The article explores the deeper significance of Hanukkah beyond its military and miraculous aspects, focusing on the cultural conflict between the wisdom of the Jewish oral tradition and that of ancient Greece. Drawing on the teachings of Rabbi Tzadok Hakohen of Lublin, it explains that the rise of the oral Torah coincided with the flourishing of Greek philosophy, representing two parallel forms of wisdom. The Jewish sages maintained that true wisdom must be connected to morality and the Divine, distinguishing their tradition from the purely human intellect celebrated by the Greeks. Hanukkah thus marks not only a physical victory but also a pivotal moment in the development of Jewish spiritual and intellectual life, highlighting an ongoing dynamic between opposing worldviews.