I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to answer my questions. While, perhaps paradoxically, I do not share your "faith", I do share your love of our culture and traditions, and have a tremendous respect for the tradition of Torah and deep study of the issues and ethics of living a life illuminated. It is not in my nature to be orthodox, and my own understanding and experience does not lead me to "believe" rather than to explore and attempt to understand what is the truth, what is the Real.

Thank you all again

mark