and there are several copies of the laws in the collection.

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Handwritten Passover Hagadah

IJA Number: 2921 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a handwritten book, likely written by a youth (likely Baghdadi) in 5603 (1902 or 1903). In the front, it is inscribed with the Hebrew date, and the assumed scribe: Ha-Tseir Katsuri ben Shaul Yaʻaḳov Yehudah Yaʻaḳov. Inside is the entire Passover Hagadah with small illustrations and decorations, as well as other prayers and poems from other parts of Jewish liturgy: Lekhah Dodi and Yedid Nefesh from Sabbath Evening prayers. The text of the Hagadah includes a paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Hebrew text to Judeo-Arabic.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence among Jewish Community Committees – Financial Matters, Salaries, Budgets

IJA Number: 2740 · Language: Arabic

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that contains correspondence between various Jewish community groups and government offices. Topics include: increases in monthly salaries, the allocation of money to various Jewish community offices, religious ceremonies, plans for vacant lots, travel for medical treatment and rest, kosher meat, ledgers with the amount of meat purchased in 1949 (for meat tax), correspondence from the Mayor of Baghdad regarding trash removal, financial summaries, budgets, salary reports, newspaper clipping, employee raises, purchased goods, women’s ritual purity laws, correspondence with individual rabbis, girls’ school, applications for permits, and an index of registered judges' names. There are also correspondence and flyers in Judeo-Arabic; the Judeo-Arabic flyers are from the Tomkhe Torah Society.

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[Book Section - Jewish Law]

IJA Number: 1863 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

These are pages of Jewish law, some with Judeo-Arabic. There is no publication information.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 1599 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Passover Hagadah with Judeo-Arabic printed in Jerusalem according to the Baghdadi tradition. The Judeo-Arabic was written by Rabbi Joseph Hayyim, or the Ben Ish Ḥai, a famous Baghdadi rabbi.

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[Prayer Book and Hagadah]

IJA Number: 437 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

These are two books bound together. The first is most of a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals with no publication information. The second is a Passover Hagadah with Judeo-Arabic printed in Baghdad in 5659 (1898 or 1899).

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مجموعة: قانون الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٧٧) لسنة ١٩٣١ ونظام الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٣٦) لسنة ١٩٣١

IJA Number: 962 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 1957 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic.

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קאנון אל נסא

IJA Number: 1593 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a book with Jewish laws and rituals for women written in Judeo-Arabic by the famous Baghdadi Rabbi know as the Ben Ish Ḥai. The book is printed in Baghdad, using the letters from the Hebrew press in Livorno (the place of publication is listed as Be-ʻO[tiyot] Livorno, meaning using the letters of Livorno).

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Handwritten Judeo-Arabic Book

IJA Number: 1988 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a handwritten book in Judeo-Arabic.

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[Book Section - Songs]

IJA Number: 3459 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is from a book of songs and poetry in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. There is no publication information.

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ספר שיר השירים

IJA Number: 1572 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is an edition of Song of Songs that includes a Judeo-Arabic translation and commentary.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 355 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Passover Hagadah printed in Livorno for the Baghdadi community that includes Judeo-Arabic.

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Budgets and Annual Reports, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 650 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, in Baghdad. Included is the 1956 annual budget. There is a request from the head of the Burial Society for financial support from the community at large. He presents records of its annual income and expenses, including lists of people who passed away: names, dates, and cost of burial. The lists have three categories of payment: self paid, minimum paid, and free burials for the poor. Also included are three pamphlets. One is in Judeo-Arabic and is the annual report for the Burial Society. This reports discuss the budget and other items of note: one member of the community, a German doctor who escaped Nazi Germany, paid more than the average fee; members of the community who could not pay for a funeral had funerals paid for by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah but there was a deficit in 5710 (1949-1950) due to more funerals and higher costs of material; the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah asks for more funds from the Baghdadi Jewish community to cover these deficits.

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مجموعة: قانون الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٧٧) لسنة ١٩٣١ ونظام الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٣٦) لسنة ١٩٣١

IJA Number: 509 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community Statue #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 1563 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic. It includes commentary from the famous Baghdadi Rabbi Joseph Ḥayyim ben Elijah al-Ḥakam, also known as the Ben Ish Ḥai.

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Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court Records; Burial Expenses; Citizenship Issues; Correspondence

IJA Number: 3762 · Language: Arabic

This item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 1003 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic. There are many copies in the collection.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 996 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 992 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic. There are many copies in the collection.

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[Song of Songs]

IJA Number: 319 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is an edition of Song of Songs with a Judeo-Arabic translation. There is no publication information.

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Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members; Member Lists, Financial Ledgers, Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 3112 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community comprised of marriage, divorce, birth, and death certificates and confirmations of Jewish lineage; certificates cover the 1910s-1920s. In the Jewish marriage certificates, “Miss” is added before the woman’s name if it is her first marriage; “Divorcee” is added before the woman’s name if she is divorced. There are also lists of members of the Jewish Lay Council, 1936-1940, and financial ledgers listing original purchase price, original owners, and sale price. There is also a complaint letter from a Muslim tenant asking for compensation, and a letter from a Muslim land owner offering to lease land to the Jewish community for building a hospital.

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Court Rulings, Agreements, Jewish Religious Court, Baghdad

IJA Number: 2859 · Language: Arabic

These are documents in Arabic from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad. The item contains court decisions on marital matters; a memo regarding the rules that govern the use of revenue stamps; and an agreement between the President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and a lawyer.

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