Orthodox Jews consider themselves bound by the 613 commandments in the Torah as understood by the unbroken chain of rabbinic tradition stretching from biblical times to the present. Reform Jews understand that these commandments are historically interesting but focus on the ethical message underlying these commandments and do not necessarily feel bound by commandments that have no discernible ethical basis. So, Orthodox Jews generally keep kosher far more carefully than Reform Jews, and Orthodox Jews are generally strict about their definition of what constitutes work on the Sabbath, while Reform Jews focus on the day of rest as a day of rest and do whatever seems restful. Orthodox Jews generally accept traditions about separation of sex roles, while Reform Jews generally reject sexual seg