How do we know that a Halacha which is claimed to have been given to Moshe at Sinai actually was? Especially in cases where it seems to contradict the Written Torah given at Sinai?
A Halacha l’Moshe MiSinai is a law communicated by God to Moses that has no reference in the written Torah. The Rambam has a list of 31 such laws.
(Source; See here for a detailed definition, and here for an interesting discussion.)
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