Hindus greet Jews on Hanukkah
Hindus have sent greetings to Jewish communities world over on Hanukkah (Chanukah), eight-day Festival of Lights
beginning December 11.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA) today, expressed warmest greetings on Hanukkah
festival, wishing happiness, peace and joy to all the Jews.
Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed that all religions should work together for a just
and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he added.
Hanukkah (Hebrew word for “dedication”), with origins in second century BCE, begins on 25 Kislev and is observed by
kindling of lights of Menorah. It celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, and of
spirituality over materiality. It also refers to a legend of one day’s supply of the holy oil miraculously lasting eight
days.
Judaism is a monotheistic religion of world’s about 14 million Jews whose most sacred text is Torah. Hinduism, oldest
and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
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