Chashmonaim - R. Yaakov Rahimi - TorahAnytime.com

Unfortunately, like we said, a big part of the Jewish nation left the path of Toah stood up. One small group of Jewish people named theim. Who were the We always hear about them. The Makabites. The Makabes. The Kashwim. Who were they? What was their message? What do we learn from the Kashwanim? How do we bring it home to our generation 2025? The answer is the Kashwanim fought the whole culture including the Jewish people in the generation. Even the Jewish people in the generation told the Kashwanim, "Stop being so religious. Get with the times. Enough. Get with the culture. Join us and join the Greeks. Things are changing. Things are moving fast. Give up on Shabbat. Give up onesh. give up unmit uncosher untaught just move on already. Why are you guys making us look bad? And even at that time the Jews against the were saying that the them not going along with the culture of the Greeks are actually causing anti-semitism. They were pointing fingers at the because of you, the Greeks hate us because they really believed unfortunately that if we're just going to copy the goim, everything's going to be fine. But we know that's not so. We know the more the yudim are loyal to Hashem, the less anti-semitism will be. But the more unfortunately a person falls prey to the culture around us, it could get if anything more dangerous and more dangerous. So the kashwim stood up and they fought everyone. Can you imagine? Put yourself in their shoes for a second. Everyone is against you. The whole Greek nation, Europe, and even people from your own family are against you. But the said, "We are here to serve Hashem. We don't ask questions. We're not going to bend the rules. We're here to serve and follow the Torah. And if it means it needs more courage, we're going to have more courage." And what happened? What's the end of the story? The Kashaim won the battle. They beat the Greeks. We took over Jerusalem. We took over the beta mikdash. And the Kashanim themselves became the rulers and the kings of the whole Israel for many years to come. That's why we celebrate Kaneka. The reason why we celebrate Kaneka is that message that the brought to the future generations. Courage. Courage. Courage. Do not let the culture influence you. If it's the right thing to do to serve Hashem, nobody can stop you. The Kashim taught us it's important to be loyal to Hashem.