Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Related for Menachot 86:18

רב אחא בר יעקב שמעיה לבריה דהוה קא מברך שלא עשאני בור אמר ליה כולי האי נמי אמר ליה ואלא מאי מברך שלא עשאני עבד היינו אשה עבד

A king of flesh and blood gave orders to two servants; to one he said, 'Bring me a seal of clay', but to the other he said, 'Bring me a seal of gold'; and they both failed in their duty and did not bring them. Now who is deserving of the greater punishment? Surely it is the one to whom the king said, 'Bring me a seal of clay', and who did not do so. It was taught: R'Meir used to say, A man is bound to say one hundred blessings daily, as it is written, And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. X, 12, The word 'what' is interpreted as though it were 'a hundred'. But see Tosaf. s.v. .');"><sup>19</sup></span> On Sabbaths and on Festivals<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When in place of the usual prayer of eighteen benedictions there is a prayer of seven benedictions.');"><sup>20</sup></span> R'Hiyya the son of R'Awia endeavoured to make up this number by the use of spices and delicacies.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the enjoyment of which it is necessary to make a blessing.');"><sup>21</sup></span> It was taught: R'Judah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So in many MSS., in Hal. Ged. and Alfasi, and in the parallel passages in Jer. Ber. IX, 1, and Tosef. Ber. VII. Cur. edd. 'R. Meir'.');"><sup>22</sup></span> used to say, A man is bound to say the following three blessings daily: '[Blessed art thou.] who hast not made me a heathen',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M., Alfasi and Asheri, and so too in Tosef. Ber. l.c. Cur. edd. '. . who hast made me an Israelite'.');"><sup>23</sup></span> '. who hast not made me a woman'; and '. who hast not made me a brutish man'. R'Aha B'Jacob once overhead his son saying '[Blessed art thou.] who hast not made me a brutish man', whereupon he said to him, 'And this too!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This blessing savours somewhat of conceit. Aliter: there is no reason to make this blessing since a brutish man is also bound by all the precepts.');"><sup>24</sup></span> Said the other, 'Then what blessing should I say instead? ' [He replied,]. who hast not made me a slave'. And is not that the same as a woman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For with regard to the performance of precepts a woman and a slave are on the same footing; cf. Hag. 4a.');"><sup>25</sup></span> - A slave

Tosefta Berakhot

Rebbi Yehudah says, “A person is obligated to say [the following] three Berachot (blessings) every day: Baruch [Ata Hashem Eloheinu Melech Haolam] Shelo Asani Goy (Blessed are You Hashem, our God, King of the world, for not making me a gentile), Baruch [Ata Hashem Eloheinu Melech Haolam] Shelo Asani Isha (Blessed are You Hashem, our God, King of the world, for not making me a woman), Baruch [Ata Hashem Eloheinu Melech Haolam] Shelo Asani Bur (Blessed are You Hashem, our God, King of the world, for not making me a boor). [The reason for saying a Beracha for not making him] a gentile is because it says ‘All nations are like nothing to Him. He considers them to be empty and void.’ (Isaiah 40:17) [The reason for saying a Beracha for not making him] a woman is because women are not obligated in Mitzvot (commandments).” [The reason for saying a Beracha for not making him] a boor is because a boor is not afraid of sin. They have said a parable to what this is similar to. [It is similar] to a king of flesh and blood who said to his servant to cook him [some] food, but he (i.e. the servant) has never cooked food in his life. In the end he ruins the food and angers his master. [Or the king told the servant] to hem for him a robe, but he (i.e. the servant) has never hemmed a robe in his life. In the end he [causes] the robe to get dirty and angers his master.
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