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Rather, we should tell our children stories about the good people, their unshakeable faith and their great reverence for Torah sages. What is gained by pointing out their inadequacies ? We want to be inspired by their example. That means we have to do without a real history book. Every generation has to put a veil over the failings of it's elders and glorify all the rest which is great and beautiful. We do not need realism, we need inspiration to pass on to posterity. This is the role of the Torah-true historian.
R. Shimon Schwab.