 In the particular case of gender equality, however, there are broader concerns that come into play – the survival of Judaism. While this is not explicit in everything that Leibowitz writes, he makes precisely this claim regarding the gender issue in an interview with Michael Shashar – “the future of Judaism depends on it” (Sihot, 110). One might argue therefore that our being responsive to the ethical concerns presented in these cases has religious significance since it is subsumed under the overriding religious concern to maintain the existence of Judaism. Thus these acts would retain their religious significance given the more general religious motivation for the changes. One might think of them as having religious value in a secondary sense, given that they serve the end of maintaining the halakhic system, while straightforward mitzvoth or halakhic demands have religious value in the primary sense.