[Avodah] Medrash

[Zoo Torah]

R' Zev Sero wrote:

<<On the other side of the spectrum, I've never heard of *anyone* who takes
the RBBC stories literally, so arguments against such a position are using a
straw man.>>

Maharsha, in his commentary to the first of Rabbah bar bar Chanah's stories,
and apparently referring to all of them, does say that these stories are
true in their literal meaning as well as in their deeper meaning; he notes
that sailors see weird and wonderful things. Rashbam writes similarly. So it
seems that there is a long-standing dispute in these matters.

Natan Slifkin

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