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10 questions linked to/from What do Jews think about some 4 reasons why some do not believe Oral Torah?
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Why is the torah so misleading without the oral law
In Parshas Ki Teitze (Devarim 22:13-21) it says if a man takes a wife, hates her, accuses her of not being a virgin, etc. Then the elders spread out the bedsheet to see if there is blood of virginity. ...
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Seemingly weak proof-texts from Tanach
What is the best way to understand how texts from Tanach are brought in the tradition (such as in the Talmud) to add proof or solidity to a point... according to a really unintuitive reading of the ...
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What does Exodus 21:28 mean if an Oral Torah was given at Sinai?
One of the claims Rabbinic Judaism makes is that Oral Torah contains instructions for how to "properly slaughter" animals. The laws of shechitah are not in the Written Torah, yet one of the proofs for ...
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Arguments for Rabbinical Law
My friend does not practice Rabbinical Laws unless he fully agrees with the reasoning.
He's totally fine with direct Torah Laws however.
I'm running out of arguments to convince him. Any ideas?
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God created both the written law and the oral before the world was created. Why didn't he make all of it 'written'?
If He wanted to us to follow all of it and the oral law was most of what we received at Mount Sinai why didn't He tell us to write it all down?
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Is the Oral Law mainly of Divine origin or is it largely influenced by the rabbis/cultures of the time?
Do we now dismiss parts of the Oral Torah as incorrect?
For example scientific statements in the Talmud are nowadays largely ignored (things like flies moving the air around/lice coming from nowhere)....
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Jewish sects that accept only the Tanach [duplicate]
Are there any Jewish sects which regard the Oral Law, Talmud and other interpretations of Tanach as unlawful addition to the religion? If yes who are they and what are their beliefs?
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Are there Jews not following the rabbinic laws?
Trying to learn about Judaism more I have been reading this StackExchange for the past few months. As a non-Jew using the correct terminology is a bit hard, so please do feel more than free to edit ...
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Are there proofs to Torah Shebeal Peh from Torah Shebechtav?
Are there any proofs or hints to the oral Torah from the written Torah?
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Are there Published Legal Defenses Resolving Objections Against Rabbinic Authority?
Are there Rabbinic "apologetic or polemic works" that focus only on the rational validity, and logical objections raised by other Jews1 -- against: (1.) the Rabbinate's authority in Judaism over other ...