Shiur Shemot-The Eternal Torah

(ג) וְלֹא־יָכְלָ֣ה עוֹד֮ הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם בָּהּ֙ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד וַתָּ֥שֶׂם בַּסּ֖וּף עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃

Exodus 2:3

(3) When she could hide him no longer, she got a wicker basket for him and caulked it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child into it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

Why was the Nile River mentioned here ?Why would the redactors of Torah want us to know that with its association with Idolatry ?

וַתֵּרֶד בַּת פַּרְעֹה לִרְחוֹץ עַל הַיְאוֹר. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דַּהֲווּ פַּסְקֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאוֹרַיְיתָא, מִיָּד וַתֵּרֶד בַּת פַּרְעֹה לִרְחוֹץ עַל הַיְאוֹר. הֲוָת נַחְתַּת מִדַּת הַדִּין, לְאִסְתַּחֲאָה מִדָּמָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, עַל עֶלְבּוֹנָה דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. וְנַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ הוֹלְכוֹת עַל יַד הַיְאוֹר, אִלֵּין אוּמַיָּא, דְּאִינּוּן אַזְלִין וְרַדְפִין אֲבַּתְרַיְיהוּ, עַל יַד הַיְאוֹר, עַל סִבַּת עֶלְבּוֹנָה דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְאִינּוּן דְּמוֹרִים בָּהּ, דְּרָפוּ יְדַיְיהוּ מִינָהּ.

From Zohar,Berg Edition

"And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river" (Shemot 2:5). When Yisrael severed themselves from the Torah, "the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river," immediately. The attribute of Judgment(Din), WHICH IS CALLED 'THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH', would come down to wash herself with the blood of Yisrael, MEANING WITH THEIR BLEMISH, because of the disregard of the Torah BECAUSE 'RIVER' MEANS TORAH. "And her maidens walked along by the river's side," because of the disregard to the Torah, for those who studied it loosened their hands from it.

How could we already have Torah if the river symbolizes the Torah and we went away from as a people if Moses never went to Sinai yet?

The Mezricher Maggid,Imrey Tzadikim 75
The Torah is Eternal it does not exist in time.
The question then arises how is it possible to tell a story outside of time?
The Truth is the story always exists,at all times.
Humanity is also a microcosm,therefore each story exists in humanity

So with the Torah being Eternal and existing outside of Time what does it mean that "Israel severed themselves from Torah" ? How could they do it if it is eternally with humanity?

Rabbi Levi Yitzchok,Kedushath Levi,Yitro
The distinguishing mark of every Jew is that they believe in two Torahs,the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.They believe that both of these Torahs were given by a single shepherd.
The concept of the Two Torahs is this:
The Written Torah was given to us through Moses,G-d's servant,"The One entrusted in all Gods House",It was transcribed from the tablets,which were written with white fire of black fire.
The Oral Torah contains all of the explanations (Of the Written Torah) it also includes "Everything that a worthy student would innovate."
The main concept of the Unwritten Torah is that it was given through that which the righteous of each generation expound expound in the Torah .This is the way it remains,and this is the great power that G-d gave us,out of love and and special interest in us the People Israel.
Through these Innovations in Torah all universes are directed.Our sages thus teach us that "God makes a decree and humanity can nullify it."

I feel it is safe to assume that some form of the Oral Torah if we assume Torah is something Eternal .It did exist during the Time which Moses was born where the stories of Abraham,Issac,Jacob,Sarah Rebecca,Rachel and Leah were told as well as the mitzvot given to them .This Unwritten Torah,though we forgot and "severed" ourselves from but In Moses we have not the righteous of just one generation,but the righteous out of all generations coming into existence and putting that which is unwritten up into form in the tablets to come.

How in the last few months have you witnessed this Eternal nature of the Torah in your own life?
How has Torah drawn you close to your Ultimate Reality(G-d,Natural,Law,Etc,,,) in the last few months?
When are times you have felt severed or cut off from Torah and you just needed it back in your life? As if not having it was like missing a long-lost beloved friend?