There is a midrash that says, when the Jews heard by Kabolas Hatorah Anochi Hashem Elokecha, they answered baruch shelo asani goy. Why did they not say sheasani yisrael? The commentaries question it should have said, I am Hashem your G-d who created you not taken out of mitzraim. As we said that it would have been easier not to be created. The Maharsha explains that there are 365 lo sasehs, negative mitzvos which would have been kept by not being created whereas there are only 248 asseis, positive mitzvos having the requirement to perform them physically, therefore more could have been accomplished by not being created.
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