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[Book Section - Former Prophets]

IJA Number: 774 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a book that includes the former prophets - the biblical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. There is no publication information.

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Oxford English Course for Western Asia (for Iraq). Teacher's Notes to Book Four

IJA Number: 1674 · Language: English

This is the teacher’s edition to the fourth book of an English course for Iraq designed by Oxford University.

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[Book - Commentary on Genesis]

IJA Number: 68 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the biblical book of Genesis. It is likely printed in Baghdad, part of the series called Liḳuṭe Imre El. There is no publication information.

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ספורי המקרא לילדים חלק ראשון

IJA Number: 769 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first volume of a four volume set of books about stories from the Hebrew Bible for children, written by the famous Israeli author Hayyim Nahman Bialik. These are stories from the book of Genesis.

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מקראות גדולות

IJA Number: 1374 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a set of the Hebrew Bible that includes text and commentaries. Included is a stamp from the Baghdadi Tomkhe Tora Society.

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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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ספר כפור תמים חלק שני

IJA Number: 1567 · Language: Hebrew

This is part two of a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for Yom Kipur printed in Baghdad.

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[Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 791 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for sabbath and weekdays. There is no publication information.

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חק לישראל ספר במדבר

IJA Number: 753 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of Numbers with various rabbinic commentaries. There is no title page, but it is similar to several similar books in the collection.

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Empty Cassette Tape Case

IJA Number: 3297 · Language: English

This is an empty cassette tape case.

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[Liturgical Books]

IJA Number: 751 · Language: Hebrew

These are liturgical books; the two books are stuck together, both with no publication information. They include prayers for the Seliḥot service, mourning prayers, and other liturgy.

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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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Archival Materials

Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 655 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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High School Economics Curriculum

IJA Number: 2824 · Language: Arabic

This is the 1959-1960 high school economics curriculum.

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נביאים ראשונים חלק ראשון

IJA Number: 1345 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first volume from a series including the biblical books of Prophets and Writings. In this section are the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel, with commentaries.

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אור גדול ספר בראשית

IJA Number: 1559 · Language: Hebrew

This is the book of Genesis with the Aramaic translation and commentaries and also includes the Hafṭarot and the morning service for Shabat.

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ספר פרדס רמונים

IJA Number: 1418 · Language: Aramaic

This is a Ḳabalaistic commentary on the Talmud printed in Korets, Ukraine.

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ספר אדרת אליהו

IJA Number: 726 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the Torah written by Rabbi Yosef Ḥayim, a famous Baghdadi Rabbi, known also as the Ben Ish Ḥai. There is no publication information.

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[Book Section - Jewish Law]

IJA Number: 79 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a book about Jewish law. There is no publication information.

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חק לישראל ספר במדבר

IJA Number: 1586 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of Numbers with various rabbinic commentaries. It is part of a series. There are several books in the collection.

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מסכת סוכה מן תלמוד בבלי

IJA Number: 713 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Babylonian Talmud that discusses the laws about the holiday Sukkot. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Employee Information, Records of Donations, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 690 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society. They contain employment applications, employee appointments, and records of donations to/from charity organizations.

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Don’t be Silly! Let’s Study World-Shaking “Axis of Donkey” Thoroughly!

IJA Number: 679 · Language: English

This the opening feature from the Magazine Da-Capo, Vol 504 (04/Dec/2002) and is about Iraqi-Japanese relations. There are also several other articles about Iraqi-American relations and politics.

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مبادئ القواعد العربية للصف الخامس עקרונות הדקדוק הערבי לכתה ו

IJA Number: 7 · Language: Arabic

This is a Modern Israeli textbook for Arabic grammar in Arabic schools in Israel.

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