Word: shammus
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...Chanukah!" There are parties, the children play the game of trendel with a spinning top, eat lathes (pancakes) and potato kugel, receive Chanukah gelt (gifts). One may not work by the light 'of Chanukah candles (small yellow ones) or oil lamps, which are lit nightly from the special shammus candle and placed on the window sill...
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