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   POPE SENDS GREETINGS TO CHIEF RABBI FOR ROSH HASHANAH   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 10 SEP 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram to   
   Riccardo Di Segni, chief rabbi of Rome, for the Jewish festivities of Rosh   
   Hashanah 5771 (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and Sukkot (Feast of   
   Tabernacles), which all fall in the month of September.   
      
   On these feast days, writes the Pope, "it is my pleasure to express the most   
   cordial and sincere best wishes to you and to the entire Jewish community of   
   Rome, together with the hope that these festivities may bring copious blessings   
   from the Eternal One and be a source of intimate joy. May we all feel a growing   
   desire to promote justice and peace, of which the world today has such need.   
      
   "With gratitude and affection I recall my visit to the Great Synagogue. May   
   God, in His goodness, protect the entire community and enable it to develop in   
   shared friendship, both in Rome and in the world".   
   TGR/VIS 20100910 (170)   
      
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