Shaliah
Jewish legal emissary or agent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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."[1] Accordingly, a shaliaḥ performs an act of legal significance for the benefit of the sender, as opposed to him or herself.