Dayenu (“It Would Have Been Enough”) is a song traditionally sung during the telling of the story of Exodus at the Passover seder. The song’s stanzas list a series of kindnesses God performed for the Jewish people during and after the Exodus and concludes each with the word dayenu — “it would have been enough.”

Lyrics

Dai, dayenu, dai dayenu,

Dai dayenu, dayenu, dayenu, dayenu 

Dai, dayenu, dai dayenu,

Dai dayenu, dayenu, dayenu, dayenu 

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1. Ilu hotzi hotzianu

Hotzianu mimitzrayim,

Hotzianu mimitzrayim,

Dayenu!

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2. Ilu natan natan lanu

Natan lanu et hatorah

Natan lanu et hatorah

Dayenu!

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3. Ilu natan natan lanu,

Natan lanu et hashabbat,

Natan lanu et hashabbat,

Dayenu!

Translation

1. Had God only brought us out of Egypt, it would have been enough!

2. Had God only given us the Torah, it would have been enough!

3. Had God only given us Shabbat, it would have been enough!


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu