Tradition!

A musical I love is Fiddler on the roof.  I must admit to having never seen it on stage, but I am very familiar with the film version.  "And because of our traditions, everyone of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do!", Preach Tevye, Preach! 
I think a lot of us Catholics can put WAY too much stock into tradition without even thinking twice about the Bible.  While Judaism varies in its beliefs, it's generally not Sola Scriptura (nor was it during Jesus's time, the one group that may have been considered Sola Scriptura, the Sadducees, died out).
Of course, that's not to say that tradition isn't important.  Of course it is.  The canon of scripture is a tradition.  (There isn't a single place in the Bible where it's listed, "these books and only these books are authoritative").  In fact, tradition is very important.  Without tradition we wouldn't know what books were in the Bible. 
Many of our Protestant friends mistake all religious tradition for "manmade tradition" (even though they appeal to the Bible, i.e., a tradition, to do so, and most worship in church buildings...another tradition). 
I know many Catholics (not just myself) have repeated this many times but Jesus couldn't be condemning all traditions.  He was well aware that Judaism, while having the highest reverence for scripture, had traditions.  He himself would have followed these traditions, so long as that didn't contradict the Bible.  I.e., THOSE are the traditions Jesus was condemning. 
Let's look at the text,
"Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.  For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.  And when they come fom the market, except they wash, they eat not.  And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of the cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.  Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?  He answeed and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradtion of men, as the washings of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say if a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or mother; Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered, and many such like things do ye." (Mark7:1-13)
It may be surprising to a lot of our Protestant friends, but this is the Catholic position.  ("But the task of authentically interpreting the word of God, whether written or handed on, (8) has been entrusted exclusively to the living teaching office of the Church, (9) whose authority is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ. This teaching office is not above the word of God, but serves it, teaching only what has been handed on, listening to it devoutly, guarding it scrupulously and explaining it faithfully in accord with a divine commission and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it draws from this one deposit of faith everything which it presents for belief as divinely revealed." (https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html).
I also don't think Jesus was issuing a blanket condemnation of tradition.  If he did, his followers certainly didn't pick up on it. 
"Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by, word, or our epistle." (2 Thessalonians 2:15).
I have heard the argument that scripture contains all those traditions to which Paul is appealing to.  That's possible.  But my point is this, "tradition", even religious tradition, isn't a bad thing.
For the record, I hold to material sufficiency, which is so misunderstood, that if you type it into a search engine, you'll probably encounter non-Catholics misunderstanding it on the first page of your seach.  This requires an entire book on its own, and this is not something I am qualified to write. 
Even if the Bible was the ultimate, final, authority, this would still be a tradition.  A religious tradition at that.  I saw a suggestion for a video earlier today (on the day I wrote this) from some Lutherans, and it was trying to do a "gotcha" saying that "tradition is subesrvient to scripture", or something like that.  Okay, and?  That belief would still be a religious tradition.  
Obviously, I have no problem appealing to the Bible (since I always do), but this does not mean that I ignore credible traditions because I can't find them explicitly in the good book based on my own fallible human reasoning.   
*All Bible quotes are from the King James Version, no copyright in the United States.  I chose this one because of how well-known it is amongst anglophone Protestants.

TRADITION!