The War of the Yevanim
The goal of the Yevanim was “lehashkicham torasecha uleha’aviram meichukei retzonecha” (“to make them forget Your Torah and transgress the decrees of Your will”). As the Midrash says, the Yevanim demanded the Yidden write that they have no part in HaShem. This was a war against HaShem. “Let them study Torah,” said the Greeks. “Let them practice the mitzvos, mishpatim, and eiduyos, but they must not mention that the Torah is HaShem’s and that the mitzvos are the decrees of His will. Torah and mitzvos must be severed from HaShem.”
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