Discovering Inner Beauty on Chanukah

On a flight to Barcelona, a line of fathers and sons forms in the aisle, all waiting to reach the captain of a famous basketball team. Then comes a Friday night game, and a question about who is really on the plane.That scene sits beside a puzzle about Chanukah. The Greeks loved wisdom and beauty, yet the Mishkan was gold and silver, and we buy a lovely mezuzah case for hiddur mitzvah. So what exactly did the Greeks get wrong, and why did all four of their decrees target the same thing? A word from the Bnei Yissaschar on Tzion and Yavan turns beauty into something very different.