laskern: From what I recall the letter “shin” appears 4 times and “sin” twice. I am not sure what was actually lit up. Your pshat (which I found on aish dot com explains why Eli thought “shikora”; if a sin in Yissachor was lit why would he think it was a shin? I am not sure. I remember being taught this GRA by Rabbi Schwartz, the Mora d’asra of the Young Israel of Parkchester, during his Rosh Hashana drosha.
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