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shammes
or 蝉丑补路尘别蝉
[ shah-muhs ]
noun
plural shammosim
- the candle used to kindle the candles in the Hanukkah menorah.
shammes
/ 藞蕛蓱藧m蓹s; 蕛a藞ma蕛 /
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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of shammes1
1945鈥50; < Yiddish shames < Hebrew 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑 server, attendant
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of shammes1
from Hebrew 蝉丑腻尘尘腻蝉丑, from Aramaic 蝉丑臅尘腻蝉丑 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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