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Shamash, The: The candle from which the Chanukah lamps are lit.
The shamash – the "attendant" candle that is used to kindle the other lights – is set apart from the other candles (often higher or lower), on the ninth branch of the menorah.
Why doesn't the shamash count?
On the essence of shamash, the "servant candle" of the Chanukah menorah
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