Proud to be an Ashkenazi
Jew
In Siddur
Rashi(13) it says: “All Kehilos in Ashkenaz
are known for their thousand Tovos & Brachos. All of them are
filled with תורה ומצוות like a רימון. Their מעשים are beautiful. They are מחמיר
in checking Treifos, Tevilas Nidah & wherever it is
appropriate to be מחמיר".
The Ramban in his Hakdamah to Kunteres Dinei Garmi writes:
"The חכמי הצרפתים (French Ba’alei Tosfos) are our teachers and they
uncover for us all the hidden things in the Torah".
The
Maharshal (Hakdamah Chulin Y.S.S.) writes:
"Even
though he ( Ramban) was a Sefardi, he recognized the truth and praised the
ones who are praiseworthy."
The Rosh (Teshuvah 20:20) writes:" He only eats what has aמסורה
from חכמי אשכנז. The Torah
has
been their ירושה since the חורבן הבית".
The Leket
Yosher( p118) quotes the Maharash mi
Neustadt: "The reason Torah has held on in Ashkenaz more than in the
other countries because the Yidden lend their money to the Nochri and
charge them interest. They don’t need to work and have time to learn.
Those who don’t learn support the Lomdei Torah, with their profits".
Reb Yakov
Emdin (Mor Uketzia 53) writes: “My
heart is happy and I thank Hashem with all my heart that he made
me an Ashkenazi".
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