Shaliach

Alternate Labels

• legal emissary
• שָלִיחַ

Web Links

• Wikipedia: Shaliah

Key Passages

• Genesis 24:1-61
• Numbers 28:18

Reading List

A shaliaḥ (Hebrew: שָלִיחַ‎; pl. שְלִיחִים, sheliḥim) in Halakha is a Jewish legal emissary or agent. Accordingly, a shaliaḥ performs an act of legal significance for the benefit of the sender, as opposed to him or herself.