Thanking God for the greatness of His salvation,

praising Him for having made great the United States, is not

the reason why on weekdays Jews say “magdil” when we bless

God for the food that we have eaten, and not what

we say a little differently when choosing to express

our thanks to Him by blessing Him on Shabbat and fest-

ivals by saying not magdil but “migdol,” a variation that denotes a Tower,

to God most grateful on the days we do not work but rest,

dependent for salvation less on all our personal actions than His Power.

Expressing our thanks to God

quite differently on festivals and Sabbaths than on weekdays,

we demonstrate awareness

that without God’s help

 Jews would be insecure not just on secularly weak days.

Perhaps another reason why

we on........

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