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Isaac Moses
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Halachic Restrictions not in the Torah, and "shall not add"

How can halachic restrictions that are not in the Torah be reconciled with the Deuteronomy 4:2 passage, which says, "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it"?

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