“We view this as not only as an act of tzedakah, but we see this also as a wonderful opportunity to form a close relationship with our Sikh neighbors and to learn from one another,” the letter said.
Senior rabbi Alexandra Wright told the audience, ..that Hanukkah was “rooted in a particularly difficult time in the Middle East both politically and religiously. In fact you might say that the situation out of which the festival of Hanukkah arose is not so different from the times we are living in today.”
