Zelenskyy together with rabbis of Ukraine light Hanukkah candles. VIDEO
On the occasion of the beginning of the Hanukkah holiday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the rabbis of Ukraine took part in the lighting of Hanukkah candles.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the presidential press service.
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 because there is light," the President said.
Zelenskyy stressed that the Hanukkah menorah that was lit today was presented to him by Argentine President Javier Milei during his inauguration last December, on the fourth of the eight days of Hanukkah 5784.
Rabbi Meir Stampler, Chairman 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 powerful enemy.
The ceremony was also attended by: Chief Rabbi of Beit Menachem Chabad (Kyiv) Yonatan Markovich, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish religious community of the Central Synagogue of Kyiv Moshe Asman, Chief Rabbi of Simcha Chabad Left Bank (Kyiv) Mordechai Levengartz, Chief Rabbi of Lviv Mordechai Bold, Chief Rabbi of Mykolaiv Shalom Gottlieb, Chief Rabbi of Odesa Avraham Wolf, Chief Rabbi of Sumy Yechiel Levitansky, Chief Rabbi of Kharkiv Moshe Moskovich, Chief Rabbi of Kherson Yosef Wolf, and Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine Rabbi Raphael Rutman.
