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ספר בן יהוידע

IJA Number: 3128 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is one volume of a five volume commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. It was written by Rabbi Yosef Ḥayim, a famous Baghdadi Rabbi, known also as the Ben Ish Ḥai. Inside are many handwritten notes in Judeo-Arabic.

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قادة الجيش الاسرائيلي (زحال): عرض موجز لحياتهم و معاركهم

IJA Number: 1135 · Language: Arabic

This is a pamphlet published by the Palestinian Liberation Organization Research Center as part of the “Facts and Numbers Series: #18” and is titled “Israeli Military Generals (IDF): A Brief Review of Their Lives and Battles.”

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المؤتمر الصهيوني

IJA Number: 3178 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic titled "The Twenty-Eighth Zionist Congress, 1972." It is translated from Hebrew and English, and edited by Dr. Elias Shufani. It was joint published by the Institute for Palestinian Studies and Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

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Archival Materials

Financial Ledger, Baghdadi Neighborhoods

IJA Number: 3125 · Language: Arabic

This is a ledger containing financial records for different neighborhoods in Baghdad. It indicates cost, recipient, and payee, possibly indicating property transfer. There is a color logo for the M. Jaffer & Co. on one of the inside covers, displaying a lion with a rising sun and sword.

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Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Receipts, Financial Information, Correspondence

IJA Number: 3169 · Language: Arabic

These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community include files from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Jewish burial society; receipts regarding the administration of an endowment; handwritten financial notes; and a letter from a lawyer regarding community financial affairs. This also includes half of a page of קמיע ירושלמית שמירה ליולדת, (Ḳameʻa Yerushalmit Shrirah le-Yuledet), an amulet guard for pregnant women. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Daily Agenda Book, Iraqi Republic Ministry of Information

IJA Number: 174 · Language: Arabic

This is a spiral bound notebook titled: “Iraqi Republic Ministry of Information: Agenda, 1978.” It is a daily calendar and address book and contains several handwritten annotations, including poetry and notes on syntax. The published text gives a history of Iraq, highlighting Ba’ath party revolutions, oil production, agriculture, arts and youth.

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בן איש חי

IJA Number: 731 · Language: Hebrew

This is a collection of sermons on Jewish Law and commentary on the Torah written by the famous Baghdadi Rabbi Joseph Ḥayyim, known as the Ben Ish Ḥai.

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ספר חכמת אדם

IJA Number: 1758 · Language: Hebrew

This is volume two of a two volume work on Jewish Law and the Shulḥan ʻArukh.

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Rent Ledger

IJA Number: 3119 · Language: Arabic

This is a ledger book that notates names, dates, amounts, and rooms for rent.

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סדר חמש תעניות

IJA Number: 2587 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of liturgy for the five fast days printed in Livorno.

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צלח רכב

IJA Number: 2482 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a commentary on the Bible. There is no publication information.

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