When it says [Exodus 12:2] "This month shall mark for you the
beginning of the months"? To which months is this referring? Is it
referring to Egyptian months (where the Jews were living at the time)
or Chaldean months (from where their patriarch Abraham originated)?
Solar months or lunar months? Without an oral tradition, there is no
way to know to what this verse is referring
When the Torah [Ex. 16:29] says "Let no man leave his place on the
seventh day" to what place is this referring? Does it mean his home,
his property if he has more than one home, his neighborhood, his
city, or something else ?
In fact, Isaiah [66:23] says "It shall be
that at every New Moon and on every sabbath all mankind will come to
bow down before Me - said the L-rd" which implies that people will
leave their homes on the sabbath and go to worship the L-rd .
Evidently, Isaiah did not understand this verse in Exodus as the
simple reading would have it.
The Passover sacrifice must be brought by every Jew [Ex. 12:47] on
the day before Passover [Num. 9:5]. What happens if that day falls
out on the sabbath? Surely, slaughtering and offering a sacrifice is
work. Which takes precedence -- the sabbath or the paschal
sacrifice? There must be an oral law to explain this if these laws
were intended to be put into practice
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