10. Birchas HaShachar: Ozer Yisroel BiGvura Wednesday 12 Adar 1 5774/ Feb. 12 2014. Eleven different insights into (the gartel and) why we make this Bracha. Question how do you reconcile Oizair, which has to do with the lowest third of the body, the NeHI and Yisroel which refers to the highest level of Yidden? Answer: the key to this Bracha is the word Gevura, (see 5652 Vayechi and [5666] Mamar Vayigash 5668), which means toughness that reveals itself only in adversity; it exists on the lowest and the highest level. This insight creates unity between all eleven ideas cited above.
