One of most beloved songs in the Passover seder is "Dayenu". We will go around the table reading on stanza at a time, and the everyone else will respond, "Dayenu" – meaning, “it would have been enough”.

How many times do we forget to pause and notice that where we are is exactly where we ought to be? Dayenu is a reminder to never forget all the miracles in our lives. When we stand and wait impatiently for the next one to appear, we are missing the whole point of life. Instead, we can actively seek a new reason to be grateful, a reason to say “Dayenu.”

English translation

If He had brought us out from Egypt and had not carried out judgments against them it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had carried out judgments against them, and not against their idols, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had destroyed their idols and had not smitten their first-born, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had smitten their first-born, and had not given us their wealth, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had given us their wealth, and had not split the sea for us, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had split the sea for us, and had not taken us through it on dry land, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had taken us through the sea on dry land,   and had not drowned our oppressors in it, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had drowned our oppressors in it, and had not supplied our needs in the desert for forty years, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had supplied our needs in the desert for forty years,   and had not fed us the manna , it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had fed us the manna, and had not given us Shabbat, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had given us Shabbat and had not brought us before Mount Sinai, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had brought us before Mount Sinai, and had not given us the Torah, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had given us the Torah,   and had not brought us into the land of Israel, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!

If He had brought us into the land of Israel, and not built for us the Holy Temple, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu