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Introduction
Originally this blessing was shelo asani isha - an expression of thanks (by a Jewish male) for not being created a woman, and was perhaps developed to impugn the Christian view that in the Mashiach there is "neither Jew nor Gentile, bond nor free, male nor female" (Gal. 3:28). However, this correlative blessing recited by the Jewish female (sheasani kirtzono) shows promise as a blessing of self-acceptance, and surely agrees with Rav Sha'ul's statement that "by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Cor. 15:10).
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