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shammes
or ·
[ shah-muhs ]
noun
plural shammosim
- the candle used to kindle the candles in the Hanukkah menorah.
shammes
/ ˈʃɑːməs; ʃaˈmaʃ /
noun
- an official acting as the beadle, sexton, and caretaker of a synagogue
- the extra candle used on the Feast of Hanukkah to kindle the lamps or candles of the menorah
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shammes1
1945–50; < Yiddish shames < Hebrew server, attendant
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shammes1
from Hebrew 峾, from Aramaic ĕ to serve
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Nathanson was the Shammes and treasurer of the Khille.
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Rabbi Dr. Merzbach has been dead a long time, and Cantor Elias, and Meyer Nathanson the Shammes, and Saul Feuerstein, the professional bankrupt, and Dr. Krakauer, saving your reverence, and all the others.
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