Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky spends Three Minutes on Tefilah

The Blessing of SheLo Asani Isha & Asani Kirtzono each according to a gender encompass elemental existential elements and the creation's intent and aftermath of the original Man and Woman

The blessing of Shelo Asani Oved thanks Hashem for not being owned by anyone and not being considered someone else's property

The blessing Shelo Asani Goy, "He has not made me a heathen," is an affirmation of the self-awareness of a Jew's responsibility as a ben Yisrael. However, why don't we bless in the positive frame, "Who has made me a Jew"?

After the blessings on our bodily functions and on learning Torah, we make 15 additional blessings that create an awareness of ourselves, our opportunities and limitations, and the world around us. The first of the set has to do with the Crow of the Rooster.

After we recite blessings on learning Torah, we actually learn. We cite 3 verses (Birchas Kohanim) We learn a Mishneh in Tractate Pe'ah. And a piece of Gemara in Shabbos 127. Why out of the entire spectrum of Jewish literature do we review those ideas?

Immediately after we recite the blessings over learning Torah, we recite 3 verses that are reserved exclusively for Kohanim to bless Israel. Why are they chosen as the first 3 verses of the Torah said immediately after the blessings on Torah?

The Last Blessing on the Torah (Birchas HaTorah) ends with the words Nosain HaTorah, He who Gives the Torah, in the present tense. Didn't G-d give it some 3000 plus years ago? Also, did we get the Torah? Wasn't it given to Moshe not to us?

The blessing of Asher Bachar Banu - He Chose us, connects the "Choosing of the Jewish Nation" to the fact that He gave us the Torah. But that is strange. After all, the Midrash tells us that every nation on earth was offered the Torah? What does being "Chosen" have to do with getting the Torah?

Sorry. The title is not a prognostication or an endorsement, of the presidential election, but it's about another Joe who inspired me to make an observation about this week's Parsha's anticlimactic ending. Enjoy!