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"Shammes"
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caretaker
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synagogue
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sexton
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hanukkiah
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menorah
(pl., shammashim) synagogue caretaker
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(Yiddish), shammash (Hebrew, "one who serves") — Caretaker of a synagogue; also, candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah. See hanukkiah.
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Synagogue sexton or caretaker.
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