Ramban’s attitude to the legend
Ramban wrote in the book of the debate [in the writings of Ramban Ha-Viqo] and Zedekiah:
‘And now I will explain to you why I said I do not believe in this. Know that we have three types of books. One is the Bible, and we all believe in it with complete faith. The second is what is called the Talmud, and it is an interpretation of the commandments of the Torah. There are 313 commandments in the Torah, and there is not one that is not interpreted in the Talmud. We believe in it as an interpretation of the commandments. We also have a third book called the Midrash of R’l Shermonish [= sermons], such as if the hagmon stood up and gave one Shermon and one of the listeners would have been pleased in his eyes and written it down. And this is the ss. Whoever believes in it is good, and whoever does not believe in it will not be harmed… And we also read that book. The Haggadah means to say, “Rasionamanitu” [= a story of things], meaning that they are nothing but things that a person tells his friend.’
Are his words as simple as that?
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This is also what Rabbi Shmuel the Leader writes in his introduction to the Gemara.
On the authority of the sages in the legend according to the Ramban, see the article by Rabbi Ari Yitzhak Shevat, The Validity of the Midrash of the Sages in Light of the Ramban's Debate, Tzohar 11 (on the Da'at website), and the response of Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg (on the Asif website).
With greetings, Yafa'r
What does it mean to "not believe"? That is, it is nonsense?!
No. There is no authority and one does not have to accept the outcome of this.
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