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Zelensky lights Hanukkah candles with Ukrainian rabbis

Dec 7, 2023

On the occasion of the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together with representatives of the Jewish clergy of Ukraine took part in the Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony.

Source: the President's Office.

Details: The meeting was attended by Meyer Stampler, Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, Rabbi Raphael Rutman, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, and several chief rabbis of cities.

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Literally: "The Chief Rabbi of Dnipro, Shmuel Kaminetsky, lit the large central candle of the Hanukkah and said a blessing in Hebrew. After that, one lamp was lit on the Hanukkah table.

Kaminetsky recalled the significance of the Hanukkah holiday, which symbolizes the possibility of a miracle...

Author - Olena Madiak, 07/12/2023

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