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Understanding Torah Stories

Many of us treat Torah stories as if they are lullabies, and we don’t ask the elephant-in-the-room questions, which, if we were to ask, would break these stories open. If we were reading these words for the very first time and had no preconceived notions, what are the questions that would come to mind?

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