Books

סדור קהלת יעקב מנחה וערבית

IJA Number: 1001 · Language: Hebrew

This is an afternoon and evening prayer book for Shabbat and weekdays according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection.

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Books

סדור קהלת יעקב מנחה וערבית

IJA Number: 1009 · Language: Hebrew

This is an afternoon and evening prayer book for Shabbat and weekdays according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection.

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Books

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 1008 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for the High Holidays, Yom Kipur and Rosh ha-Shanah. There is no publication information.

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Books

משניות סדר נשים

IJA Number: 529 · Language: Hebrew

This is a tractate of the Mishnah, Nashim, printed in Livorno.

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Books

ספר ברכות שמים

IJA Number: 2928 · Language: Hebrew

This is a liturgical book compiled in Baghdad. There are several copies in the collection.

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Archival Materials

Class Rosters, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools; Medical Information for Students

IJA Number: 3212 · Language: Arabic

These are class rosters from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. Also includes are medical information pertaining to eye exams for students and attendance/absence procedures for particular illnesses.

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Fragments

Book Covers

IJA Number: 3482 · Language: Arabic

These are groups of book covers. Some include annotations and title pages.

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Archival Materials

Financial Transaction, Insurance Policies, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3079 · Language: Arabic

These are financial documents from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews including financial transaction receipts, bills, and tax records. Receipts are for newspaper and journal advertisements, pharmacies and doctors, taxis, books and stationary, utilities, accountants, plane and train tickets, and insurance policies. There is also correspondence from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to various Jewish schools, reports on Jewish community holdings, such as the synagogues and charitable endowments, and the distribution of charitable funds, and correspondence with the government regarding property taxes.

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Books

שלחן ערוך אורח חיים

IJA Number: 384 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first book of the Shulḥan ʻArukh, first written in 1563.

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Books

ספר הישר

IJA Number: 2974 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of commentary and stories on the Torah and the biblical book of Joshua. There is no publication information.

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Books

[Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 2930 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book with liturgy for all services for Sabbath, Holidays, and weekdays. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Requests for Visas; Verification Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2841 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are correspondence with community members asking for assistance and visas; birth, life, betrothal, marriage, divorce, widowhood, and death certificates. Some of the verification certificates include names written in Hebrew. One of the letters from the president of the Lay Council in Baghdad is to a Rabbi in New York City about the betrothal of Baghdadi woman to an American man; other letters are confirming the death of a husband and the widow status of a wife and family in need of financial assistance.

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Archival Materials

Handwritten Notebook with Financial Information; Paperwork for a Loan

IJA Number: 2685 · Language: Arabic

This is a notebook, although not completely filled, with handwritten notes about financial matters and expenses. The item also contains paperwork for a financial loan.

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Archival Materials

Student's French Calculus Notebook

IJA Number: 2605 · Language: French

This is a student's notebook with advanced calculus homework from November through December, all done in French. The notebook is not filled out completely. There is a blank weekly progress chart at the beginning of the notebook.

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Books

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 2515 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book that includes liturgy for all services and readings from the Zohar, Mishnah, other commentaries on the Bible, including commentary by the medieval rabbi, Rashi. There is no publication information.

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Books

[Book of Exodus]

IJA Number: 1019 · Language: Hebrew

This is the biblical book of Exodus with the Aramaic translation and commentaries and also includes the Hafṭarot. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Receipts, Frank Iny School & Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2053 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts for expenditures from the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Frank Iny School, including vendors, paint suppliers, and contractors.

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Books

حرب الخليج آثار على اسرائيل

IJA Number: 2014 · Language: Arabic

This is titled “War in the Gulf: Implications for Israel.” It is published as a report by the University of Tel Aviv Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.

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Archival Materials

Baghdadi Jewish Community Tax and Endowment Records; Letter about Jewish Holidays

IJA Number: 1893 · Language: Arabic

These documents are from the Baghdadi Jewish community and include property and income tax records, paperwork concerning endowment holdings, and a letter inquiring about the Jewish holidays and rituals.

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Archival Materials

Interview Transcript, Delegate from the Jewish Directorate

IJA Number: 1888 · Language: Arabic

This is a transcript of a media interview with an Iraqi Jew who recently returned to Iraq after living in Israel for several years. The discussion involves regional politics, economics, and comparisons between life in Iraq and life in Israel.

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ספר סמא דחיי

IJA Number: 3023 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of rabbinic responsa printed in Amsterdam.

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Archival Materials

Damaged Photographs, Tel Aviv, Israel

IJA Number: 1529 · Language: Arabic

This item contains photographs of government, religious, and cultural building in Tel Aviv, Israel. Most of the photographs are badly damaged; the Arabic captions describe the subjects of the pictures.

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Books

الطاقة الكهربائية في اسرائيل

IJA Number: 1475 · Language: Arabic

This is a pamphlet published by the Palestinian Liberation Organization Research Center as part of the “Facts and Numbers Series: #19” and is titled “Electrical Power in Israel.”

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Books

ספר זבחי צדק ח"א

IJA Number: 303 · Language: Hebrew

This is part one of a Jewish law rulings by the Iraqi scholar Abdallah ben Abraham Somekh on the work of the medieval Jewish rabbi and author Joseph Karo. There are many copies in the collection.

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