Three interesting letters from the “Chief Rabbinate of the Israel Congregation of Tiberias”, which were sent to the Jerusalem Rabbinate and to Rabbi Chaim Moshe Elyashar. Tiberias, (1919-1920).
In one of the letters: “the deliverer of this letter Mr. Lotfi son of Yitzchak Shachod from Baghdad, who [according to what we have heard from him] is a Jew who was raised by Muslims, and who now desires to return to his forefathers’ heritage…”
In another letter they relate: “Four of our fellows were sentenced and imprisoned for participating in the skirmish which took place on the eve of the 14th of Iyar between the Jews and gentiles”, and the Jews were coerced to perform labor on Shabbat.
The letters are from the chief rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Abulafia who signs all the letters and Rabbi Ya’akov Chai Zrehan whose name and signature appear [however, not in his handwriting].
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