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| | Seventy and Da'as - Torah.org |
 | | Unfortunately, as a people, we're used to exile by now as a way of life, and the faithful among us still await the fulfillment of the prophecy that Moshiach will one day come and put an end to exile altogether. |
 | | It was a mystery, a sod, and one that cost Belshazzar his life, for the next day after his premature feast in celebration of the end of the seventy years, Daryavash and Cyrus did their deed, and the mighty kingdom of Bavel passed into the hands of Persia. |
 | | The seventy years came to a peaceful close in the year 3408, or 353 BCE-for the Jewish people-two years after the death of Achashveros, and two years into the reign of Daryavash (the son of Esther and Achashveros, who ordered the resumption of the Temple construction). |
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