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No temple? No problem. Jewish exiles in Babylon invented a whole new way to worship — and synagogues are still going strong 2,500 years later.
When the Babylonians destroyed Solomon's Temple in 586 BCE, Jewish communities in exile needed somewhere to gather, pray, and study Torah. The synagogue system that emerged was a massive theological innovation — worship without animal sacrifice, centered on scripture reading and community. This shift fundamentally changed Judaism and later became the model for Christian churches and Islamic mosques.
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