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shammes

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sham·mes  (shäms)
n. pl. sham·mo·sim (shä-môsm) Judaism
1. A sexton in a synagogue.
2. The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah.
[Yiddish shames, from Hebrew amm, from Aramaic amm, servant, minister, probably from Egyptian msw, servant, from ms, to follow, serve.]
shammes, shammash [ˈʃɑːməs (Hebrew) ʃaˈmaʃ]
n pl shammosim, shammashim (Hebrew) [ʃaˈmɔsɪm] Judaism
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) an official acting as the beadle, sexton, and caretaker of a synagogue
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the extra candle used on the Feast of Hanukkah to kindle the lamps or candles of the menorah
[from Hebrew shāmmāsh, from Aramaic shĕmāsh to serve]
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But he was given to odd witticisms: he must have been seven when one Hanukkah evening he lifted one of the candles from our Menorah, planted himself in front of the dining-room window, and absentmindedly sucking his thumb (he sucked his thumb until he was ten), smeared a staggering number of large and little HEIL HITTLER HEIL HITTLER HEIL HITTLER all over the steaming windowpanes with the tip of the shammes.
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