A functionary of the synagogue, the shammes is a combination of sexton and beadle.

It is his hope to continue the wonderful work of Ben Raber, our previous Shammes, by helping people feel more comfortable with the service.

Yuzpa Shammes, as he frequently was referred to, was a scribe and shammash of the Worms community for several decades.

Lamentations at the west wall of the Temple Poem: "La Fille du Shammes."

Bill Weissmann is beginning his fourth year as Shammes (Ritual Coordinator) of our Daily Minyan service.

He served as the shammes (sexton) of the Breslover synagogue in Uman and regularly filled the water buckets for the benefit of other worshipers.

The five rooms served as entrance to the staircases to the ladies gallery, as entrance for the men to the main synagogue and a space for the synagogue attendants (Shammes).

Strictly Orthodox to begin with, he grew with the passage of the years in America (during most of which he worked as the shammes, or sexton, of a musty old Brooklyn synagogue) into an ultra--what in Israel would come to be called a haredi.

The shammash is used to light the other Hanukkah lights.

Sometime in 1712 Israel became a shammash (sexton) of the local synagogue.

Antique or modified menorahs may have more than one Shammash (pilot light).

Ottósson, who had married a Jewish woman, served as their Shammash.

Elizabeth Shammash, a mezzo-soprano, also made several notable contributions.

Elizabeth Shammash, the mezzo-soprano, is more than adequate.

Bilbul studied in English at the Shammash and Alliance schools in Iraq.

Yuzpa Shammes, as he frequently was referred to, was a scribe and shammash of the Worms community for several decades.

Both men and women may lead part of the service, act as a Shammash (the congregant on duty), or serve on the Board of the synagogue.

Light one blue candle for the shammash, say the blessings for lighting the Chanukah candles and then light one white candle for the first night.

Her mother, Estelle Shammash, is head of the Student Camp and Trip Advisory Service in Longmeadow.

Elizabeth Shammash, a mezzo-soprano, will sing Sarah's role, while Ilana Davidson, a lyric soprano, will perform as Hagar.

The shammash is lit together with the other Hanukkah lights, instead of being used to light them (which would be impractical, given that the lights are traditionally oil lamps rather than candles).

Yet, he refused opportunities for leadership in public life, choosing instead the position of shammash in the Synagogue Chevra Shas in Horodna, a position he retained for the rest of his life.

He was born in Baghdad; his background was Iraqi Jewish and he grew up in the Jewish quarter, attending the Alliance Française primary school and then the Shammash High School.

Samuel Hepler, a baritone, and Elizabeth Shammash, a soprano, portrayed the troubled couple wrenchingly, with the jazz trio - Danielle Martin, Micah Olson and Bryan Montemarano - ably providing comic relief.

Based on the short story by Henry James, sung in the original English, the opera features Jennifer Aylmer as the Governess and Elizabeth Shammash and Carl Halvorson as the ghostly Miss Jessel and Peter Quint.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY TAPLIN AUDITORIUM Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano, and Israel Gursky, pianist, in music of Haydn, Wolf and Ravel.

Yet, because of his humility, he refused to render halachic decisions (except for one occasion when it was a matter of life and death) and preferred to hold the humble position of shammash (sexton) in the Synagogue Chevra Shas and to pass his life in poverty.