Reply To: Why Isn't There a Megillah for Chanuka?

The reason why there is no real Megillah and it’s attempt to copy the real ones is not read is simple. Nations of long ago would revel in war, fighting, combat. That was their pastime, their glory. Reading material (whether real of fake) then was only about warfare and battle. That was the definitely not the Jewish way. To read these works and revel in these matters would be playing right back into the misyavnim’s hands.

We had to do what was required, not that we’re a nation of soldiers, warriors. Indeed we are ?????, ????? but ?????? and ??????. So right after the fighting and nissim, they threw away their weapons and shields and went right back to Torah and Avodah. Jewish people are not the ones generally to be found using the sword. We do it as an emergency measure only, generally accompanied the the other two as well, ????? and ?????. We certainly do not revel in these matters, it’s not the Yiddishe pastime, we have something else.