בימים ההם בזמן הזה — the message of Chanukah is that the strength of Am Yisrael has always come from our commitment to Torah and mitzvot. The Greeks tried to uproot the foundations of our kedushah: Shabbat, Brit Milah, and taharat hamishpachah. Yehuda HaMaccabi and his brothers fought with mesirut nefesh to protect these core values, even when they were few against many — and Hakadosh Baruch Hu responded with open miracles.