We thank You for the miracles, redemption, mighty deeds, salvation, and wars that You waged for our ancestors in those days, on this date.

In the days of Mattityahu son of Yohanan the High Priest and his sons, when wicked Greece stood against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah, and to force them to leave Your mitzvot.

In Your great mercy, You rose up for them in their time of trouble; You fought their fight, You judged their case, You avenged their wrong; You handed over the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and the arrogant into the hands of Torah learners...