According to
Rabbinic Judaism, the
Oral Torah or
Oral Law (, lit "Torah that is spoken") represents those laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Five Books of Moses, the "
Written Torah" (, lit. "Torah that is written"), but nonetheless are regarded by Orthodox Jews as prescriptive and co-given. This holistic Jewish code of conduct encompass a wide swath of ritual, worship, God-man and interpersonal relationships, from
dietary laws to
Sabbath and festival observance to marital relations, agricultural practices, and civil claims and damages.