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- noun Plural form of
shama .
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Examples
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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The rabbis, henceforth Rabbi Bob and Rabbi Khaled for puzzling social, possibly legal reasons, led the Hanukkah blessings, touching the shamas to all five candles, now burning brightly with the green light from the minarets below.
Adam Valen Levinson: Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: A Christmas Story Adam Valen Levinson 2011
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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Molly's father, Alexander Mendelson, was the shamas at the Crown Street synagogue in Liverpool.
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle - review Ian Sansom 2010
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The rabbis, henceforth Rabbi Bob and Rabbi Khaled for puzzling social, possibly legal reasons, led the Hanukkah blessings, touching the shamas to all five candles, now burning brightly with the green light from the minarets below.
Adam Valen Levinson: Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: A Christmas Story Adam Valen Levinson 2011
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I used an old croquet trolley to mount the muffin tin, pots, pans, whisks, strainers, and twisted an old candelabra to make an arm held high to hold the shamas.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
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December 11th, 2009 4: 16pm - you never mentioned to henry that president assad is a member of the north London synagogue and regularly takes on the role of shamas. phil
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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