Reply To: What's the argument against having a Madina?

Tora Yid: Not all of the leaders from Beis Chashmonayim later were. And yet the Lashon of the Rambam as to why we celebrate Channukah is that they re-established Jewish sovereignty and kept it for almost 200 (I think) years, even though many of those did not have leaders who were Frum. He makes a good point.