Response to Rabbi Stuart Dauermann and Dr. Ellen Goldsmith

In the introduction to their paper,1 authors Stuart Dauermann and Ellen Goldsmith (hereafter called authors) state their tasks. These are to present a general, not comprehensive, examination of intimacy as intended by God and how sexuality is integrated into this intimacy. They further intend to propose ethical guidelines for both and to frame them within a more mature Messianic Judaism as advocated by Hashivenu. My task is to respond to this paper and the immediate struggle is whether to address the forest or the trees. The authors have delivered an overview that provides many points to