stage fright / respect for the public

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stage fright / respect for the public

stage fright / respect for the public

Fear of standing and speaking in front of an audience. Fear of public opinion. Or: general fear of the public regarding something.

("Rabbi Yitzhak said: Let the awe of the public always be upon you, for the priests face the people and their backs are toward the Divine Presence"—Sotah 40a; also: "He said to him, Father, I do not know how to preach... the awe of the public is upon me"—Agnon, These and Those, The Sermon, p. 174 )

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵימַת הַצִּבּוּר

Definition (Hebrew)

פַּחַד לַעֲמֹד וּלְדַבֵּר בִּפְנֵי קְהַל אֲנָשִׁים. פַּחַד מִדַּעַת הַקָּהָל. אוֹ: פַּחַד כְּלָלִי שֶׁל הַצִּבּוּר מִדָּבָר מְסֻיָּם.

("אָמַר ר' יִצְחָק:לְעוֹלָם תְּהֵא אֵימַת צִבּוּר עָלֶיךָ, שֶׁהֲרֵי כֹּהֲנִים פְּנֵיהֶם כְּלַפֵּי הָעָם וַאֲחוֹרֵיהֶם כְּלַפֵּי שְׁכִינָה"- סוֹטָה מ ע"א, וְכֵן:"אָמַר לוֹ,אַבָּא אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ לִדְרֹשׁ...אֵימַת הַצִּבּוּר עֲלֵי"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, הַדְּרָשָׁה, 174 )

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