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Miracles in the Torah as a rhetorical device

שו”תCategory: Torah and ScienceMiracles in the Torah as a rhetorical device
asked 4 months ago

Hello Rabbi!

If I claim that the miracles and supernatural things in the Bible are just parables, I suppose I would be considered a heretic in Judaism, but is there any refutation of that?
I mean, that makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?
Complements to convey some message
The story happened, the miracles didn’t.
Do I encounter any real refutation of this? Does the Rabbi agree with me that it makes more sense than saying that Shim was torn into two (and I am aware that under certain physical conditions this may happen).

Thank you very much and have a light fast!


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מיכי Staff answered 4 months ago
Anything is possible, although tradition says it happened. It is unlikely that descriptions that seem completely factual are parables. But maybe. I don’t know what “heresy in Judaism” is, and it’s not really interesting either. The question is whether it’s true or not whether it’s heresy.

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