🚨 SHOCKING: The Case For The Oral Torah (Historical Proof)

Judaism cannot be understood from the Bible alone. Rabbi Mordechai Becher on the historical and textual case for the Oral Torah - and why the Written Torah was never meant to stand alone. Rabbi Mordechai Becher is a Torah educator whose classes are available on Torah Anytime and YU Torah, and he co-hosts *Two Rabbis on a Podcast*. He explains: Why Judaism believes there is both a Written Torah and an Oral Torah What ancient Jewish practice reveals about a tradition going back thousands of years Why the Torah itself cannot always be understood from the written text alone What ancient tefillin and mezuzot reveal about Jewish tradition Why disagreements between rabbis do not mean the Oral Torah was invented How rabbis can prohibit something the Torah itself permits Why rabbinic law does NOT violate the commandment not to add to the Torah How far Judaism can change while still remaining Judaism Why the Sanhedrin was essential to applying Torah in every generation Why Jewish law has “red lines” that cannot simply be changed How Jewish communities across the world preserved the same recognizable Judaism for thousands of years 00:00 Intro 00:11 Are There Really Two Torahs? 00:40 What Jews Actually Mean by “Torah” 03:06 Why the Written Torah Alone Isn’t Enough 05:39 The Written Torah vs. the Oral Torah 08:00 Ancient Evidence for Jewish Tradition 10:27 Where Does the Torah Hint at an Oral Law? 12:16 Why Some Things Cannot Be Learned From a Book 14:10 Why the Oral Torah Was Kept Oral 16:29 How the Oral Torah Created a Culture of Jewish Learning 18:38 Why Rabbis Disagree 20:45 Why the Tablets Are Often Drawn Round 23:09 How Flexible Can Judaism Be? 25:44 Did the Rabbis Add to the Torah? 26:56 Oral Tradition, Rabbinic Law and the Limits of Change 29:33 How Can There Be Different Opinions in Jewish Law? 31:46 The Rules That Limit Rabbinic Debate 34:03 What Are Judaism’s Red Lines? 35:42 What “Do Not Add to the Torah” Really Means 37:25 Why Rabbis Can Ban Something the Torah Permits 39:54 How Jewish Acceptance Creates Binding Practice 42:16 What Actually Counts as Judaism? 43:00 Why Jews Study Thousands of Pages of Talmud 43:51 A Blessing for the Jewish People @TwoRabbisPodcast @RabbiAronSokol