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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/06-38-05.jpeg16201080Despite all the Hasmoneans’ shortcomings, their victories had immense value. Birthrates rose, Jews immigrated from the Diaspora, and Jewish settlements sprung up throughout the country. The Jewish people, who had suffered destruction and exile, largely rehabilitated themselves. Thanks to the protection afforded by partial political independence, the Land of Israel once again became the Jewish people’s national and spiritual center. Houses of Torah study grew and flourished. In addition, the spiritual foundations of the Oral Torah were laid then, which would enable the Jews to safeguard their faith and Torah through two thousand years of harsh exile. True, the Second Temple would be destroyed, along with all the Hasmoneans’ political achievements. Nevertheless, the study of the Oral Torah has lasted, and will last forever. It was thanks to the self-sacrifice of Mattathias and his sons the Torah was crystalized, and the Jewish people’s uniqueness displayed. But the Hasmonean dynasty, with ...