Stop Distorting Chanukah: Judaism Is NOT Pacifist!
The Idiocracy has arrived.
Listen to the following “question and answer” on “Al Hanissim” (I’m in a pious mood, so I won’t quote the source):
Q: The phrase “גבורים ביד חלשים” amplifies the wonder, as does “רבים ביד מעטים”, but why do we add “רשעים ביד צדיקים” to the description of the Chanukah miracle?
A: The very righteousness of the righteous should lead to their defeat, because, by definition, their higher moral standards hamstring them in battle. It’s like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Aside from the stupidity of the very premise, and in ignoring the rest of the list; “טמאים ביד טהורים וזדים ביד עוסקי תורתך”, the claim reflects the further Christianization of Judaism in other fields (except that those who say “turn the other cheek” don’t actually mean it). And to actually distort the very holiday and liturgy meant to teach (among other things!) the very opposite (like this here)…
Yes, otherwise-scholarly people actually go for this nonsense. See more here: גם אנחנו רוצים עצמאות יהודית – אבל אסור להגיד את זה.
(Likewise, another ostensible Jewish authority commented on the famous Mishna in Sukkah (end of chapter 4):
ולמנסך אומרים לו, הגבה ידך, שפעם אחת נסך אחד על גבי רגליו, ורגמוהו כל העם באתרוגיהן.
That the reason the Jews stoned him (Yannai?) with Esrogim (and not stones) was not that that was all they happened to hold in their hands at the moment. Oh no. It was because they wished to be gentle…)