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Hindus Greet Jews On Passover

Hindus Greet Jews On Passover

Hindus have sent greetings to Jewish communities worldwide on Passover (Pesach), which begins on March 30 this year.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA) today, expressed warmest greetings on behalf of Hindu community on Jewish festival of Passover; 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.

Jewish Festival of Unleavened Bread, Passover refers to God ‘passing over’ the houses of Israelites during the tenth plague of Egypt.

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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