Gabbai

Gabbai
Seph. /gah buy"/; Ashk. /gah"buy/; Eng. /geuh buy"/, n., pl. Gabbaim Seph. /gah bah eem"/; Ashk. /gah buy"im/, Eng. Gabbais. (sometimes l.c.) Hebrew.
1. a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions.
2. (in the early Middle Ages) a government official charged with collecting taxes.
[lit., treasurer]

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▪ Jewish official
(Hebrew: “collector”),plural  Gabbaim, or Gabbais,  

      treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabbaʾe tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The Talmud, nonetheless, insisted that they work in pairs to avoid suspicion of wrongdoing.

      Originally, gabbaim were men who gathered taxes for the Roman government. In this capacity their reputation as cheats and scoundrels was so notorious that their testimony was not accepted in Jewish courts of law.

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