In your discussion of an Agadah in Zevachim 113, you wrote:
>>I found that the RASHBA in Peirushei ha'Hagados (Bava Basra 74a, p. 98 in
Mosad Rav Kook edition) makes a similar observation (regarding the
discussions of the Leviathan there). He notes that once the Gemara makes a
Mashal to teach a certain concept, it often follows through on the Mashal
as though it were actually describing a reality.<<
Yet in Sh"T Rashba 417/418...doesn't he come out agains those who use mashals as the only reality of the answer.
Please explain
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The Teshuvot ha'Rashba you referred to is discussing events that occurred in the Torah and scriptures. They should be taken at face value and not as [just] Meshalim. He is not discussing Agadot Chazal.
Best wishes,
Mordecai Kornfeld
Kollel Iyun Hadaf