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November 27, 2010 | Hindus greet Jews on Hanukkah |
Nevada (US):Hindus have sent early greetings to Jewish communities
world over on Hanukkah (Chanukah), eight-day Festival of Lights beginning December one. Distinguished 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. Rajan 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 moksh (liberation) is its ultimate
goal.
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