DY: I very, very clearly said that this is true after the Chasima of the Gemara. We assume that the Gemara and Midrashim from the Tannaim and Amoraim contain the corpus of Torah Sheba’al Peh that was transmitted from Sinai until then. That is an Ikkar Emunah. But you cannot claim any oral tradition outside that because no one can disprove you. (And, in fact, the Gemara tells us that Torah Sheba’al Peh is referenced in Torah Shebiksav, presumably for this very reason.)
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