Liturgy for Menachot 86:17
תניא היה ר"מ אומר חייב אדם לברך שלש ברכות בכל יום אלו הן שעשאני ישראל שלא עשאני אשה שלא עשאני בור
It was taught: R'Meir used to say, Greater is the punishment for the [non-observance of the] white threads than for the [non-observance of the] blue threads [of the fringes].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the white threads are easily obtainable, whereas the blue threads are not only difficult to obtain but very expensive. vn vtn ktua');"><sup>18</sup></span> This is to be illustrated by a parable.
Siddur Ashkenaz
Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who gives the rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.
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Siddur Ashkenaz
Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a gentile.
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Siddur Ashkenaz
Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a woman.1There is no degradation of women implied in this blessing. Men thank God for the privilege, which is theirs, of performing all the precepts of the Torah, many of which are not incumbent upon women.
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