Greetings, and Thank you for your answer. I fear you misunderstood me, though. When I said that all mankind were equally made in the image of God, equally children of God, and equally worthy of redemption, I was not referring to individual talents or purposes. I was referring to something much more fundamental and universal. I suppose you can call it human nature. To use your example of a parent. I have 3 children; 2 boys and a girl. All grown now. Although they are all different, with different talents and professions, and although my relationship with each one is slightly different, they were all raised with the same rules. All judged by the same disciplinary standards and treated that way equally. I had the 10 commandments hanging on the wall. If one child wronged another, he had to apologize. Whoever he apologized to, had to forgive. They owned up to the wrong committed, faced the person they wronged, asked forgiveness and were forgiven. End of story. Amazing how quickly a fight can be completely forgotten and resolved this way. The rules and discipline were equally administered. And of course, no lying, no stealing, no coveting, etc.. Treat others as you would want to be treated. As you can see, none of this has to do with different talents or roles. Its much more fundamental. No one got a free pass, even if they could be considered a "favorite." You wouldnt be doing any child a favor by neglecting to discipline them. In THIS way, we are all equally children of God, all equally made in the very image of God, and we are all equally worthy of redemption. Isnt this the Jewish perception at this fundamental level? Thanks for your time and patience. I really appreciate it.

I admire your educating your children to care and be Godly. All are worthy of redemption, and are children of God and made in His image. That doesn't mean we are all identical, as you mentioned, but what that does mean is that I cannot give the priestly blessing of a Kohen because I'm not from the right family. Similarly, there are different commandments to be done by Kohen or Levi, men or women, Jew or gentile. Accordingly, there is no reason for a gentile to do all of the 613 commandments directed to Jews, and it's enough for them to do the 7 Noachide commandments, and they go to heaven.