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What is the candle used to light the other eight candles on the channukiah?
The candle used to light the other candles on a channukiah is called a 'shamash'.
What is the ninth candle in the channukiah called?
The ninth candle in the menorah is called the Shamash (or "helper" in English.)
Lamp lighted during Jewish Hanukkah?
The Channukiah. The Channukiah is a lamp or big candle stick with 8 candle holders, the middle one is usally the tallest. (on a traditional one anyway)
What is the name of special candlestick used during Hanukkah?
The traditional name is a menorah. Modern (Israeli) Hebrew has added the name "hanukkiah."See also the Related Link.More about Hanukkah
Is the Top Hanukkah Candle called The Helper Candle?
Yes. In Hebrew it is called the shammesh.
What is a shamishm?
The word 'shamish' means 'helper' and is Hebrew. The 9th candle on a Channukiah (the candelabra used during the holiday of Channukah) is called a shamish because it's used to light the other candles.
What is the white string on top of a candle called?
The white string on top of a candle is called a wick. It is made of a material that burns slowly and helps the candle to stay lit.
What is the name of the 8 branched candlestick used in Hanukkah?
It's called a channukiah or Hanukkah-menorah.
What is the special word for a candleholder used for Hanukkah?
It's called a channukiah or Hanukkah-menorah.
What is a tall slender candle called?
A tall slender candle is called a taper candle.
What is the top of the guitar called?
Well the top of the violin is actually called the top or the front and is made of a soft, flexible wood such as spruce or fir
When the candles are lit on the menorah they are a symbol of what?
The Channukiah - 9 branch candelabra - represents the Menorah that was in the Temple in Jerusalem. Each night we light an additional candle to symbolize the 8 days the oil burned when the Temple was rededicated. The significance of the oil burning for 8 days was that there was only enough to burn for 1 day but it took 8 days to make new oil. There is a 9th candle called the 'shamesh' that is used to light the other candles.
