Hayom Yom 2 Teves - The spiritual war of the Greeks against G-dliness
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"מִלְחֶמֶת הַיְוָנִים הָיְתָה “לְהַשְׁכִּיחָם תּוֹרָתֶךָ וּלְהַעֲבִירָם מֵחוּקֵּי רְצוֹנֶךָ
The campaign of the Greeks was intended “to make [the Jews] forget Your Torah and have them violate the decrees of Your will.”
וּכְמַאֲמָר (בראשית רבה פרשה ט"ז) כִּתְבוּ כו' שֶׁאֵין לָכֶם חֵלֶק בֵּאלֹקֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
In the words of Bereishis Rabbah, ch. 16[:4], [the Greeks challenged the Jews to] “write… that you have no share in the G‑d of Israel.”
כָּל הַמִּלְחָמָה הָיְתָה נֶגֶד אֱלֹקוּת, זאָל מעֶן לעֶרנעֶן תּוֹרָה, זאָל מעֶן מְקַיֵּים זיַין מִצְוֹת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהָעֵדוֹת
Their entire war was directed against G‑dliness. They would have allowed the Jews to study Torah and observe mitzvos — the mishpatim and the eduyos —
רַק שֶׁלֹּא לְהַזְכִּיר שֶׁהִיא תּוֹרַת ה' וְשֶׁהַמִּצְוֹת הֵם חֻקֵּי רְצוֹנוֹ יִתְבָּרֵךְ, נִיט דעֶרמאָנעֶן אִין תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת דעֶם עִנְיָן פוּן ג-טלִכְקַייט
so long as they did not mention that the Torah was G‑d’s and that the mitzvos were “the decrees of His will.” [Their objective was that the Jews] refrain from associating G‑dliness with the Torah and its mitzvos.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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