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A gabbai (Hebrew: גבאי), sometimes spelled gabay, also known as shamash (שמש, sometimes transcribed shamas) or warden (UK, similar to churchwarden), is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be undertaken on a voluntary or paid basis.
The name Shamash is a cognate of Akkadian terms šamšu ("sun") [5] and šamšatu ("solar disc"), as well as the words referring to sun in other Semitic languages, [2] such as Arabic šams and Hebrew šemeš. [6]
Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited. The ninth branch holds a candle, called the shamash ("helper" or "servant"), which is used to light the other eight.
Some translations of this passage render "God (elohim) stands in the congregation of the mighty to judge the heart as God (elohim)" [10] (the Hebrew is "beqerev elohim", "in the midst of gods", and the word "qerev" if it were in the plural would mean "internal organs" [11]). Later in this Psalm, the word "gods" is used (in the KJV): Psalm 82:6 ...
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
The menorah (/ m ə ˈ n ɔː r ə /; Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה mənōrā, pronounced) is a seven-branched candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Shamash, solar deity in ancient Semitic religion; Shapash (redirect from Shemesh (Canaanite goddess)), was the Canaanite goddess of the sun, daughter of El and Asherah; Shemesh (TV series), Israeli sitcom produced by Teddy Productions and aired on Israeli Channel 2 from 1997 to 2004
Utu and Shamash are the same deity known under different names in different languages. Saying Utu is the common name of the Sumerian god is like saying Zeus is the common name of the Greek god or that Jupiter is the common name of the Roman god but that's not what this discussion is about.