[Avodah] Baruch Shelo Asani Eved

[Zev Sero]

Galsaba at aol.com wrote:
> In birchot HaShachar, the phase "Baruch Shelo Asani Eved"
> does it refer to an Eved Kenani, or Eved Ivri?

An eved kenaani, who's not obligated in many mitzvot, and isn't part
of am yisrael.  An eved ivri is obligated in all mitzvot, and his
master must allow him to practise them, he just happens to be in
temporarily straitened circumstances.  That doesn't fit the theme.
Especially if you take into account the kabbalistic reason for saying
these brachot every day rather than once in a lifetime, which is that
we're thanking Hashem for not attaching such a soul to us in the night,
then it makes no sense to worry about the soul of an eved ivri, which
is no different than that of anybody else.

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