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  • But, perhaps "dayenu" is to remind us that each of us as individuals can only accomplish so much, and that to paraphrase Henry James, "we will act as though what we do makes a difference."

    Archive 2008-04-01 Debra W. Haffner 2008

  • But, perhaps "dayenu" is to remind us that each of us as individuals can only accomplish so much, and that to paraphrase Henry James, "we will act as though what we do makes a difference."

    What's the Connection?: Would It Be Enough? Debra W. Haffner 2008

  • And the song is a list of all the things God has done for the Jews, each of which is followed by the word "dayenu," meaning that if God had only done one of those things, it would have been enough.

    Blogtimore, Hon 2009

  • Instead I wrote two status updates--"2 1/2 pounds butter, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 21 eggs, 1 1/2 pounds chocolate soundtrack: Bob Marley" and "Seder highlight: two-girl performance of the Passover story featuring E as Moses, Miriam, AND Pharoah's daughter, and M as Pharoah coming back as a zombie after drowning in the Red Sea...because everything is better with zombies."--and that was pretty much dayenu.

    Facebook, Passover, Arab, Jew Becca 2009

  • Instead I wrote two status updates--"2 1/2 pounds butter, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 21 eggs, 1 1/2 pounds chocolate soundtrack: Bob Marley" and "Seder highlight: two-girl performance of the Passover story featuring E as Moses, Miriam, AND Pharoah's daughter, and M as Pharoah coming back as a zombie after drowning in the Red Sea...because everything is better with zombies."--and that was pretty much dayenu.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Becca 2009

  • Were it for the smattering of aforementioned initiatives alone, dayenu!

    Why I love the Nathan Cummings Foundation | Jewschool 2007

  • And if that weren't enough, dayenu, Kugel has discovered in his attic, alive though far from well, who else?

    NYT > Home Page By STEVE STERN 2012

  • And if that weren't enough, dayenu, Kugel has discovered in his attic, alive though far from well, who else?

    NYT > Home Page By STEVE STERN 2012

  • And if that weren't enough, dayenu, Kugel has discovered in his attic, alive though far from well, who else?

    NYT > Home Page By STEVE STERN 2012

  • And if that weren't enough, dayenu, Kugel has discovered in his attic, alive though far from well, who else?

    NYT > Global Home By STEVE STERN 2012

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