During a television interview in Germany, Reb Shlomo Carlebach zt”l was asked “The Jewish people claim that they are the Chosen people. What makes you different from the Nazis [yemach shemam] – who also said they were the superior race?”
Reb Shlomo zt”l answered, “It is totally different. The Nazis said they are the best and everyone else is untermenschen [sub-human] vermin and worthless. We Jewish people were chosen by God to teach everyone in the world, with great love, that each and every human being is chosen by God.”
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Ruth Schapira
Director of Leadership and Training
The Mussar Institute
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The Mussar Institute advances the study and practice of Mussar, a Jewish path of character development and spiritual growth, leading to awareness, wisdom and transformation.
Scaling Up a Compelling Mussar-Based Teen Curriculum is our latest project, made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
In Chaider I learned that just the Jewish people are Chosen by Hasham.