I understand that adhering to a written law sharpens one’s ability to receive it in the heart as well as the cerebral cortex. And it does seem dry and meaningless on occasion. But that’s just from a short-term perspective. I happen to have great respect for the Jewish people, as well as displayable physical evidence of following their traditions. But I think if the traditions don’t sink all the way down into the heart, they’re worthless.
Ultimately they can only be descriptive, as how God has arranged for the best life to be conducted. It’s the actual spirit of God that has to be let into a heart to DO it. Crucial distinction here. There are judgmental and self righteous people all around with this rule and that rule and the other rule, but few with the grace of God.