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Mediterranean.
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The year 70 caused the Jews to stop being primarily a sacrificial people,
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because they had nowhere to sacrifice.
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The end of the Jewish war is dated by most people to 74,
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because that's the time when the final battle took place,
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and the fortress that fell was called Masada.
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So if you go to Israel now Masada is a shrine.
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It's a tourist spot and a shrine that celebrates the
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defeat of the last of Jews at Masada,
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the fortress that Herod the Great had built.
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After that Judaism changes you have--
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I'm not going to go into much detail because the way rabbinic Judaism