Before the Feast of Dedication ever existed, Israel was not just conquered, Israel was systematically stripped of identity . This wasn’t simply political control. It was cultural, religious, psychological, and bodily violence. The Greeks did not want Israel obeying their God, keeping their laws, or even remembering who they were. So they went after everything. It Became Illegal to Be a Jew According to the records preserved in the Apocrypha, Israelites were forbidden to confe