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As Isaiah foretells the downfall and destruction of the Babylonian empire and end to that particular exile of the Jewish nation, one is driven to consider the relative brevity of this exile: only 70 years, compared to our current period of diaspora which has continued for nearly 2000 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

What could God have had in mind for this short period of total eviction from the land of Israel? The truth is, calling this a 70-year exile is a bit misleading because we know that many years earlier, when Nebuchadnezzar first laid siege on Israel, he deported some 10,000 of the brightest and most promising of the Jewish nation. So, by the time Nebuchadnezzar finished his mission of conquest with the destruction of the Temple and the final deportation of Jews, the new exiles were actually joining already established Jewish communities in Babylonia. These were not just subsisting communities, but ones that had prioritized the development of a religious infrastructure. This community continued to grow deeper in religiosity and spirituality during the next 70 years of exile.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in exile, with no Temple at which to worship or bring sacrifices, the Jewish people were forced to find alternate modes of religious expression. The result was a new focus on study and learning as a focal point for worship. Remember back in Chapter 1 when God said, \u201cLEARN to do good\u201d? This period of exile spawned the roots of formal Judaic scholarship, culminating in the Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) compiled many centuries later by the descendants of those who were exiled to, and remained in Babylonia.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not to suggest that exile was then, or is now, a good thing. Ultimately something was missing during this period of exile, namely the Jewish homeland, the holy city of Jerusalem and our Temple. But prior to this exile, there was also something missing: a formal learning structure in order to support and perpetuate religious practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God realized that to complete development of our national persona we needed to be temporarily displaced. Perhaps that is our lesson as we await the end of our current exile. Our land is part of our whole promised package and over 45% of world Jewry now lives in our homeland, so we\u2019re making progress. But to be ready for the Messianic era to come, we need to remain vigilant and continue to strengthen ourselves in the study of Torah and Jewish scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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