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In no area of Torah is the contrast between Rashi and the Rambam as stark as in their interpretation of supernatural events. Whether it is Pharaoh's magicians or the witch consulted by Shaul, the Torah does not deny that such things existed, but whether there was any truth in soothsaying is a matter of interpretation. The Rambam, in his unbending rationalist approach, argues that it was all trickery, but Rashi's more mystical approach may, ironically, be the more logical.