How did Judaism change during the Exile in Babylon?

Rage x Dragon: How did Judaism change during the Exile in Babylon?
Please help. This is for my religion project, I need some information about Judaism, how the faith changed during the Exile to Babylon in 587AD. All I know is that on Saturdays, they started meeting in small groups and practice their religion,
please anything is appreciated.

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Answer by great gig in the sky
The temple worship was replaced by torah study. The sacrifices ceased.
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Answer by Guru Edwards
There was the added law of the Pharisees and Sadducees which put on unnecessary weight on the Jews.

Answer by Captain Pugwash
prayer was offered in the place of sacrifice, it was the start of the change from israelite religion towards judaism

Answer by oldguy63
First off get your dates right, it was BC not AD.

Answer by Cindy2
The Temple in Jerusalem was the only place where sacrifices could be made for sin. Jews were required to go to the Temple for the Passover and Feast of the Harvest. They could no longer do so. God used the Babylonians to punish Israel for idolatry. It was a mass genocide. The ones who refused to change after repeated warnings by the prophets were killed. The bad ones essentially were weeded out. The Babylonians exiled the faithful people and the ones that God could still reach.

While there, the Jews took a good hard look at themselves and repented of their ways. Since they obviously couldn’t return to the Temple and it was ruined anyway, they made the best of the situation where they were. They started meeting at different centers called synagogues. A portion of the Scripture was read by a learned person and discussed. These synagogues were scattered around various cities.

About this time and the time of the return from exile, a group arose called the Pharisees. They started out with good intentions. Some of the Jews weren’t following the tenements of the law as closely as they should. They wanted to bring worship and practice back to the way it was supposed to be. As the years passed, however, they invented a few rules of their own and valued tradition in addition to the Scriptures. They placed undue hardship on pious Jews who really wanted to worship God from the heart. They confused people by teaching man made rules. Christ came to teach people the spirit of the law rather than the letter.

Christ said in one place, The Sabbath is made for man, not man for the Sabbath. In other words, the Sabbath was designed to give man rest from his work but was not meant to give all kinds of rules and regulations to enslave him. Another place in Scripture states: I require mercy and not sacrifice; and justice, rather than the fat of rams. If you want the exact Bible references, please email me.

Answer by kaganate
Before the exile the religion was simply the national religion – all of the festivals, sabbath etc. were easily practiced as one simply followed the herd. Jewish religious law was also the law of the land imposed and interpreted by judicial and legislative bodies.
Now, they were a minoriy living in an environment which had a very different ritual, festival, etc. life.

Think about being Christian in the US – you have Easter off, you have Christmass off, there are Christmass shows on TV, drive down the street and half the houses are decorated for it, Santa is at the mall.
Now imagine living in a country where this does not exist and the religion of that land is basicaly foreign to you. How do you keep your kids focused on Christmass, easter, Jesus… all of that?

This is what the Jews in babylon had to deal with.
They created a stable social, communal structure which gave them the support needed to do this. In addition because of the strong Jewish belief that sacrifices can only be offered in the one Temple in Jerusalem, they formalised prayer and added rememberances of the sacrifices into it.
This is basicaly the synagogue and community leadership structure that is practiced to this day in exiled Jewish communities — formalised, thrice a day prayer with a Minyan (group of ten); formalised reading of the Torah – specific sections at specific times – from a properly made Torah scroll, with a Minyan; a communal structure which includes a place to obtain kosher meat, to educate children, and scholarly leaders who answer questions of Jewish law and is tiered – so that local communal leaders can be independent yet look to more educated leaders and can cooperate in complicated issues…