Books

חמשה חומשי תורה ספר ויקרא

IJA Number: 2405 · Language: Hebrew

This is the book of Leviticus with an Aramaic translation and commentary by Rashi as well as other Rabbinic commentary.

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ספר מועדים לשמחה

IJA Number: 2426 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book printed in Baghdad for the three pilgrimage festivals.

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Archival Materials

Maps of Israeli Cities

IJA Number: 1547 · Language: Arabic

These are three maps of several cities in Israel - Avdat, Bethshean, Beth Shearim, Petah Tikva, and Haifa. The text is in Arabic and English.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence with Directorate of Education; Instructions for Teaching Religion; Transferred Student Lists; Curricula, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 1545 · Language: Arabic

These are archival material from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and include: correspondence between the Directorate of Education and public and private schools regarding education matters: policy and rules regarding grades, class schedules, text books contents, changes and corrections, examinations and their locations, lists of students sitting for exams, and admission of general and political prisoner students; instructions for teaching religion only for Muslims (non-Muslims will be exempt) and, as a result, the distributions of grades will differ; list of transferred students from Shamash Secondary and Frank Iny Schools to a college; curricula of Arabic and English language, science, and history. There is also a typed distribution of an Iraqi law from 1965 governing the state emblem.

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Books

الحجزء الثانى: طبيعة التعاون بين اسرائيل و امريكا

IJA Number: 1539 · Language: Arabic

This is paper published in Arabic titled: "Part II: The Nature of Cooperation between Israel and the United States." There is no publication information.

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Books

סדור תפלת ישרים: מנחה וערבית לחול ולשבתות כמנהגי הספרדים בארץ-ישראל ובחוץ-לארץ

IJA Number: 2387 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book printed in Jerusalem for the Sephardic community living both in Israel and the diaspora. It includes afternoon and evening prayers for Sabbath and regular week days.

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Books

ליל הסדר

IJA Number: 2381 · Language: Hebrew

This is a modern Israeli school book for the holiday of Passover.

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Archival Materials

Lease Contracts of the Shamash Endowment

IJA Number: 1453 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents in a ring binder with handwritten title “Lease Contracts of Shamash Endowments for the End of the Year 1953.” It contains primarily official lease contracts and handwritten rosters of an inventory of leased properties. It also includes old contracts for 1950-1951.

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Books

International Politics

IJA Number: 2380 · Language: English

This is a booklet from the University of Baghdad College of Law and Politics, Department of Politics, for students and lay people with a simple approach on international politics.

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Archival Materials

Blank Exams, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 1451 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are blank exams from the Frank Iny School issued between 1957 and 1963. The exams are: Entrance Exam to the First Intermediate, French Section, Mathematics, 1957-1960; Entrance Exam to the First Intermediate, English Grammar, 1957-1960, 1962-1963; Entrance Exam to the First Intermediate, French Grammar, 1957-1960, 1963; Passing Exams, French Section, Calculus, 1961-1963.

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Books

סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 2396 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection.

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Books

[Book Section - Mishnah]

IJA Number: 2030 · Language: Hebrew

This is from an edition of the Mishnah and is heavily annotated. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

High School Economics Curriculum

IJA Number: 1445 · Language: Arabic

This is the 1959-1960 high school economics curriculum.

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Archival Materials

Lease Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 1442 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents containing correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community to the Midrash Committee requesting endowment-related information such as leaseholder names, names of property owners, lease termination dates, and ledgers containing names, monetary information, and citizenship information. It also includes: handwritten calculations; a letter from the head of Lay Council to the head of Midrash Committee regarding the institute's revenues, expenses, verification of lease information, and an inventory list of leased properties.

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Archival Materials

Receipts and Correspondence Regarding Property Leases

IJA Number: 1439 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts and letters from the Baghdadi Jewish Community in an envelope titled “Miscellaneous Receipts”. Included are: a letter regarding rent payment; receipts from the Heskel Menahem Daniel Endowment; a legal termination of a lease.

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Archival Materials

Sasson Endowment Information, Primarily Receipts

IJA Number: 1434 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from a file folder from the Sasson Endowment, mostly of receipts from the endowment.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence between the Alliance Assurance Company, Ltd. (London) and the Ezra M. Hakkak & Sons Ltd. Insurance Department

IJA Number: 1433 · Language: Arabic

These documents contain correspondence from the Alliance Assurance Company, Ltd. (London) and the Ezra M. Hakkak & Sons Ltd. Insurance Department (Baghdad). They include wire transfer receipts and reports from various jurisdictions, and a lawsuit regarding a rental property from Heskel Daniel’s endowment.

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Books

תורה לילד

IJA Number: 2369 · Language: Hebrew

This is the workbook of a modern Israeli text book for teaching Torah.

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Books

الوجه الآخر: العلاقات السرية بين النازية وقيادة الحركة الصهاينة

IJA Number: 138 · Language: Arabic

This is a copy of "The Other Side: the Secret Connections between the Nazis and the Leaders of the Zionist Movement,” originally Mahmoud Abbas's doctoral thesis, completed in 1982 at the Patrice Lumumba University, and defended at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The book was published on 1984 in Arabic by Dar Ibn Rushd publishers in Amman, Jordan.

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Books

האנרגיה בגלגוליה

IJA Number: 2367 · Language: Hebrew

This is a modern Israeli high school text book for physics about force and energy.

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Books

ספר קרנים

IJA Number: 2466 · Language: Aramaic

This is a book about Ḳabalah printed in Livorno in 1825.

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Books

שפר סליחות

IJA Number: 2420 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of prayers for the Seliḥot service on the Sabbath before the High Holidays. It is printed in Livorno.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 132 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books and archival documents. Included is a title page, and a military packing list, as well as documents in Arabic.

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Archival Materials

Lawsuit Information Regarding Rent; Receipt from Furniture Dealer

IJA Number: 1432 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community regarding a lawsuit brought against a pharmacy for not paying rent. There is also a handwritten receipt from wicker furniture dealer.

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