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Jewish Texts: Exile and Destruction Impacts

Material based on excerpts from the PBS program,  The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama.
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The Mishna and the Talmud addressed how to stay _ in a non-Jewish world.
Place where the writing of the Talmud took off.
Schama claims that being _ is a part of being Jewish.
In 539 BCE the Jews were released by these victors of war; this enabled the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
After the destruction of the First Temple in 587 BCE, the Israelites went into the _ Exile.
Over the course of four centuries, the Mishna expanded into this.
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The _ from Egypt marks the point when the Israelites became "Jews."
While in Babylon in the 5th c. BCE, the Jewish scribes continued to write this.
After destruction of the Second Temple, Judaism was re-invented to be based in this kind of worship.
2000+ years ago, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in this holy city.
Judaism really took off when the _ destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Each year Jews still remember the destruction of the Second Temple with this commemorative holiday.
Jews returning to Jerusalem in the 5th c. BCE found it in shambles, so much that it took _ years to rebuild the temple for the second time.