[Avodah] Fables and Lies

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Akiva Miller:
> My gut reaction is to scream, "No! It is too dangerous! How will they
> react when the lie is discovered!" But that consideration does not seem
> to have bothered those who chose to include Ayleh Ezk'rah in the
> machzor.
R' Joel Rich:
> Ayleh Ezk'rah - even R' Scroll had little choice given the mesora as to
> when these individuals lived.  While our guts are in alignment, I
> suspect klal yisrael has paskened differently, perhaps along the lines
<SNIP>

I don't understand the problem. Eileh Ezkerah is poetry, not a historical
document. The Payit is using poetic license to amplify the feelings of
sadness for the tragedies that have befallen Klal Yisroel. 

Put differently, so many people have no problem with saying that the first
Perek in Bereishis is not to be taken literally, and this is a problem?!

KT,
MYG