"But when an account appears not in an inspirational speech but in a well-researched history book, duly detailed and dated, well, it can’t help but draw our attention. Not as a “fortification of belief” but as special cause for us already-believers to feel keener gratitude to the Creator for His kindness."
Really? Didn't most of the people in the synagogue get killed by the Nazis in the end anyways?
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"But when an account appears not in an inspirational speech but in a well-researched history book, duly detailed and dated, well, it can’t help but draw our attention. Not as a “fortification of belief” but as special cause for us already-believers to feel keener gratitude to the Creator for His kindness."
Really? Didn't most of the people in the synagogue get killed by the Nazis in the end anyways?
"Even many of the most famous tales may be fictions. (Stories don’t become more factual with repetition)."
R' Shafran's rejoinder would be simple:
1st sentence: The mesorah doesn't consist of tales.
2nd sentence: You're right, the Torah isn't any more factual than when God gave it.
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