After ordination, I served as Assistant Rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of White Plains, New York, followed by four years at Cong. At a time when the Jewish People in America are redefining what Judaism is for them, we present an halachic alternative, one that insists on being relevant to the realities of the late-twentieth century Jew yet remains true to Halacha as defined by the Code of Jewish Law etc. Orthodox in practice and outlook, I look forward to hearing what my liberal-jewish brothers and sisters are saying and feeling. However, in piel and hifil it means command. As a passionate Conservative Jew, I'm comfortable with the compatibility of both meanings.
Any intimate connection carries with it implicit and explicit commands.
The greater the intimacy, the greater the expectations and the desire to please. Our love relationship with God is the most intimate of all, hence the mitzvot are the commandments that bind. Just as you don't totally reconfigure any long-lasting love, so too you don't totally reconfigure ours with God. And just as all relationships grow and develop, so too does ours with God. All connections command.