The plagues and our subsequent redemption from Egypt are but one example of the care God has shown for us in our history. Had God but done any one of these kindnesses, it would have been enough – dayeinu. Dayeinu also reminds us that each of our lives is the cumulative result of many blessings, small and large.

We say the “dayenu” together:

If God had brought us out from Egypt, and had not carried out judgments against them — Dayenu

If God had carried out judgments against them, and not against their idols — Dayenu

If God had destroyed their idols, and had not smitten their first-born — Dayenu

If God had smitten their first-born, and had not given us their wealth — Dayenu

If God had given us their wealth, and had not split the sea for us — Dayenu

If God had split the sea for us, and had not taken us through it on dry land — Dayenu

If God had taken us through the sea on dry land, and had not drowned our oppressors in it — Dayenu

If God had drowned our oppressors in it, and had not supplied our needs in the desert for forty years — Dayenu

If God had supplied our needs in the desert for forty years, and had not fed us the manna — Dayenu

If God had fed us the manna, and had not given us the Shabbat — Dayenu

If God had given us the Shabbat, and had not brought us before Mount Sinai — Dayenu

If God had brought us before Mount Sinai, and had not given us the Torah — Dayenu

If God had given us the Torah, and had not brought us into the land of Israel — Dayenu

If God had brought us into the land of Israel, and not built for us the Holy Temple 

In Song (Abridged Version in Transliteration):

Ilu ho-tsi, ho-tsi-a-nu, 
Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, 
Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, Da-ye-nu!

.. CHORUS: 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu! 
.. 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, 
.. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu!

.. (CHORUS)

Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, 
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, 
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, Da-ye-nu!

.. (CHORUS)

Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, 
Na-tan la-nu et Yahushua

Na-tan la-nu et Yahushua, Da-ye-nu!

.. (CHORUS)


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu