Assertion: menorah's candle | /r/CapableOf | call the shamash
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text: The Chanukah Menorah (Chanukiyah) holds nine candles: eight candles, symbolizing the eight days for which there was enough oil after the consecration of the temple, and an extra candle called the "shamash", which is used for lighting the rest of the candles.
text: The candles are never lit directly - instead, the higher candle, (called a shamash, meaning "attendant") is lit first, and then used to light the rest of the candles.
text: One candle is lit each night for eight nights, using the tallest candle called the Shamash, to light the others.
text: eight nights, another candle is added to the menorah after sundown; the ninth candle, called the shamash (“helper”), is used to light the others.
text: Because the hanukkiah is the menorah specifically for Hanukkah, it has 8 candles that are lit from the center candle called the shamash, or “helper” candle.
text: The other type is the nine-branched Hanukkah menorah, also known as a hanukiyah, which holds a candle (or, ideally, burns oil) for each of the eight days of Hanukkah and also holds a ninth candle called the shamash (attendant or helper) which is used to light the other candles.
text: But Hecht’s central candle, called the shamash, pokes half a foot higher into the sky than Butman’s.
text: The ninth branch is for a candle used to light all other candles called the shamash.