Yirmiyahu sends a letter to the exiles from Judah, instructing them:
"Build houses and live in them, plant gardens and eat their fruit... Multiply there, do not decrease. And seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you... for in its prosperity you shall prosper."
This is the beginning of the Diaspora... Jews living in "exile" as a minority, but thriving, growing and living a rich community life.
