Dayenu

Eeloo hotzee hotzee anoo

Hotzee anoo mimitzraim

Hotzee anoo mimitzraim

DAYENU (x4)

Eeloo natan natan lanu

Natan lanu et ha Shabat

Natan lanu et ha Shabat

DAYENU (x4)

Volt kayn seyder nit gevezn

Kayn hagode nit gevezn

Ober kneydlekh yo gevezn

DAYEYNU (x4)

Translation

If God had only taken us out of Mitzrayim

That alone would have been enough. If God had only given us the Sabbath,

That alone would have been enough.

If there were no seder
If there were no Haggadah
But if there were matzo balls!
That alone would have been enough.

What does this mean, “It would have been enough?” Surely no one of these things would indeed have been enough for us. Dayenu means to celebrate each step toward freedom as if it were enough, then to start out on the next step. It means that if we reject each step because it is not the whole liberation, we will never be able to achieve the whole liberation. It means to sing each verse as if it were the whole thing — and then sing the next verse. 


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu