The singing of Dayenu is my favorite moment of the Seder, bar none. That’s partly because I grew up in a musical family, where my father, a cantor, always turned this song into a joyous, rollicking ...

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Perhaps the most famous song in the haggadah is Dayenu. What is its meaning? Note that the song begins with the words kamah ma’alot tovot — how many good favors has God bestowed upon us. The song then ...

In a matter of days, Jews around the world will erupt in the familiar, if irritating, tune of “Dayenu.” Maybe that chorus, a strident battery of notes that sound wrong even when they’re hit right, can ...

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Double page of a “Dayenu” from the Birds’ Head Haggada manuscript, South Germany. c. 1300. Facsimile, Jerusalem, Israel Museum (Sodabottle/Wikimedia/ Creative ...

The origins of Shabbat Hagadol (“The Great Sabbath”) are clouded in mystery. Not knowing how it began, medieval Jews thought the original term had been Shabbat Hahagadah, “The Sabbath of the Haggadah, ...

Perhaps the most famous song in the Haggadah is Dayenu. What is its meaning? Note that the song begins with the words kamah ma’alot tovot – how many good favors has God bestowed upon us? The song then ...