tzibbur

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noun

A community.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

noun

alternative tzibur

  1. JudaismA community.

    The phone company said they were working on it [the eruv] and the work would be completed during Friday evening. Can you trust them to the extent of informing the Tzibbur that they may not carry on Friday night but may on Shabbat morning?

    2004 February 4, Henry Goodman, “Repairing an Eruv on Shabbat”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
  2. JudaismA congregation.

    At hashkama I sit in front of an annoying old man who is always correcting the Torah readers, a practice infuriating to the tzibbur and to the reader.

    2008 January 13, Abe Kohen, “Cincinnati congregations”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Hebrewציבור“community”
  2. Englishtzibbur

Borrowed from Hebrew ציבור (“community”).

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APA

tzibbur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tzibbur

MLA

“tzibbur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tzibbur. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tzibbur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tzibbur.

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