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Many basic and fundamental Halachic principles are not mentioned in the Torah at all but learned by the Sages only from some [even seemingly unrelated] Psukim.

For example, Kiddushin is not mentioned in the written Torah, but learned from "קיחה-קיחה משדה עפרון" (Kiddushin 2) or Shaliach (messenger) is not mentioned in the Torah but learned from "ושלחה" (Kiddushin 42).

Acc. to WIKI Tzdukkim/Perushim distinction emerged in the second half of the Second Temple, but until then the Jews had more or less unified albeit undocumented Halachah.

How did Tzedukim (or Karaim) practice those principles that the late Perushim derive from the Torah "based on the Oral Law", if they "didn't accept the oral law"?

Al Berko
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    Kiddushin is mentioned in the Torah. ומי האיש אשר ארש אשה ולה לקחה. (You still need the Torah Shebeal Peh to derive how exactly it works.) – Heshy Dec 31 '18 at 16:06
  • It is more that they didn’t accept rabbinical authority to lay down the final law that could not be disagreed with. They had their own traditions and own leaders who Gave this own interpretations. – Menachem Dec 31 '18 at 16:18
  • As Heshy said, Kiddushin is in the Torah (in other places as well, but that's probably the most explicit that there's two stages). It's only how it works that's oral. 2. אסמכתא is used for הלכות דרבנן, not הלכות למשה מסיני. Do you have an example where אסמכתא is used in the sense you describe? Because your examples aren't אסמכתא, they're bona fide דרשות (the first being גזרה שוה and the second being ordinary דרשה). Those are the actual sources. 3. Why do you assume that they actually do practice those principles? Maybe they don't?
  • – DonielF Dec 31 '18 at 16:19
  • PS your footnote is one of the Kuzari's arguments against Karaitism. The section dealing with their views begins here.
  • – DonielF Dec 31 '18 at 16:19
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    The Karaites may not have accepted the (Rabbinic) Oral Torah, but that doesn't mean they don't have one. – Tamir Evan Dec 31 '18 at 16:35
  • @DonielF You're right, I deleted that, as it is not the point of the question. – Al Berko Dec 31 '18 at 16:57
  • @DonielF I added an important note that they emerged only toward the end of the Sec. Temple. So did they have the tradition of שליח or not? – Al Berko Dec 31 '18 at 17:09
  • @AlBerko I don’t know if they had that tradition, but it doesn’t seem that you know either. So, emended edit: “How did they practice...” should become “Did they practice, and if so, how?” – DonielF Dec 31 '18 at 17:10