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ORBÁN: TRADITION BRINGS PEACE, JOY, HARMONY TO PEOPLE'S LIVES

 

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has greeted Hungary’s Jewish community in a letter on the occasion of the approaching Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, his press chief said on Saturday. “It is an experience shared by all of us that traditions passed on from our ancestors bring peace, joy and harmony to people’s lives, and can provide strength for everyday life as well as make the holidays brighter,” Orbán said in the letter delivered to head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (MAZSIHISZ) András Heisler, chief rabbi of the EMIH Jewish Community Shlomo Köves, head of the Hungarian Autonomous Orthodox Congregation (MAOIH) Róbert Deutsch, leader of the Hungarian Jewish Heritage Foundation György Szabó and Hungarian Jewish Prayer Association (ZSIMA) leader Tamás Róna, Bertalan Havasi said.