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Many things. First of all the first Churban Bais Hamikdash accomplished that we became rid of royalty, became rid of the kings. Royalty, kings, were a great blessing when the institution was functioning properly, but when it fell into the wrong hands, it became a dangerous thing. It became corrupted and finally we had to get rid of it. In galus Bavel, the institution of royalty came to an end; that in of itself was a great blessing.
The Churban also took us out of Eretz Yisroel. For seventy years the nation looked back, and now they saw what they had once enjoyed. When a person, for a little while, loses what he once had, and then he is restored to it again, then he is grateful and he thanks Hakadosh Baruch Hu for the Eretz chemda tova u'rachava. There are many benefits of the Churban.
Another benefit was, that we became rid of the false nevi'im; nevuah, prophecy stopped. Prophecy was one of the greatest blessings for the Jewish people, but when false prophets developed near the end of the Bayis Rishon, it became a peril and therefore prophecy came to an end. But it couldn't come to an end unless there was a break with the land. but in the land the false prophets were beginning to spread and flourish. In galus Bavel everybody saw that the true prophets had foretold it and it came true, the false prophets said that there wouldn't be any galus Bavel, and now the false prophets were discredited and the true prophets were vindicated, and therefore the galus Bavel brought an end to false prophecy.
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