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Rabbi Elozar says: Much of the (laws of the) Torah is able to be derived from the verses within it, and a minority of it is not hinted at in the Torah but is transmitted orally. This is as the verse states: “I will write for him most of my Torah, like a stranger they will be.”
Rabbi Yochanan says most of it is transmitted orally while only a small amount is able to be derived. This is as the verse says, “For “al pi” -- “according” to these things.” [The word “pi” can also mean mouth, indicating that these words are mainly transmitted orally.]
Rabbi Yochanan said: Hashem only made a covenant with Bnei Yisroel because of the Oral Law, as the verse states, “Because due to these things I have made a covenant with you, Israel.”
We explore the tradition of menorah, the written oral law and their relationship as well as the struggle to make sense in the face of modern tools of scholarship.