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HaSefarim™ · Work ID 6a9ddb60ba4aa6e77a361be8 · Chapter ID 6a9ddb60d9e05f87715a588a · Canonical title Sefer Galut veShivat Yisra’el miBavel · Publication status published
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The journey toward Bavel was bitter.
The weak fell along the road, and guards drove the captives onward.
Families were separated and possessions abandoned.
The people remembered the feasts they had celebrated without righteousness and the Shabbatot they had treated lightly.
They began to understand that exile was not merely loss of land but exposure of what had been corrupted within the people.