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Bearing witness: Andrea Simon’s Bashert marks K’zohar Ha-Ivrit

an important addition to the Holocaust canon Diy – Enough ה"ב

By Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin
esach is entering our door. As multiple bounties, much more than we
we do each year, we welcome possibly could have comprehended.
Pthe holiday of springtime in a The word diy is at the center of a
Seder ritual. We read the Haggadah, few interesting phrases and idioms in
recalling our far past, remembering Hebrew. For example, when one wish-
God’s miracles es to stop someone from talking non-
bestowed upon sense, one might simply say diy! The JOIN US FOR A
us through narra- tone of the voice will emphasize the
tions and songs meaning. Also, when we wish to ex-
celebrating faith press the fact that we have more than
and freedom. One enough of something, the phrase is diy
of the poems, ve-hoter, literally meaning “ample.” PESACH
which sums up The phrase ad bli diy, which literally
the theme of the means “without a limit,” can imply a
Seder ritual, is similar meaning, namely “too much.”
Dr. Rachel Dulin called Diy-ye-nu. From rabbinic literature I wish to
It is sung after we recall the 10 plagues mention the idiom diy le-cha-ki-ma bir- SEDER
which befell upon the Egyptians, pre- mi-za, which literally means “a hint is

cipitating the end of slavery and the sufficient for the wise.” This is a phrase

miraculous Exodus. which implies that a wise person gets
Diy-ye-nu is an interesting pi-yut. the hint, and there is no need for further WITH CHABAD OF DOWNTOWN SRQ
It is a religious poem that lists the explanation (Midrash Prov 22:6). Also,
blessings which, we as a nation, were I wish to mention the idiom da-ya tsa-
endowed with by God. The poem be- ra bish-a-tah, literally “a problem is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 | 8:00 PM
gins by recalling the plagues and the limited to its own hour.” That is to say,
Exodus. It proceeds in narrating the there is no need to worry about an issue
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pi-yut ends with the triumphal entrance is futile (B’rakhot 9).
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namely “us.” Therefore, diy-ye-nu, in “enough!,” to those anti-Semites who

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the statement diy-ye-nu, implying that Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin is a professor
this blessing, in and of itself, would of biblical literature at Spertus Col-
have been sufficient. But the list con- lege in Chicago, and a retired adjunct

tinues. At the end of the poem we are professor of Hebrew and Bible at New
cognizant of the fact that we received College in Sarasota.
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