Thanksgiving Stories Worth Telling and Retelling

Jews are used to stories that start and then begin again. Two versions of creation launch the Torah. Two tellings of our history commence (and re-frame) the Passover Seder. The Haggadah starts telling our tale by offering, "in the beginning, our ancestors worshiped idols" and then begins again with, "our ancestor was a wandering Aramean." Sometimes, there are just too many insights to cram into a single version. Some stories resonate in ways that make them worth multiple tellings.