Dayenu in Reverse

In the Jewish tradition, there is a song beloved on Passover.  It’s called Dayenu (pronounced DI A NU) and its meaning is that even in the most difficult of times, it is critical that we appreciate what we have – that what has been done for us is sufficient.  Loosely translated, dayenu means “it would have been enough.”  It is a song sung to God and I remember this song more than others because on Passover, as a child, I sung it with such exuberance, banging my fist on the table and screaming at the top of my lungs, I was asked to leave.

These memories come back to me as I read Bernie Sanders, the son of Jewish immigrants, who also happens to be Vermont’s U.S. Senator.  He is an independent and socialist and I suspect others things outside the normal way business is done.  If the Senate could ask him to leave, I’m sure they would, because he deals in solutions that nobody wants to hear.