Traditional Judaism II: Two Torahs - Part I

For us who practice Tanakhee Judaism, we take exception with all the affirmations about the Oral Torah; we see it as material written by wise men, with historical value but that is where it ends. For example, how does the author of said article know that “the Oral Torah (was) also transmitted to Moses on Mount Sinai”? Nowhere in the written Torah or in the words of Moshe nor the rest of the whole Tanakh can such an assertion be found. Where has HaShem stated in the written Torah that without the Oral Torah that it “will be misunderstood and thereby misused”? Had He made such an affirmation, the Oral Torah would be important, but that is not the case. These statements did not proceed from YAWEH but from a human being and since in America we still have “freedom of religion” the writer of such an article is free to affirm whatever he wishes. Yet, it’s important to let the reader know that this position is based on man’s opinion and not in the teachings of HaShem and did not proceed from the written Torah given by YAWEH on Sinai.

Also, because of this same religious freedom that we still have, people are free to follow their traditions or other men’s opinion. But at the end, wouldn’t it be sad that with this freedom we realize we could have followed the pure teachings of YAWEH found in His Torah given to Moshe and instead we chose to follow the inventions of other human beings just like us?