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Oral Law

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Oral Law
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism the traditional body of religious law believed to have been revealed to Moses as an interpretation of the Torah and passed on orally until it was codified and recorded, principally in the Mishna and Gemara


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