Shaliah

This article is about the Jewish legal term. For the article discussing emissaries of Chabad, see Shaliach (Chabad).

In Jewish law, a shaliaḥ (Hebrew: שָלִיחַ, [ʃaˈliaχ]; pl. שְלִיחִים‎, sheliḥim [ʃliˈχim] or sheliah, literally "emissary" or "messenger") is a legal agent. In practice, "the shaliaḥ for a person is as this person himself." Accordingly, a shaliaḥ performs an act of legal significance for the benefit of the sender, as opposed to him- or herself.

The term, in contemporary usage, has come to refer more generally to a representative or emissary.

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