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Baghdadi Jewish Community Employees & Salaries; Financial Transactions, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 3749 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item includes lists of Jewish Community employees and their monthly salaries; also included is financial transaction receipts from Ḥevrah Ḳadishah.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3792 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 18-20.

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Books

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 375 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for Yom Kipur. There is no publication information.

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Books

חק לישראל ספר דברים

IJA Number: 392 · Language: Hebrew

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

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ספר השתפכות הנפש

IJA Number: 2422 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book about Hasidism printed in Jerusalem.

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[Book Section - Jewish Law]

IJA Number: 39 · Language: Hebrew

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

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חמשה חומשי תורה

IJA Number: 2417 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Torah from a set of the Hebrew Bible edited by Meir (Max) Letteris and printed in London.

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ספר שערי קדושה

IJA Number: 2412 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book about Ḳabalah printed in Jerusalem. It also includes the book ספר עלים לתרופה Sefer ʻAlim li-Terufah written by the medieval rabbi, Nahmanides, and published in Jerusalem in 5667 (1906 or 1907). That is a book of Jewish ethics.

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Part of a Tiq for Torah Scroll

IJA Number: 3840

This is part of a tiq, or Torah scroll holder, used for reading the Torah in synagogue. It is made of wood.

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ספר חיים טובים מחזור ליום הכפורים חלק ג

IJA Number: 2406 · Language: Hebrew

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

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ספר רזיאל המלאך

IJA Number: 2415 · Language: Hebrew

This is a ḳabalistic book. There are many copies of this edition in the collection.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3821 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Genesis.

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Archival Materials

Financial Documents, New Employees, Member Seeking Financial Assistance, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3725 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts, bills, salary information, and other financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The documents also include a memo about hiring new employees and a letter from a community member seeking financial assistance.

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Sale of Shamash School Building; Correspondence from Government; List of Synagogues in Iraq

IJA Number: 3723 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is a newspaper with an article concerning the seizure of property owned by Iraqi Jews who renounced their Iraqi citizenship. The documents also contain correspondence between branches of the Iraqi government and the Baghdadi Jewish community, such as a notice from the Ministry of Culture to the Jewish community informing them the Jewish schools would remain unharmed after the emigration of the community. The documents also include the Jewish Community's payments and receipts; correspondence from the Iranian Foreign Ministry about the rental of the former Shamash School building; a report overseeing a Jewish school clinic; a list of synagogues in Iraq and their approximate date of establishment.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3815 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3814 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Deuteronomy, chapters 29-31.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3812 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll.

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סדר סליחות לאשמורת הבקר

IJA Number: 2403 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book printed in Livorno for the Jewish holiday of Seliḥot, and includes liturgy and poems.

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ספר הדרת זקנים

IJA Number: 467 · Language: Aramaic

This is part of a Ḳabbalistic that includes the Idra Rabba and the Idra Zuta (other early Ḳabbalistic texts). There is no publication information.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3809 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Leviticus, chapters 1-5.

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School Materials, Correspondence with Iraqi Ministry of Education, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3709 · Language: Arabic

These documents include school materials such as exams, curricula, syllabi, and teacher's guides for an English course. The item also contains notifications put out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning regulations for test administration, hiring approvals, requests for information concerning schools' students and graduates, and instructions for filing and transferring students' records.

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Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3800 · Language: Hebrew

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 11-13.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 3744 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books.

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סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 2398 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

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

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