Why does Judaism rely on the Talmud and an Oral Torah in addition to the written Bible? Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains why the Written Torah was never meant to stand alone, using examples such as tefillin, Shabbat, Yom Kippur, and kosher slaughter. He also explores how oral tradition preserves meaning, allows Torah to be applied across generations, and creates a living system of study, interpretation, and debate while remaining rooted in the Torah received at Sinai.

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