Books

מחזור ליום כפור חלק ראשון

IJA Number: 1800 · Language: Hebrew

This is part one of a two part prayer book, or Maḥzor, for Yom Kippur. It is printed in Livorno for the Sephardic communities.

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[Book Section - Talmud]

IJA Number: 329 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Talmud, Nedarim, which deals with the laws about religious vows. There is no publication information.

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מורה באצבע

IJA Number: 318 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of Jewish practices and ethics written by Hayyim Joseph David Azulai, an early modern Rabbi. There is no publication information.

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ספר תהלה לדוד

IJA Number: 326 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book with commentary on Jewish law. There is no publication information.

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Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Siyonizm, ve Filistin sorunu (1880-1914)

IJA Number: 180 · Language: Turkish

This is a Turkish book about Zionism.

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Fragments

Book Covers

IJA Number: 3174 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of book covers.

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אור גדול חמשה חומשי תורה ספר במדבר

IJA Number: 1795 · Language: Hebrew

This is the book of Numbers that includes the Hafṭarot and the morning service for Shabat.

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Books

[Book Section - Talmud]

IJA Number: 328 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Talmud, Nedarim, which deals with the laws about religious vows. There is no publication information.

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Books

[Book in Hebrew]

IJA Number: 324 · Language: Hebrew

This is a damaged book in Hebrew. There is a page in German stuck to the cover. No publication or content material could be found.

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ספר כתר מלכות

IJA Number: 1793 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of prayers to be recited between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kipur and the end of the festival of Sukkot. It was written by Rabbi Yosef Ḥayim, a famous Baghdadi Rabbi, known also as the Ben Ish Ḥai and printed in Jerusalem. There is no date of publication.

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Books

[Hebrew Dictionary]

IJA Number: 3124 · Language: Hebrew

This is a dictionary of the Hebrew language by the the medieval grammarian David Kimhi. There is no publication information.

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الكتاب السنوي: توثيق لابرزالمعلومات و الاحداث في فلسطين المحتلة

IJA Number: 178 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic titled "The Annual Book: A documentation of major information and events taking place in Palestine, 1981."
It was jointly published by the Arab Institute for Studies and Press (Beirut, Lebanon) and Dar Al Jalil for Press (Amman, Jordan).

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Archival Materials

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3110 · Language: Arabic

These are individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, recommendation letters, and correspondence regarding student affairs from the Baghdadi Jewish schools.

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ספר זכור לאברהם חלק ראשון

IJA Number: 1797 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first of a two volume book about Jewish law printed in Poland.

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[Book - Hebrew Bible]

IJA Number: 32 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the entire Hebrew Bible, including the Pentateuch, Books of Prophets and Books of Writings, all with Rabbinic commentaries. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Insurance Policy, Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 3120 · Language: Arabic

This is an insurance policy for the Jewish Lay Council provided by Ailiance Assurance Company, Ltd. (England) for 1958-1959. It is typed in English and Arabic. Policies insure two houses, a dairy, a shop and a bakery.

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Archival Materials

Chemistry Notes for the Second Year Intermediate, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 3091 · Language: English

This is printed chemistry notes for the Frank Iny School in Baghdad. There are many copies of these notes in the collection.

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ספר זבחי צדק ח"ב

IJA Number: 1778 · Language: Hebrew

This is part two 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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סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 1772 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom printed in Livorno.

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Books

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 309 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book with prayers for the morning service. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Bidding Rules for Kosher Meat Tax License

IJA Number: 3095 · Language: Arabic

These are the bidding rules for receiving a kosher meat tax license in Baghdad.

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Correspondence, Receipts, Budget Information from the Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3081 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain correspondence regarding marriages, divorces, civil disputes; the birthday celebrations of the Iraqi king, responses to inquires about the treatment of Iraqi Jews under Iraq’s citizenship laws, the history of Jews in Iraq, and the provision of Jewish artifacts to the Iraqi Museum. There are receipts for furniture stores and other vendors, invoices; budget allocations, deficits, and planning for various community organizations and institutions; ritual slaughtering administration, names of butchers with the numbers of animals slaughtered, names of community organization members, ledgers of payments for goods or fees, building plans, provisions for school children, concerns over hospital food distribution, blanket distribution to the poor, receptions, meetings, shipment orders, import and export of goods, the care of orphans, and a census on the number of synagogues in Baghdad in 1945 (40). There are copies of a printed text titled “Appeal to Save the Children.” Letters include: the President of the Jewish Community to the Controller of Foodstuffs in Baghdad thanking the Controller for the allotment of sugar and tea for the students at the Rahel Shamoon School; addressing complaints at the Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad; purchasing blankets for the poor via the Poor Welfare Society; sending money rather than clothes from an importer in New York City to the poor in Baghdad since clothing costs have gone up.

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Archival Materials

Financial Documents and Correspondence, Shamash Secondary School

IJA Number: 3078 · Language: Arabic

These documents are correspondence and school information, such as the budget of the Shamash Secondary School. Included are files detailing properties held, property tax issues, expense reports, and income received by the Shamash Endowment.

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Books

The Fate of the Jews: A People Torn Between Israeli Power and Jewish Ethics

IJA Number: 217 · Language: English

This book is about the relationship between the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

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