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Dear Always,
Judaism is based off of reality, the revelation, and prophecy. When there is a lapse and we are unsure, historically we have always doubled down on Torah study, until we recovered our direction. Until we reach clarity we have a dictum, better be called a fool all my days, then be seen as wicked even once before God. Some people save this dictum only for when they have clarity.
Torah is not merely data then can be lost or retrieved. It is living. More alive than anything but life itself. From Rabban Yochanon Ben Zakkai to Rav Sadya Goan To Rashi to the Maharshal to the Ramchal to Rav Hirsch to Rav Chaim to Aryeh Kaplan, there is not any genesis of a new torah. The study of Torah is by itself self replicating, as is any organism capable of being sustained by life.