Narendra Modi Wishes Benjamin Netanyahu Shana Tova! (image: instagram.com/narendramodi)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the people of Israel, and the Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
He posts on X (formerly known as Twitter):
Shana Tova!
Warmest greetings on Rosh Hashanah to my friend Prime Minister @netanyahu, the friendly people of Israel and the Jewish community across the world.
May the New Year bring good health, peace and prosperity in everyone’s life.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2023
Rosh Hashanah means ‘Head of the Year’ or “First of the Year.’
According to the Hebrew calendar, it falls on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month, usually marking September or October as per the modern calendar. The festival observed and celebrated for two days in Israel this year begins on Friday, September 15, 2023, and ends on the evening of Sunday, September 17, 2023. As it is also called the Day of Remembrance, Jews consider this period a time of repentance, reflection, and prayer. Along with following tradition and symbolic foods, the blowing of the shofar and a ceremonial ram’s horn is also part of Rosh Hashanah.
On the previous day, September 14, celebrating Hindi Diwas, the Israeli Embassy posted a video and received praise from Mr. Modi. In the video posted on X, officials mouth the popular Hindi movie dialogues, wishing Hindi Diwas and adding that Hindi cinema is the most entertaining way to learn Hindi.
🎬🇮🇳 लाइट्स, कैमरा, एक्शन! 🌟 #हिंदी_दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ! #हिंदी सीखने का सबसे मनोरंजक तरीका हैं हिंदी सिनेमा। @israelinindia ने इस मौके पर हिंदी सिनेमा के अपने पसंदीदा डायलॉग्स को अदाकारी की तरीके से प्रस्तुत किया है।
कौन सा डायलॉग आपको सबसे ज्यादा पसंद आया?… pic.twitter.com/gIHNytcSWU
— Israel in India (@IsraelinIndia) September 14, 2023
In lauding the embassy video, Mr. Modi wrote on X that tradition, prestige, and discipline are the three pillars of this Israel Embassy—a witty take on Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon”s acting on dialogue from the 2007 film “Mohabbatein.” Their effort to promote Hindi through Indian movie dialogues is formidable, he added.
परंपरा, प्रतिष्ठा, अनुशासन… ये इस इजराइल एम्बेसी के तीन स्तंभ हैं।
भारतीय फिल्मों के डायलॉग के जरिए हिन्दी को लेकर इजराइली दूतावास का यह प्रयास अभिभूत करने वाला है। https://t.co/akaRyHYbaN
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2023
India and Israel established their bilateral relations in 1992, and thereafter, economic, military, and strategic partnerships have progressed between both countries. Earlier this year, India and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Industrial Research and Development Cooperation focusing on improving partnerships in key technology areas such as innovation and StartUps, entering into a new phase of deeper bilateral collaboration, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of Science and Technology, said in a press release.
