What was the pact the Jewish hellenizers initiated with the gentiles?

Answer 1

In Hebrew, this is classically (and esoterically) known as "Inscribe to you on the horn of the ox that you'll have no part in God's Torah" (Midrash Rabbah 2:4). The deeper meaning is beyond the scope of this answer, but the words include the plain meaning of abandonment of the Torah. Through their anti-religious actions the Hellenizers publicly demonstrated their desire to mingle into Greek society, permanently. Thus, an implicit pact with the Greeks was formed, whether one-sided or mutual. In addition, many people are unaware that the Syrian-Greeks were not the ones who initiated the outlawing of Torah-observances, in the period leading up to the founding of Hanukkah. Rather, it was the Hellenizers, who actively petitioned the Syrian-Greeks to create and enforce the anti-religious decrees. The Greeks, for their part, on more than one occasion wondered out loud why they had gotten so entangled in the internal life of the Jews (since simple governance and taxation had until then been the limit of their involvement). Like the later Sadducees and Essenes, the Hellenized Jews eventually either repented or went lost.
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Link: Sadducees and Essenes

Answer 2

In Hebrew, this is classically (and esoterically) known as"Inscribe to you on the horn of the ox that you'll have no part inGod's Torah" (Midrash Rabbah 2:4). The deeper meaning is beyond thescope of this answer, but the words include the plain meaning ofabandonment of the Torah. Through their anti-religious actions theHellenizers publicly demonstrated their desire to mingle into Greeksociety, permanently. Thus, an implicit pact with the Greeks wasformed, whether one-sided or mutual. In addition, many people areunaware that the Syrian-Greeks were not the ones who initiated theoutlawing of Torah-observances, in the period leading up to thefounding of Hanukkah. Rather, it was the Hellenizers, who activelypetitioned the Syrian-Greeks to create and enforce theanti-religious decrees. The Greeks, for their part, on more thanone occasion wondered out loud why they had gotten so entangled inthe internal life of the Jews (since simple governance and taxationhad until then been the limit of their involvement).Like the later Sadducees and Essenes, the Hellenized Jewseventually either repented or went lost.