gabbai

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gab·bai

 (gä-bī′, gä′bī′, gə-bī′)
n. gab·ba·im (gä-bä-ēm′, gä-bī′ĭm) or gab·bais
A person who assists in the running of a synagogue or its religious services, especially the reading of the Torah.
[Medieval Hebrew gabbay, synagogue treasurer, gabbai, from Mishnaic Hebrew, tax collector, local official, from gābā, to collect, from Aramaic gəbā, gəbi, to collect; see gbʔ in Semitic roots.]
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Thamer Shammos (20th), Mohammed Radi (59th), Ahmed Hassan (69th) and Mohammed Sultan (78th) were also on target for the title favourites.
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This is to accommodate candles or oil for eight days, with a place for the shammos ("servant" or "guard") used to lit the other candles.
Importantly, the shammos must be allocated a separate place, and the places for the candles must be sufficiently far apart so that their fl ames cannot mingle.
With the recitation of blessings, the first candle on the first night is lit, using the shammos, on the right-hand-side of the hanukia as one faces it.
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Striker Mohammed Najeed fired four times in the 25th, 68th, 82nd and 90th minutes, while Ahmed Al Khayyat (83rd) and second-half substitutes Thamer Shammos (80th), Mahmood Al Sharqawi (87th) were also on target in the deciding group clash.
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Al Hidd took the lead through David Sunday but Al Ittihad made a strong comeback and scored twice through Emmanuel Aspin and Thamer Shammos.
Al Ittihad continued to pose their threat and took their first lead through Shammos. Shammos, who joined Al Ittihad this season from Bahrain Club, fired the winner with a left-foot shot from 18 yards past Al Hidd goalkeeper Nader Abdulla.
Najeem helps Al Hidd draw with Ittihad
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