[Avodah] Fables and Lies

[Rich, Joel]

Rashi asks this question at the very beginning of Chumash. Why do we
need all the stories from Parshat Bereishit to Parshat Bo? Because these
stories give meaning to the present - in this case, they explain and
justify the sovereignty of the Jewish people over the formerly Canaanite
Eretz Yisrael. The fact that they happened is not enough to justify
their inclusion in the Torah. A lot of other things that also happened
are left out of the Torah. The stories that are in the Torah are there
because, in addtion to being true, they shape our understanding of who
we are for all generations.

- Ilana
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Is that how you understood Rashi, that all these stories were necessary
to justify the sovereignty of the Jewish people over the formerly
Canaanite Eretz Yisrael?

KT
Joel Rich
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