The Masorti Movement DOES NOT PROPOSE – and has never in its entire history proposed – a new Judaism or a break with the tradition of Israel, but rather a return to traditional Jewish life based on the preservation of halacha and the Jewish cultural and religious heritage. as binding elements and, at the same time, subject to historical development over time. The Masortí Movement considers that halakha is a cardinal element in Jewish life and in the preservation of the values that our tradition conveys and encourages its practice among the members of its communities and institutions. It adopts a historical and critical view that perceives halacha as a body of rules susceptible to change. Modern living conditions and the great transformations that Western societies have experienced in recent times – many of them motivated by the advance of technological development and by the break with traditional social perceptions and attitudes that for many years were considered incontestable – demand a high level of creativity in order to preserve halacha and transform it into a relevant element of Jewish life.