Heskel Shalma Ezra Shlomo-David, Hakham

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Heskel Shalma Ezra Shlomo-David, Hakham

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Death: 1909
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Son of Ezra Shlomo David and NN Shlomo David
Husband of Messouda/Massoda/Massouda Shlomo-David
Father of Shaoul Eskel; Sir Sassoon Eskel; Jack Ishak Eskel; Haim Eskel; Shimsemha Dangoor and 4 others
Brother of Isaac Shlomo-David; Moshe Joseph Ezra Shlomo David and Eliahu-Ezra Shlomo-David

Occupation: Chief Rabbi of India (1873), Chief Rabbi and Philanthropist, Bagdad (1885)
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About Heskel Shalma Ezra Shlomo-David, Hakham

student of Hakham Abdullah Somekh; lived in India for many years, on his return he founded in 1909 the Hakham Heskel Synagogue, one of the well-known synagogues at Baghdad.



Hakham Heskel, Shalma, Ezra, Shlomo-David, was a student of Hakham Abdallah Somekh. In 1873, Hakham Heskel travelled to India to become the Chief Rabbi and Shohet of the thriving Baghdadi Jewish Community there. In 1885 he returned to Baghdad as the leading rabbinical authority and a great philanthropist. A wealthy man, in 1906 he built Slat Hakham Heskel which was one of the most prominent synagogues in Baghdad.



Hakham Heskel SHLOMO-DAVID (died 1909
- father Ezra SHLOMO-DAVID
- married Messouda SHLOMO and had children
1) Shaul HAKHAM-HESKEL 1858-1937 married Simha HAIM

  • Abdullah Albert ESKELL
  • David ESKELL
  • Anwar ESKELL
  • Rosa ESKELL
  • Regina ESKELL
  • Naima ESKELL 2) Sir Sassoon ESKELL 1860-1932

3) Issac Jack ESKELL-DAVID 1863-1941 married Amelia Frances ?

  • Marjorie ESKEL 1901-
  • Cicely ESKEL
  • Audrey ESKEL 4) Haim Henry ESKELL-DAVID 1871-1935

5) Rachel (or Simha) SHLOMO-DAVID married Moshe DANGOUR

  • Sion DANGOUR
  • Meir DANGOUR
  • Joseph DANGOUR
  • Abdullah DANGOUR
  • Lulu DANGOUR
  • Farha DANGOUR
  • Chahla DANGOUR
  • Khatoun DANGOUR 6) Salha SHLOMO-DAVID married Sasson Saleh DANIEL
  • Khedouri Frederick DANIEL
  • Saleh Charles DANIEL
  • Selim DANIEL
  • Regina DANIEL 7) Toba married Ezra DAVID
  • Reuben 8) daughter married Nissim Eliya ? (NOTE: This child only appears on dangoor.com)

9) Rahel ESKEL married Ezra SHAOUL (NOTE: This child only appears on farhi.org)

  • Sion SHAOUL
  • Regina SHAOUL
  • Flora SHAOUL
  • Rosa SHAOUL

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