Dayenu Updated

If we were to assume the right of people to live in a new land but not secure the well-being and dignity of those who remain,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to end a single genocide, but not stop the wars that kill people as we sit here,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to end those bloody wars, but not disarm the nations,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to disarm the nations, but not prevent some people from starving while others wallowed in luxury,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to make sure that no person starved, but were not to free the daring poets from their jails,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to free the poets from the jails, but not train people’s minds so they could understand the poets,

            It would not be sufficient.

If we were to educate all people to understand the poets, but not teach the people to share in the community of humankind,

            It would not be sufficient.

So let us organize, speak, publicize, struggle, criticize, examine, and commit ourselves on behalf of all these things!


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu
Source: Schachter Fami