The Talmudic Law is man's law, not God's law; the Talmudic law developed by what many call "oral" tradition, much of which tradition of man found its way into the Talmuds. Jesus spoke of such laws of men in his words recorded at Matthew 15:3-11; Mark 7:6-13. Jesus certainly had no obligation to keep the traditions of men in order to fulfill God's Law.
The Mosaic Law is God's Law -- all of it. Jesus stated:
Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' -- Mark 7:10.
Since this is part of the ten commandments (Exodus 20:12), Jesus was, in effect, attributing this to the Law of Moses.
The law was given through Moses. -- John 1:17.
It is God's Law, and it is also the Law of Moses, since God gave the Law through Moses.
Likewise, the commandments of Jesus are also the commandments of God, since God gives these commandments through Jesus.
The traditions of men, however, are not God's Law; Jesus, for the most part disregarded such commandments of men, since many of them are not in agreement with the Law of God. Jesus could not fulfill both those laws of men and also the Law Covenant, because the Laws of men were not actually in harmony with the Law of God.
Nevertheless, the Law of God in principle exists separate from the Law Covenant itself. God's eternal Law has its basis in "love", and that principle will always be required of man. The Law Covenant is based on that principle; the Law Covenant was given with the promise that if one kept the law, one would live forever. In other words, if anyone kept that law perfectly, he would have been justified by the Law. No one, however, was justified by the Law, since no man could make himself just (straight, as opposed to the corrupt, crooked condition that God has subjected man to through the sin of Adam).
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