{"id":30733,"date":"2007-12-05T03:51:01","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah\/chanukah_getting_help_from_the_enemy1\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:37:02","slug":"chanukah_getting_help_from_the_enemy1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah_getting_help_from_the_enemy1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah: Getting Help From The Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000010703918_Small.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000010703918_Small.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000010703918_Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Twins shouting at each other\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>What Greeks tried to do, to make us forget the Torah, was actually good for us. 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