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Why was Jewish instrumental music lost?

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After the destruction of Jerusalem under Roman rule in AD 70, much of the chant was preserved among congregations of Middle Eastern Jews and arguably remains intact today, but the instrumental music was lost when the dispersed peoples, as an act of mourning, ceased playing instruments.

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