April 8, 2024
Hashem makes you, "not a goy, it's your job to make yourself a Yid! (13)
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁלֹּא עָשַֽׂנִי גּוֹי:
Blessed are You, Hashem our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a gentile.
Why do we make a bracha in the negative "that he didn't make us a goy" as opposed to the positive "״שאני יהודי (Thank you, Hashem, for making me a Yid) Rav Shlomo Kluger answers, Hashem makes you, "not a goy, it's your job to make yourself a Yid! Noyrah!
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