Tonight is the first night of Pesach, the Jewish holiday celebrating liberation and the Jews' exodus from Egypt. Over the past few weeks, I've been thinking a lot about one of the songs we sing on Pesach, Dayenu.

Dayenu is a list of 15 miracles that helped liberate the Jews.

The word Dayenu means "it would have been enough." i.e. "God, if you had done just one of these 15 things, it would have been enough. We would have been grateful and singing your praise." There's a weird tension in the song, though, between that sentiment and the list of 15.

Because even as we say, "it would have been enough," we keep listing the next one. And would it REALLY have been enough to be taken out of Egypt without justice meted out to the oppressors? Would it REALLY have been enough to get out but never reach dry land?

I think about this in a time of #covid19. It would be enough to be healthy and for loved ones to be healthy. But would it REALLY be enough? What about those who are losing loved ones? What about systemic inequality and racism making this pandemic worse for some than others?

So for me, there's that tension. I am grateful for the least of my wishes. But I still hope and pray and work for ALL the miracles possible right now.

Dayenu. It would be enough. To be a small speck of breath in the universe. And for that universe to be transformed.

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