“Zelenskyi lit the Hanukkah candles with Ukrainian rabbis on the Menorah from Miley. The President of Ukraine took part in the Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony together with Ukrainian rabbis. Chief rabbis from different cities of the country were present at the event, and the menorah was presented by the president of Argentina.”, — write on: unn.ua
The chief rabbi of Dnipro, Shmuel Kaminetskyi, gave a blessing and talked about the significance of Hanukkah, which symbolizes a great miracle.
“The struggle between light and darkness continues. We see that thanks to you, the axis of evil is becoming much weaker, and we will soon defeat it. We will light these candles and we will hope in the Almighty – he will help us, and we will pray with everyone that soon we will see great miracles,” he said.
The head of state congratulated the Jewish community on the holiday and thanked them for their prayers for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
“Thank you for being in Ukraine and supporting everyone. We have a unique country – today is both Christmas and Hanukkah. It is very good that in Ukraine we can all live together, fight the darkness thanks to the fact that there is light,” the President noted .
Zelenskyi emphasized that the Hanukkah menorah, which was lit today, was presented to him by the President of Argentina, Javier Millay, during the inauguration last year in December, when it was the fourth of the eight days of Hanukkah 5784.
Rabbi Meir Stambler, head of the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, noted that Hanukkah also reminds the world of the victory of a small number of people over a strong enemy.
The ceremony was also attended by: Chief Rabbi of Beit Menachem Chabad (Kyiv) Yonatan Markovych, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish religious community of the Central Synagogue of Kyiv Moshe Asman, Chief Rabbi of Simha Chabad Left Bank (Kyiv) Mordechai Levengharts, Chief Rabbi of Lviv Mordechai Bold, Chief Rabbi of Mykolaiv Shalom Gottlieb, chief rabbi of Odesa Avraham Wolf, chief rabbi of Sum Yehiel Levitansky, chief Kharkiv Rabbi Moshe Moskovych, Kherson Chief Rabbi Yosef Wolf and Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine Rabbi Raphael Rutman.