Holy Father’s Greetings to the Jewish Community

On the occasion of the Jewish High Holidays in the month of Tishri, the Holy Father extended his greetings to the Chief Rabbi of Rome and to the entire Jewish community by this telegram:

MOST DISTINGUISHED DR. RICCARDO DI SEGNI, CHIEF RABBI OF ROME, I WISH TO EXTEND TO YOU AND TO THE ENTIRE BELOVED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ROME MY MOST HEARTFELT BEST WISHES ON THE OCCASION OF THE SOLEMN FESTIVALS YOU ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE. I HOPE THAT THESE OCCASIONS MAY BE A SOURCE OF ABUNDANT BLESSINGS FROM THE MOST HIGH AND A REASON FOR JOY: MAY THE ARRIVAL OF ROSH HA-SHANAH BRING WITH IT THE PROMISE OF A PEACEFUL RENEWAL AND THE SWEETNESS OF AN AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING; MAY THE SACRED SILENCE OF YOM KIPPUR BE AN OCCASION FOR PEACE AND INNER LIGHT; MAY THE FESTIVAL OF SUKKOT BE FILLED WITH JOY, GRATITUDE AND FELLOWSHIP. IN RENEWING MY ESTEEM AND THAT OF THE ENTIRE CHURCH, I ASK THE ETERNAL ONE TO GRANT US GROWTH IN MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP, IN OUR CITY OF ROME AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SHALOM ALECHEM!

LEO PP. XIV

_{Photo © Vatican Media, The Holy Father with the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, and the Chief Rabbi of Milan, Rabbi Alfonso Arbib, Apostolic Palace, December 11^th, 2025.}