Chanukah & Chalek

This post is notes meant to accompany this source sheet. 

 וְחשֶׁךְ, זֶה גָּלוּת יָוָן, שֶׁהֶחֱשִׁיכָה עֵינֵיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּגְזֵרוֹתֵיהֶן, שֶׁהָיְתָה אוֹמֶרֶת לָהֶם, כִּתְבוּ עַל קֶרֶן הַשּׁוֹר שֶׁאֵין לָכֶם חֵלֶק בֵּאלֹקֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.  Why did they say you have no חלק?  Why did they say write it on an ox horn?  And what does this have to do with darkness?  

כי חלק ה עמו יעקב חבל נחלתו means that Klal Yisrael is under a special Hashgacha of Hashem.  The Greeks wanted to deny that special connection.  They said you are not 'חלק ה, you don't have a special connection.  Any possibility of that was lost during the sin of agel where Klal Yisrael demonstrated the desire for an intermediatory.  However, that is not the case.  Klal Yisrael is in essence always connected to Hashem.  

Just as the moon reflects the sun's rays, light is a metaphor for the connection of Klal Yisrael to Hashem.  When it is strong there is light.  When it is diminished through sin it becomes dark.  That is the darkness of יון, to attempt to put a wedge between the innate connection Klal Yisrael has with Hashem.