The Rambam contends that on Chanuka we celebrate both the miracle of finding the oil as well as the war. He therefore holds that Chanuka (like Purim) requires a feast. ANote from Y.D.: Your shiur on the Rambam’s view on Chanuka–You mentioned that you don’t know where the Rambam gets the idea of the nes of nitzachon hamilchomoh. In Likkutei Sichos Chelek Yud, page 144, the Rebbe mentions that the sources are V’al hanissim, Medroshei Razal, and possibly Medrosh Chanuka, whatever that is. –it was Bava ben Buta, not Shimon ben Shotach, who was blinded by Hurdus who then renovated the Beis Hamikdosh.
