shaliach tzibbur

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Pronunciations

shaliach tzibbur (shah-LEE-ach tsi-BOOR) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Who wants to be shaliach tzibbur today?"

  • "We're lucky that quite a few of our members can act as sheliach tsibur." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שליח ציבור 'lit. messenger of the public'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • Australia / New Zealand
      • South Africa
      • Great Britain
      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shaliach tzibur, shaliach tsibbur, shaliach tsibur, shaliakh tzibbur, shaliakh tzibur, shaliakh tsibbur, shaliakh tsibur

Notes

  • plural: 'shlichei tzibbur'

    Often abbreviated to simply shatz / shats.

    See also tsibur.

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