Rabbi Sacks contrasts the verse Deuteronmy 7:7 – “The Lord did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you are the fewest of all peoples” with earlier passages that reference how prolific the Israelite population was in Egypt, and that the descendants of the patriarchs would be like the stars of the heaven, etc. Targum Yonatan and Rashi interpret the phrase in Deuteronomy as one of humility. Why did God choose us then?
