Question

I have always loved studying Torah. But over the years, as I have added the study of history and philosophy in depth, I find it more and more difficult to believe in the traditional version of the Exodus. I simply can’t accept a story with plagues and miracles, splitting of seas and manna falling from heaven as historical.

I still feel connected to God, as well as to Torah and the mitzvot and I would like to have a spiritual Seder Night. How can I recite the haggadah and talk about a story that I don’t believe actually happened, in a meaningful way? As my kids get older, this will become an even more pressing question.

Thank you,

A Reader