Rejoinder to Rabbi Rich Nichol’s Response Paper

First I would like to acknowledge Rabbi Rich for addressing practical points that I did not develop in the paper. I want to thank him for enlarging upon what I wrote. Rabbi Rich’s response was challenging to me at first. However, after reading and re-reading his response, I began to understand his statements and point of view. Rabbi Rich and I begin from two different perspectives, which leads to different conclusions. Rabbi Rich begins from a pastoral position that seeks practical daily application, while I seek to lay the foundation upon which these pragmatic steps can be based. These d