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plural shamashim
(Judaism) The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah. quotations examples
The candelabras lit on Hanukkah are technically called hanukkiahs. They have eight candles plus one more, a shamash, that is used for lighting the others.
2023 December 7, Jacey Fortin, “For Some, the Symbols of Hanukkah Bring Extra Concern This Year”, in The New York Times
A sexton in a synagogue. quotations examples
Until 1890, when the local Chevra Kadisha (a traditional Jewish funerary society) was set up, funeral services were performed by the shamashim, the beadles of the synagogues.
1997, Michael Stivelman, The Death March