Looks like Modi learnt another foreign language
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The News Minute | December 20, 2014 | 5.54 pm IST
On Friday Prime Minister Narendra on Twitter wished his Jewish friends a very happy Hannukah by tweeting a season greeting message in Hebrew on his official twitter handle.
×× ×™ מ×חל לחבריי ×‘× ×™ הדת היהודית ×—×’ ×—× ×•×›×” שמח! מי יתן שחג ××•×¨×™× ×–×”, ותקופה זו של חגיגות תבשר שלו×, תקווה ורווחה לכל.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 19, 2014
Wishing my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah! May this Festival of Lights and the festive season ring in peace, hope and well-being for all.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 19, 2014
Hannukah also known as the festival of lights, is a eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
Not just responding in his own tongue, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu returned the courtesy by thanking him for the same in Hindi . !
@narendramodi इसराइल राषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤° के सà¤à¥€ लोगों की ओर से, आपकी हॅनà¥à¤•à¥à¤•ा की शà¥à¤à¤•ामनाओं के लिये बहà¥à¤¤ बहà¥à¤¤ धनà¥à¤¯à¤µà¤¾à¤¦
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 19, 2014
@narendramodi On behalf of all the people of the nation of Israel, thank you very much for your good wishes of Hanukka.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 19, 2014