WHO HAS CHOSEN US FROM AMONG ALL PEOPLES, RAISED US ABOVE ALL TONGUES, AND MADE US HOLY THROUGH HIS COMMANDMENTS
Chosenness is not a privilege but a responsibility. Jews are different not because of what we are but because of what we are called on to be: not because of the hardware of the Jewish people, but because of the software. God chose us not because of any innate superiority but in order to “make us holy through His commandments.” When we are true to that vocation, we bring blessing not just to ourselves but to the world.