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  • Hi Tzvi, thanks for pinging me. I am not really an expert in this subject. I do note that the question comes across a little unclear - I can understand it's something quite hard to find the words for. May I recommend you add in a section about why you are asking. What brought you to want to know the answer to this? That often is the quickest way to make the question crystal clear Commented Dec 8, 2022 at 15:58
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    The aggadah in Menahoth 29b where Moshe is sitting in the lecture of R. Aqivah and can't keep up seems relevant here. I don't think it's the case that all of the details of the law as it currently stands were transmitted at Sinai. Rather the system of the law is consistent with the system of Sinai. As the system gets transmitted down through the ages it will be manifest in slightly different ways as a function of place/time/culture. Commented Dec 12, 2022 at 18:00
  • Can I ask, is there any specific halacha you can provide which you feel "can't have been given by Moshe at Sinai"? This could be coming from different angles and I think we are just trying to guess where you are coming from and it would be best if you can help clarify that so we don't keep giving explanations that aren't answering your question Commented Dec 15, 2022 at 14:50
  • @RabbiKaii Thank you for your involvement. There isn't any specific halacha. I'm just trying to understand the whole system of halacha in Judaism better. Commented Dec 15, 2022 at 15:56