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April 2022
Dayenu!
The Long-Hidden Afikomen
By Alicia Feldman, PJ Library Coordinator
T
he classic seder song, We don’t realize how lucky “Dayenu,” is not we are until we speak our blessmerely a reflection ings in detail. Dayenu is not on Passover, but a model for merely a reflection on Passover, true thanks. but a template for true thanks Dayenu means “it would and contentment with what have been enough.” And we have. not in a kvetchy or sarcasWhat does it mean to have tic way! Dayenu is a sincere enough? When are we content? Alicia Feldman When do you say dayenu in expression of gratitude of the Jewish people. a grateful way in your life? How do we It’s rare to hear people say, when comteach our children to have gratitude, to menting on a blessing in their lives, “It’s be content? enough.” Who doesn’t want an abundance In the spirit of expressing gratitude, of happiness? I want to say how truly grateful I am However, immediately after we tell for my beautiful friends and cherished of the exodus from Egypt in the Haggadah, we break into a 15-stanza song proclaiming how it would have been enough just to be brought out from slavery in Egypt, to get the Torah, family, the Jewish community in the to be gifted Shabbat, etc... Greater Naples area, my coworkers at We all sing jubilantly and in unison, JFGN and, of course, our PJ Library dayenu – It is enough. families. We are a growing, caring and Why? What is the song “Dayenu” supportive community. I am honored and really saying? Some modern interpretagrateful to be a part of it. Dayenu! tion suggests the song beautifully captures I hope to see everyone at our Passover what all deep gratitude should look like: Park Playdate on Sunday, April 10, 3 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. p.m. at the “Can You Dig It” playground, It turns what we have into enough, where we can enjoy each other’s company and more. and celebrate the holiday together.
Way back in ________ __________________ hid the afikomen so well that no one (YEAR) (NAME) has ever found it. Technically, that year, the family’s seder never ended. Over the years, all of the cousins have looked for it, but no one has come close to recovering it. Bubbe _________________ even hired a ___________________ investigator to look into (ADJECTIVE) (WOMAN’s NAME) things, but there was no sign of that _________________ matzah. (ADJECTIVE) Uncle _________________ swears he saw it once, for a moment, near the (MAN’s NAME) ______________________ in the ______________________, but when Auntie (PIECE OF FURNITURE) (ROOM IN A HOUSE) _________________ investigated, all she found was a pile of _________________. (WOMAN’s NAME) (PLURAL NOUN) Last year, cousin _____________ mentioned seeing it in an old _____________ (NAME) (NOUN)
UPCOMING EVENTS! January
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behind the ___________________. (SPOT IN A ROOM) To this day, no one knows. That afikomen will probably not be found until there's
a ____________ on the ______________________. (NOUN) (OBJECT IN SPACE)
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