The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2212 page)

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Shamen
:
Shammai
(
c.
50 BCE–
c.
30 CE)
. Jewish rabbinic leader. Shammai was a contemporary of
Hillel
and together they were the last of the
zugot
(pairs). He was the founder of the great school of Bet Shammai which was known for its stringent attitude towards the law, but Shammai himself does not always seem to have taken a hard line in the
halakhot
transmitted in his name.
Shammash
.
Jewish salaried official attached to a
synagogue
or
bet din
. The duties of a Shammash vary according to the institution.
Shamon
.
Jap. for
r
ma
a
, a world-renouncer; a Buddhist monk; sometimes (dubiously) linked to
shaman
.

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