{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "why-celebrate-if-it-isnt-true", "title": "Why Celebrate If It Isn't True?", "author": "Claudia Hall", "author_handle": "claudia-hall", "author_initials": "CH", "covertext": "What if it isn't true? For many Jews, the events of the Biblical narrative go unquestioned. For those like myself, every...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/108155/conversions/profile10216232506035542-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/108155/profile10216232506035542", "body": "<p><strong>What if it isn't true?</strong></p>\n\n<p>For many Jews, the events of the Biblical narrative go unquestioned. For those like myself, everything is questioned, especially the historicity of the narrative. The stories in the Bible were all arranged for a purpose, primarily keeping the faith of an exiled people alive. Whether these stories happened as the narrative records, or even happened at all, is a matter of great debate. The majority of liberal thinkers tend toward the idea that there is a seed of historical fact (slaves escaped Egypt) but that the majority of the narrative is the product of oral traditions that were changed and embellished over the centuries.</p>\n\n<p>So why do we celebrate if it isn't true?</p>\n\n<p>There are many answers. First, we celebrate because it is the tradition to do so, and it connects us to our Jewish forebears of faith. Second, we celebrate because freedom is a precious thing, never to be taken for granted. Third, we celebrate because the values of Passover are universal: freedom from oppression, seeking meaning and truth, and enjoyment of family and loved ones.</p>\n\n<p>There are as many reasons to celebrate as there are people at a Seder. The truth of the narrative, the truth of any of our memories, is as powerful as the meaning we give to them. 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