tircha d'tzibura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic טִרְחָא דְּצִבּוּרָא.

Noun

tircha d'tzibura (uncountable)

1. (Judaism) An inconvenience to the congregation.
   • 2002 October 28, Raphael, “The liturgy of Orthodox Judaism”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The last several weeks has seen Sephardi Haftaras being much shorter than the Ashkenazi one. What would be wrong with an Ashkenazi shul adopting the Sephardi Haftaras as a measure to cut down on Tircha D'Tzibura?

   • 2007 November 15, mos...@mm.huji.ac.il, “No Brakha on Someone Else's Talit?”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[2] (Usenet):

     The concept is that having got a minyan together for Minchah we don't expect them to go away and come back later (Tirchah detziburah) for Maariv.