The sects to start with surface from the Maccabean age. The Maccabean conflict reveals the existence of a celebration called the "Assidaeans" (Hebrew chacidhim), or "pious" types, against the lax Hellenizing tendencies of the moments, and staunch observers of the law. These to start with gave courageous help to Judas https://www.youtube.com/@tarotdejesus/shorts