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Some people feel uncomfortable with the word “best” here. (I’m not sure why but to each his own)Maybe they would feel more comfortable with this well-known idea.
I think it’s the RaMBaM who classifies the differnt life forms. The lowest is the Domeim, the inatimate object. The next level is the Tzomeach, the plant. Next is Chai, animal, and the one above that is Medaber, the human being who is defined by his intellect and ability to speak. Each level is superior to the one before. But there’s another level which is called Yisroel, who is the most superior of all . The point is that we are as different from the goy as a human is to an animal.
We may look the same, and sometimes act the same, but our neshama has a completely different make-up. we are simply from a different min alltogether.
We are as different to the Amim as Kodesh is to Chol, and as Ohr is to Choshech, as we say in avdala, because Hashem made us different.
This idea is not supposed to make us feel gaavah, but it’s supposed to imbue us with a higher sense of purpose and mission in this world.
Another point I see to this discussion, is that some people have the unfortunate affliction to always go looking in the “fields of moav” for greener pastures. They look to the goyim for inspiration or wisdom. But the truth is that the Wisdom is with us, because we have the Torah which is the source of all wisdom.
A case in point: Many paople like to read parenting books written by non-Jews. The machanchim in the Torah world warn us against this because they are filled with many anti-Torah ideas which we may not always pick up on. But another reason is because they simply will not work! Because those books were written with the goyish kid in mind. A Yiddish child has a different neshoma and therefore a different spiritual make-up! So how can it work for a Yid?
It’s true we have problems in our community (many of which are inumerated and exagerated in the pages of these rooms) But as a group, we are b”h in far better shape than the goyim, spiritually, emotionally and socially. If all you can see is that we are supposed to be better, but we aren’t, maybe you should examine yourself, and/or see who you associate yourself with.