Question

Hello Rabbi! After years of engaging with our sources, from the early authorities down to our own day, I, a humble person, have come to the conclusion (and for present purposes it doesn’t matter how) that most of the commandments and laws we observe and regard as obligatory are not what the Torah intended us to do. Not out of Karaism—I do believe in the Oral Torah—I’m simply convinced that today it no longer fulfills its purpose. In other periods it did. I examined my ways and came to conclusions about what is Jewish law and what is without value, and I want to conduct myself accordingly. Not out of laziness and not out of arrogance, but out of inner honesty and a desire to follow what my reason tells me. Since I do want to fulfill God’s will, I am asking your opinion whether I may act according to my own understanding in this matter.