I am getting another tattoo on Monday night : )

[Cinnamon-mom]

Yay! I am going to get another tattoo on this coming Monday night. I am really excited. This one is very special too. My mom has "Dayenu" on her wrist in Hebrew. I told her that when she dies I would get it, and she got so excited that she said she wanted me to get it now, before she dies, so she knows I have it. LOL. So I am going to go get it on my wrist too.

If you are not Jewish you probably don't know what dayenu means. In the Jewish Passover Seder there is a part where they recite a song of rejoicing. Part of that song is repeating the word dayenu which literally translated means "it would have been enough"

Here is the song:

If God had brought us out from Egypt
	And not visited them with judgment It would have been enough. (Dayenu)
If God had visited them with judgment
	And not cast down their idols (Dayenu)
If God had destroyed their idols
	And not slain their firstborn (Dayenu)
If God had only slain their firstborn
	And not given us their substance (Dayenu)
If God had just given us their substance
	And not parted the Red Sea for us (Dayenu)
If God had parted the Red Sea for us
	And not let us walk upon the dry sea bed (Dayenu)
If God had led us across the dry sea bed
	And not drowned our pursuers in its waters (Dayenu)
If God had drowned our pursuers in its waters
	And not kept us forty years in the wilderness (Dayenu)
If God had only kept us forty years in the wilderness
	And not fed us with manna (Dayenu)
If God had just fed us with manna
	And not given us the Sabbath rest (Dayenu)
If God had given us the Sabbath rest
	And not led us to the foot of Sinai (Dayenu)
If God had brought us to the foot of Sinai
	And not taught us the Torah (Dayenu)
If God had taught us the Torah
	And not brought us into Israel (Dayenu)
If God had brought us into Israel
	And not built the Temple there It would have been enough. (Dayenu)

The point of it, is that God has done for us so much--much more than just enough. I am beyond thankful for all He has done for me. It will look something like this, but not in computer font : )

דַּיֵּנוּ

 

[SThompson21]

Nov. 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM

that is awesome! i am not jewish but am very interested in learning about other religions. i read the song and wow! oh i am so excited for you!! lol. really really neat!  please post a pic of the tattoo after you get it. oh and you should get a picture of you and your mom showing off the tattoo...as a memory! lol. ok im done now   :)

[ironkitten]

Nov. 17, 2009 at 1:40 PM

My Grandmother always sang that song!  Thanks for the memories.  R.I.P. Grandmother S.

[rhanford]

Dec. 12, 2009 at 12:37 AM

Very meaningful I love it!

[aharp]

Apr. 30, 2012 at 2:22 AM

hey! so i found this when i was researching this problem. i'm wanting to get "dayenu" tattooed on my wrist this weekend as well! i'm trying to work out a printed document to take to the tattoo artist so that he can just make that inked copy of it and work from there. the problem is that every time i copy/paste the words into photoshop or word, it shows up all backwards and mixed up. did you try to do that and do you have any solutions?