"When they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, 'How can we, #few as we are, fight against so great and so strong a multitude? And we are faint, for we have eaten nothing today.'
"Judas replied, 'It is easy for many to βΏe hemmed in βΏy #few, for in the sight of heaven there is no difference βΏetween saving βΏy many or βΏy #few.
"'It is not on the size of the army that victory in βΏattle depends, but strength comes from heaven.
"'They come against us in great insolence and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children and to despoil us,
"'βΏut we fight for our lives and our laws.
"'[God] Himself will crush them βΏefore us; as for you, do not βΏe afraid of them.'"
- 1 Maccabees 3:17-22
Happy #Hanukkah, fellow Maccabees! π
