Halevai
“Hence, your issue is that you are actually extremely literal.”
I’m not sure why that is an issue. As I put it to Avram, my position is pretty straightforward
“”Es taryag mitzvos shomarti” and the Gemara that says that the Avos kept “kol Hatorah kulo” does not mean they literately kept every mitzvah.
“the Medrash was given to study not to dismiss.”
At no point did I dismis it.
“We see a strange Maamar and we understand that it is something deeper than what meets the eye.”
this maamar doesnt sound strange at all. I t actually seems straightforward to me. We all say we are shomer Torah umitzvos, even though we dont literally keep all 613 mitzvos. I dont get confused everytime somebody uses that expression (that isnt to say that is all the Gemara means, just that it isnt so perplexing necessarily)