shaliach tzibbur

Edit

Pronunciations

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

Record a Pronunciation

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)

Record a Sentence

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

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

      Dictionaries

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

      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.

Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.