Hebrew
אִלּוּ הֶאֱכִילָנוּ אֶת הַמָּן וְלֹא
נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת דַּיֵּנוּ.
Sephardi
Ilu he'echilanu et haman v'lo
natan lanu et haShabbat dayeinu.
English
<b>If He had fed us the manna, but had not given us</b> the mitzvah of keeping <b>Shabbat — it would have been reason enough for us to thank Him.</b>
Hebrew
אִלּוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת וְלֹא
קֵרְבָנוּ לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי דַּיֵּנוּ.
Sephardi
Ilu natan lanu et haShabbat v'lo
kerbanu lifnei har Sinai dayeinu.
English
<b>If He had given us</b> the mitzvah of keeping <b>Shabbat, but had not brought us before Mount Sinai — it would have been reason enough for us to thank Him.</b>
Hebrew
אִלּוּ קֵרְבָנוּ לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי וְלֹא
נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה דַּיֵּנוּ.<sup>1</sup>
Sephardi
Ilu kerbanu lifnei har Sinai v'lo
natan lanu et haTorah dayeinu.
English
<b>If He had brought us before Mount Sinai</b> and only given us the Ten Commandments, but <b>had not given us</b> the rest of <b>the Torah — it would have been reason enough for us to thank Him.</b><sup>1</sup>
Hebrew
אִלּוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וְלֹא
הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל דַּיֵּנוּ.
Sephardi
Ilu natan lanu et haTorah v'lo
hiknisanu le'eretz Yisrael dayeinu.
English
<b>If He had given us the</b> entire <b>Torah, but had not taken us into the Land of Israel — it would have been reason enough for us to thank Him.</b>
Hebrew
אִלּוּ הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא
בָנָה לָנוּ אֶת בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה דַּיֵּנוּ.
Sephardi
Ilu hiknisanu le'eretz Yisrael v'lo
banah lanu et beit habechirah dayeinu.
English
<b>If He had taken us into the Land of Israel, but had not built for us His chosen home,</b> the Holy Temple in Jerusalem <b>— it would have been reason enough for us to thank Him</b>
Hebrew
עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה טוֹבָה
כְּפוּלָה וּמְכֻפֶּלֶת לַמָּקוֹם
עָלֵינוּ, שֶׁהוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם,
וְעָשָׂה בָהֶם שְׁפָטִים, וְעָשָׂה
בֵּאלֹהֵיהֶם, וְהָרַג אֶת בְּכוֹרֵיהֶם,
וְנָתַן לָנוּ אֶת מָמוֹנָם, וְקָרַע לָנוּ
אֶת הַיָּם, וְהֶעֱבִירָנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ
בֶּחָרָבָה, וְשִׁקַּע צָרֵינוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ,
וְסִפֵּק צָרְכֵּנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים
שָׁנָה, וְהֶאֱכִילָנוּ אֶת הַמָּן, וְנָתַן לָנוּ
אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְקֵרְבָנוּ לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי,
וְנָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, וְהִכְנִיסָנוּ
לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבָנָה לָנוּ אֶת בֵּית
הַבְּחִירָה לְכַפֵּר עַל כָּל עֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ.
Sephardi
Al achat kamah vechamah tovah
kefulah umechupelet lamakom
aleinu, shehotzi'anu miMitzrayim,
v'asah vahem shefatim, v'asah
beiloheihem, veharag et bechoreihem,
venatan lanu et mamonam, vekara lanu
et hayam, vehe'eviranu b'tocho
becharavah, veshika tzareinu b'tocho,
vesipek tzarkeinu bamidbar arba'im
shanah, vehe'echilanu et haman, venatan lanu
et haShabbat, vekerbanu lifnei har Sinai,
venatan lanu et haTorah, vehiknisanu
le'eretz Yisrael, uvanah lanu et beit
habechirah l'chaper al kol avonoteinu.
English
<b>How much more so</b> should we be grateful to <b>God</b> now that He has done all these things for us and showered upon us <b>doubled and redoubled goodness, He took us out of Egypt. He carried out judgments against the</b> Egyptians and punished them. <b>He destroyed their gods. He killed their firstborn. He gave us their wealth. He split the sea for us. He took us through it on completely dry land. He drowned our enemies in it. He supplied our needs in the desert for forty years. He fed us the manna. He gave us the</b> mitzvah of keeping <b>Shabbat. He brought us before Mount Sinai. He gave us the</b> entire <b>Torah. He brought us into the Land of Israel. And He built for us His chosen Home,</b> the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, so that we could bring offerings <b>to atone for all our sins.</b>
בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ
SEARCHING FOR CHAMETZ
The custom is to put ten well-wrapped pieces of hard chametz around the home some time before the search that will then be found during the search and burnt the next morning.
The search should begin after nightfall and be performed by candlelight. One should search even in obscure places, such as in cracks in the floor.
The custom is to use a wooden spoon, a feather, a beeswax candle, and a paper bag, all of which is later burned with the chametz.
One should not speak between the blessing and the beginning of the search, even concerning the search itself. Throughout the search one should not speak about anything that is not relevant to the search.
It is best if all adult males in the home participate in the search. They should stand near the head of the household to hear and say Amen to the blessing. Each of them then searches a different section of the home. They should all begin the search in the room nearest the place where the blessing is said and only then go on to search other parts of the house.
Before starting the search, say the following blessing while holding the lit candle:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ
עַל בִּעוּר חָמֵץ.
Sephardi
Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam,
asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav, v'tzivanu
al bi'ur chametz.
English
<b>Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the universe, Who made us holy with His mitzvot and commanded us regarding the removal of chametz.</b>
After the search, wrap the paper bag, candle, feather, and spoon in a paper. Tie it well, with the spoon handle sticking out. Nullify the chametz that may have been overlooked by saying the following (in a language that you understand):
Hebrew
כָּל חֲמִירָא וַחֲמִיעָא דְּאִכָּא בִרְשׁוּתִי,
דְּלָא חֲמִתֵּיהּ וּדְלָא בִעַרְתֵּיהּ
וּדְלָא יְדַעְנָא לֵיהּ, לִבָּטֵל וְלֶהֱוֵי
הֶפְקֵר כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא.
Sephardi
Kol chamira vachami'a de'ika virshuti,
dela chamitei udela vi'artei
udela yedna leih, libatel velehevei
hefker ke'afra de'ar'a.
English
<b>All chametz and anything that contains chametz that is in my possession, which I did not see, remove, or know about, should be nullified and ownerless like the dust of the earth.</b>
Store the bag of chametz (as well as any chametz that will be eaten in the morning) out of the reach of children or animals who may scatter it.