Dangoor worked as a
ritual slaughterer and
ritual circumciser, before from 1880 to 1886 working as the scribe in charge of writing documents issued by the Baghdad's
Bet Din. In 1904, Dangoor opened the first printing press in Baghdad, which printed Arabic textbooks as well as books in Hebrew. Dangoor was the author of several books and commentaries on the
Torah. From 1923 to 1926, Dangoor was Chief Rabbi of
Baghdad. ==Personal life==