## Shibolei HaLeket on Pesach Haggadah, Magid, Dayenu

###### Shibolei HaLeket on Pesach Haggadah, Magid, Dayenu 2:1
[Shibolei HaLeket on Pesach Haggadah, Magid, Dayenu 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shibolei%20HaLeket%20on%20Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_Dayenu/r/2:1)

וכן מפרש והולך אלו הוציאנו ממצרים ולא עשה בהם שפטים היה נס גדול והיה די לנו כמפורש באגדה או הנסה אלהים לבא לקחת לו גוי מקרב גוי מהו גוי מקרב גוי כזה שמושך את העובר ממעי אמו בלא זמנו שלא היו ראויין לצאת שהיתה מדת הדין מקטרגת עליהן אלו עובדי ע"ז ואלו עובדי ע"ז אלו מגלי עריות ואלו מגלי עריות כו'.

**Rabbi Mark Greenspan:**
This explanation continues: “**If he took us out of Egypt and did not pass judgment**,”⁷ it would have been a great miracle and it would have been enough for us as it is explained in the Midrash, “Has God ever come to take a nation out of another nation? (Deut. 4:34) What does the text mean when it says “a nation out of another nation?” This like one who takes a fetus out of its mother before its time, when it is was not ready yet. Israel was not ready yet since the attribute of justice could accuse Israel and say: “These (the Egyptians) are idolaters and these (the Israelites) are idolaters⁸. These commit acts of sexual immorality and these commit acts of sexual immorality.⁹) and these wear their hair in the manner of the gentile.” *Migadlay b’lorit and migalei arayot* are similar to one another.

footnotes:
⁷ Note that the way Shibbolei Haleket reads dayyenu is not the standard way IF God had done A and not done B, it would have been enough. Instead he read it If God had done A and B and not done C it would have been enough for us!
⁸ The idea here is that the Israelites were not worthy of being redeemed since they were still copying their idolatrous neighbors.
⁹ One version of this statement suggests that it should read, “These wear their hair in the manner of the gentiles (migadlay b’lorit