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kee ee ee we * THE RABBI MADE ME DOIT: en of: * 1, HOW DO WE KNOW IT IS THERE? WHY DO WE NEED IT? we a) The Torah is not the “Bible” (rvets bryger fren veut) . b) To read Written Torah without vowels or punctuation, e.g. hiv, rah, bmyim (Kuzati 3:30-35) s c) For emphasis, emotion, pauses and continuity e.g. Trotsky, swimming, Tittertrig —— forte 4) Legal definitions. e.g, Work >And you shall slaughter of your flocks and "* cattle... as [ have commanded you 12:21. Talmud, Chullin 28a) ~ rhe chess “Seto ¢) Torah incomprehensible without Oral traditions. Did the Author provide explanations? 1) The Oral Law is the Author's explanation of the Written Law - Lecture and notes, 40 year lecture. (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, Commentary on Exodus 21:2.) ge eave food (eters woe Res — AUIS Yel CONE bent wae 2. WHY NOT WRITE IT ALL DOWN? WHAT IS THE-ADVANTAGE OF AN ORAL LAW? % eden Sead tye paternal reenee (Sa one get ‘ie Tea a : legen a) Almost all systems of education rely on oral transmission — Medicineclaw. and physical skills. learn [ PEE ST yesé _b)Portable and compact Written Law. (Everything else can be derived - Malbim. Intro. to Leviticus) as ope ¢) Harder to steal and distort than written word, (Love your neighbour, eye for an eye ~ Exodus Rabba, {€,.¢, | Lac ee 47:1, Tosafot Gittin 60a, Drush Beit Halevi. 18, Tanchumah VeYerah 5) Ger wotew eo ia ld be 4) The living Torah and the study ethic, ("Write them on the tablets of your heart” ~ Proverbs 3:3)! (6 éa44 /e) Necessity of personal contact with transmitters of tradition. (ef. Russel, Otzar Midrashim, Tzedakot 3 US.) —/ Gadol shimusha, Yoreh Deah 64:7, Ramah) 0 2ip |) Antisuperficialty truth requires effort & always beneath the surface. (Midrash Tanchyma, Noach 3) 5 Let) 8) Feedback mechanism (Maimonides, Introduction to Commentary.on Mi nah) 23>) de ne shalt see ( h) Flexibility — changing enough to stay the same

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